Let's not pretend Mexico technology magazines didn't cover the iPod craze, even the iMac was on the cover of Time magazine twice.
8000 BC - 1998: no "i" branding.
1999: Apple release the first in a string of hit products under the "i" branding.
early 2000's to present: many other technology companies and products use "i" branding.
2004: in a completely unrelated development, a Mexican company names itself iFone.