jtara - 7:18 pm on Aug 25, 2007 (gmt 0)

Personally, I think these are tired trendy prefixes from past bubbles.

"e" is the older one, going back at least 10 years (maybe 15?) and I guess is supposed to stand for "electronic". It's use predates the popular availability of the Internet, and I believe the usage started completely outside of the online world, in packaged software products.

"i" I suppose is supposed to stand for "Internet". Or, in Apple's case, perhaps "me".

The industry goes through these naming fads. I remember when Wordstar was the popular word processor, and there are zillions of products called <something>star.