Because it stands for Internet Phone. No it doesn't. I don't know who posted this, but the iPhone came out June 2007 and have been plenty of mobile phones capable of accessing the internet before...
There are several differences between the original iPhone and the 2nd generation, iPhone 3G! The biggest is that iPhone has switched from using EDGE, (which is similar to 3G, but not as fast!) To 3G....
because they are trying to portray that the phone is made for the user. completely customizable with applications that each individual user can download. no two phones will have the exact same...