Obama and Lindsay Lohan are far from the only people rocking the iPhone lately -- a new site called "Coolspotters" claims to track brands and the celebrities that use them, and the iPhone is pretty cool lately. 32 celebrities have been spotted -- everyone from Mike Tyson to Heidi Klum to Rose McGowan (pictured, though that really could be anyone, couldn't it?). In fact, the Apple iPhone is actually the most popular product on the site right now -- one spot above something called the Omnipeace t-shirt (yes, but does it have a multitouch screen?), and two spots above the MacBook Air.Because everyone knows you need a site to tell you that what you own is cool, right? Of course, they are cheating a little bit -- I don't think the fact that Steve Jobs is using something necessarily makes it cool. Otherwise, we'd all have seen celebs toting around Newtons.
Still, if seeing celebs use the same product you have is your thing, the iPhone's got you covered there, too. Can't say it influenced my purchase much, but good to see that the rich and famous are catching on to what's been TUAW's favorite tech-cessory for a while.
[via Kottke]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
5-14-2008 @ 7:24PM
fishface said...
dude it's justt a regular phone
you don't need to make a blog entry just to say a celebrity is using one
theres nothing exciting or amazing about them using it!!
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5-14-2008 @ 7:36PM
Gareth Burleigh said...
dude its justt a blog entry
you don't need to make a post just to try and discredit somebody trying to lighten our day
There is nothing exciting or amazing about you doing it!!
5-14-2008 @ 7:44PM
fishface said...
useless info
5-14-2008 @ 10:41PM
Funke, Tobias Dr. said...
I have to agree, who cares. Maybe in the first month after release this would've been interesting, but it's been out for almost a year now.
Now with regards to what Mike said, I'd like to see a post if anybody important is seen using a hacked iPhone or a 3G model before public release (although I know this will almost certainly not happen).
5-14-2008 @ 11:11PM
Big Fat Hairy Tuna said...
But Gareth likes it.
How can this entry possibly suck as bad as it does if Gareth likes it?!?
5-14-2008 @ 10:53PM
austin said...
if you want to find a picture of a pre-release 3G, just follow around John Mayer with a camera.
5-14-2008 @ 7:42PM
mac-mini said...
looks like they want flash on the iphone. its in the image of the iphone on its page
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5-14-2008 @ 8:00PM
Howie Isaacks said...
Eh... I don't give a damn what these people use.
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5-14-2008 @ 8:16PM
OldManCA said...
Need a fact-checker -- "I don't think the fact that Steve Jobs is using something necessarily makes it cool. Otherwise, we'd all have seen celebs toting around Newtons." -- Steve Jobs left Apple in 1985, Newton didn't arrive until 1993. More accurate (for the time period) would have been "Otherwise, we'd all have seen celebs using the NeXT cube."
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5-14-2008 @ 8:26PM
Macroy said...
Are you saying that Steve Jobs never used a Newton?
5-14-2008 @ 9:21PM
Ed said...
Need a fact-checker -- If Steve uses it, it IS cool.
5-14-2008 @ 10:18PM
Charles R Hamilton said...
I could be wrong, but I don't think Steve Jobs was a big Newton fan.
5-14-2008 @ 11:24PM
Will said...
Considering that one of the first things he did upon gaining control of Apple was s**tcanning the Newt, not to mention the way he insulted it in period interviews, saying that he wasn't fond of it is probably accurate.
5-14-2008 @ 8:23PM
Mike said...
the £1m question is.. do they hack their iphones?!
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5-14-2008 @ 8:34PM
fuzzy said...
Remember when the RAZR first came out?
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5-14-2008 @ 8:40PM
icedemon said...
That site is slow. But I did get to see a few celebs. One of the celebs they have is Spencer from The Hills. All you have to do is tune in and you'll see him using the phone more than a little bit. Him and his friend Brody. So I don't see how that's news worthy when all you have to do is go to MTV.
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5-14-2008 @ 8:41PM
Rubbinz said...
Lohan on TUAW? It's a sad, sad day.
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5-14-2008 @ 9:03PM
Chloe said...
Must be a slow news day.
By the way, why isn't Adam Savage from MythBusters on that list? He was using an iPhone on the show shortly after it was released!
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5-14-2008 @ 11:02PM
dan said...
WHO CARES.
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5-15-2008 @ 12:00AM
Max said...
Good for Obama, man's got good taste in phones. As to Lohan and her ilk, get the hell away. I think FSJ puts this point into perspective here quite well: http://fakesteve.blogspot.com/2007/07/hey-apple-retail-which-part-of-no.html
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