Found Video: "Steve Jobs" and iPhone on SNL

Two, two, TWO posts in one!

#25 - the iPhone does indeed appear to charge from the computer. There was NO "power charger outlet" shown on any of the iPhone's surfaces; and when he had it docked in its cradle, the cradle's connection (presumably USB) was the only wire coming out of the thing. So odds are good that you would be able to buy the little "USB charging cube" that they currently sell for the iPod, plug the iPhone's cord into it, and charge the iPhone when you're away from you computer. (or just plug it into your Mac, if you bring it with you on your travels)

And to those complaining about video file sizes. I just downloaded the latest few episodes of Lost last night (I finally wised up and went for the Season Pass - much easier that way, and slightly cheaper than buying each episode individually.) File sizes for each ~40 minute or so (1 hour minus commercials) episode was about 500 MB. So, assuming you had no music on your iPhone, you could probably fit about 3-4 typical hour-long TV show episodes on even the 4GB iPhone (or 1, maybe 2 movies). Double that if you're talking about the 8 GB iPhone. And IIRC Office episodes are only 30 minutes long (so would be about 20 minutes once the commercials are gone)?

As a certified Apple fanboi (iPod in my car, new stereo to accomodate it, 2 Macs at home), I'm starting to have serious 2nd thoughts about that iPhone.

Apple is correct that there are major design deficiencies afflicting most cell phones. But the iPhone doesn't address many of the basic ones, and these basic problems are where they should have started.

1. Integrate all the cellphone-related bits into one device. First, the charter. Have a pullout plug that plugs the phone into the wall instead of a separate charger. That way, you know, you don't fly to St. Louis without your charger (assuming the iPhone doesn't charge via computer like the iPod).

2. Integrate earphones into the iPhone so you don't lose them.

The impersionation is dead on. Though this skit is not nearly as funny as the previous one for ipod invisa (check that one out on youtube or nbc.com). If you have a high def tv you can clearly see that the iphone is actually a palm with a sticker on it, which can be seen at the end when it is put down.
If you have seen this entire episode of SNL, it is generally not funny. The first two skits bomb, and this is (sadly) one of the high points of the show.The other high point is laser cats 2, which is a rehash of a previous skit from Adam Sandberg. I suggest anyone interested in the best comedy SNL has to offer visit the LonelyIsland website, which is where two of the current castmembers came from.

It says : Video no longer available. :(

"HA HA, it holds a lot of songs. That's not even true, what would have been funnier would have been "with the 4gb model, you can ALMOST store HALF an episode of 'the office', and with the 8gb, you can ALMOST store A WHOLE episode of 'the office'." Hyperbole, yes, but a more realistic version of it."

No, THAT would have been very unfunny. In the skit they make fun of a person, which everyone can identify with. In your suggestion, you make fun of the iPhone itself, which not only is just nerdy, it immediately alienates anyone who hasn't seen what it can do. The same concept applies in an even stricter sense to your other two suggestions -- anyone who hasn't watched the entire keynote won't get either of those jokes. I don't expect you write any television-quality comedy, because those suggestions are horrendous. With an h.

this is 10 times better!!!

That was pretty funny, except they made horrible mistakes that I could have improved upon. such as:
1. HA HA, it holds a lot of songs. That's not even true, what would have been funnier would have been "with the 4gb model, you can ALMOST store HALF an episode of 'the office', and with the 8gb, you can ALMOST store A WHOLE episode of 'the office'." Hyperbole, yes, but a more realistic version of it.
2. They could have made some references to the keynote, such as the remote breaking and Steve starting to tell some random story about how he played D&D with Woz in college or something.
3. They could have done the thing where he says "widescreen video iPod" (everyone cheers loudly) "cellphone" (everyone cheers VERY loudly) and "internet communicator" (one person cheers loudly, sees no one else cheers, sits down in embarrasement)

Although not many people would understand all of the aforementioned [better] jokes, they would still find it funny even though they didn't know the context.

They sort of exaggerated the wrong things though, as if they were borrowing from the "iPod invisa" skit from last year.

Jobs this time round wasn't emphasizing its capacity at all, because basically at 4GB it isn't very good. Okay for a phone, but not for an iPod.

The repeated "you can watch The Office" was good though! Very suitable for NBC to use. (Even though you could only fit 1 or 2 billionths of a billion episodes of it on the phone.)

Did anyone else think that the iPhone he's holding looks awfully real? You probably can't tell from the YouTube video, but on television it looks like the real thing. I wonder if Apple let them use one.

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Yah I'm whiny because I think SNL is the joke. A true parody of its former self.

I understand what hyperbole is, and I think the iPhone has some real problems, but that doesn't mean this skit is funny.

It's more of the same from recent vintage SNL. Comedy by repetition. In other words lazy man's comedy. In the old days that took the form of creating a character with a 'catch phrase', and showing them every show for a sure laugh. That's not so bad, and can be pretty funny. Call backs are used all the time in stand up performances, to good effect too.

However in these low talent days at SNL, skits have become self-referrential, in some sort of patethetic attempt to create instant catch phrases. How many times does Armisen resort to calling back to the same lame jokes to get a laugh? 'Gee, if I slap the audience around enough with this slightly funny reference, they'll feel like their 'in' on the joke and laugh it up.'

Yippeee for the Dane Cook generation of comics.