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Spotting celebs with the iPhone
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.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
fishface said 7:24PM on 5-14-2008
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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Gareth Burleigh said 7:36PM on 5-14-2008
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!!
fishface said 7:44PM on 5-14-2008
useless info
Funke, Tobias Dr. said 10:41PM on 5-14-2008
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).
Big Fat Hairy Tuna said 11:11PM on 5-14-2008
But Gareth likes it.
How can this entry possibly suck as bad as it does if Gareth likes it?!?
austin said 10:53PM on 5-14-2008
if you want to find a picture of a pre-release 3G, just follow around John Mayer with a camera.
mac-mini said 7:42PM on 5-14-2008
looks like they want flash on the iphone. its in the image of the iphone on its page
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fuzzy said 8:34PM on 5-14-2008
Remember when the RAZR first came out?
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Howie Isaacks said 8:00PM on 5-14-2008
Eh... I don't give a damn what these people use.
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OldManCA said 8:16PM on 5-14-2008
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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Macroy said 8:26PM on 5-14-2008
Are you saying that Steve Jobs never used a Newton?
Ed said 9:21PM on 5-14-2008
Need a fact-checker -- If Steve uses it, it IS cool.
Charles R Hamilton said 10:18PM on 5-14-2008
I could be wrong, but I don't think Steve Jobs was a big Newton fan.
Will said 11:24PM on 5-14-2008
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.
Mike said 8:23PM on 5-14-2008
the £1m question is.. do they hack their iphones?!
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icedemon said 8:40PM on 5-14-2008
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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Rubbinz said 8:41PM on 5-14-2008
Lohan on TUAW? It's a sad, sad day.
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Chloe said 9:03PM on 5-14-2008
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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dan said 11:02PM on 5-14-2008
WHO CARES.
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Max said 12:00AM on 5-15-2008
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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