Celebrities and their Apple goodies
Posted May 13th 2008 10:00AM by Dave Caolo
Filed under: Humor, Odds and ends, iPhone
Recently, several of you tipped us on
this video of US Senator Barak Obama quickly checking something on his iPhone (it happens around the 1:00 mark). It got us thinking of our favorite celebrity Apple product sightings.
- Back in July of 2006, it was reported that Pope Benedict XVI had received an iPod nano from employees of Vatican Radio. The phrase "To His Holiness, Benedict XVI" was engraved on the back.
- Britain's Queen Elizabeth II purchased an iPod mini back in July of '05.
- U.S. Presidential adviser Karl Rove was seen using his iPhone in August of last year.
- Actress, singer and all-around role model Lindsay Lohan whipped out her iPhone shortly after they were first released in the U.S.
So welcome to the club, Senator! You're in good company. We think.
Tags: celebrities, humor, iphone, ipod
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5-13-2008 @ 10:17AM
Basjee said...
don't forget the dutch prince
http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/29/dutch.royalty.buys.iphone/
:)
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5-13-2008 @ 10:25AM
mentalsticks said...
Good company? Do you mean Lindsey "DUI" Lohan or Pope Benedict "HIV" XVI?
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5-13-2008 @ 10:29AM
Pete said...
I was sitting in a booth at Coors Field for the playoffs last year. (I was there to see the Red Sox of course.) Sitting a couple chairs over from me was Carrie Underwood typing on her iPhone.
For the first time, the iPhone looked ugly compared to it's surroundings.
http://tinyurl.com/3n699m
And on a side note, she was totally nice. While we were sitting there, we used Jailbreakme.com to jailbreak her iPhone and install some apps on it. She loved it.
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5-13-2008 @ 11:34AM
DJCarbon43 said...
Thats pretty cool. Nice to see that some celebs are down to earth... now hopefully it wont get bricked on the next update...
5-13-2008 @ 10:42AM
Kenneth said...
That's getting old and I don't really care.
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5-13-2008 @ 10:50AM
Ryan said...
seriously.
Isn't there something like 4MM iPhones out there now, it's not like it's an exclusive device that only these 'celebrities' have. Besides don't these people flock to whatever is 'hip' at the moment? Where they not all carrying beadazzled Sidekicks just a year or so ago?
5-13-2008 @ 10:47AM
marcipano said...
Here's new president of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev http://kremlin.ru/dyn_images/big200033.JPG
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5-13-2008 @ 11:05AM
Charles R Hamilton said...
The whole cult of celebrity thing wears thin pretty quick, but kudos to hanging with Carrie, she seems to be the real deal.
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5-13-2008 @ 11:51AM
Matt said...
Did you mean "Barack" and not "Barak"?
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5-13-2008 @ 12:03PM
MeatyPi said...
No I believe he meant "Brak" from spaceghost
btw, That stupid full screen ad that turns the whole page black is so damn annoying, and when you click skip, it plays the fuckin thing. wtf?
5-13-2008 @ 12:02PM
mark said...
I have never understood why the typical person in America cares what a "celebrity" uses or doesn't use. It will not sway my opinion of them, nor my interest in any particular product.
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5-13-2008 @ 12:21PM
peejavery said...
How can you tell it is an iPhone? The quality of video is low. Plus,
it gives an strange blue glow. This would make me think that it was a
Blackberry (which typically hang from the belt).
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5-13-2008 @ 12:56PM
JediMstr said...
He's Twittering using Hahlo... :) He's in a Twitter Followers race between Leo Laporte and Kevin Rose. (Hillary and McCain are way behind in this race).
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5-13-2008 @ 1:25PM
Awin said...
Fake Steve had a picture of Jennifer Aniston carrying a MBP about a month ago.
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5-13-2008 @ 3:27PM
rob said...
wait.. how the heck do you know thats an iPhone? i mean cmon
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5-13-2008 @ 4:09PM
Goran said...
"You're in good company. We think."
...erm... Think Different?
;)
Just kidding, for crying out loud.
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5-13-2008 @ 4:43PM
me said...
a while ago on mythbusters i saw Adam pull out his iPhone as a timer.
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5-13-2008 @ 6:06PM
Wifiguy said...
That's a 8700 Blackberry not an iPhone!
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5-13-2008 @ 6:09PM
Jason said...
Sorry guys, that's a blackberry.
I've seen other clips that clearly show him on his blackberry.
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5-14-2008 @ 5:13AM
larry said...
some belgian minister, maybe of telecommunications? actually a ton of eu politicians use unlocked iphones
http://www.lesoir.be/la_vie_du_net/en_pratique/un-iphone-pirate-au-gouvernem-2008-05-08-597041.shtml - in french
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