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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Humor, Odds and ends, Apple, iPhone

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.

[via Kottke]

Filed under: Humor, Odds and ends, iPhone

Celebrities and their Apple goodies

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.

Filed under: Cult of Mac, Odds and ends

The answers to our Mac celebs quiz

Well, we're impressed! You all did very well with our Mac Celebrity quiz. Here are the official answers:
  1. Steve Wozniak, Co-founder of Apple, designer of Apple and Apple ||
  2. Guy Kawasaki, Macintosh evangelist
  3. Gil Amelio, one-time CEO of Apple. Let's just move on to #4, shall we?
  4. Jonathan Ive, designer of the iMac and iPod
  5. Al Gore, member of Apple's board (he also worked as Vice President of the United States for a while)
  6. There are two possible answers for #6. We'll accept Ellen Feiss, beloved switcher; also Ellen Hancock, former Apple CTO
  7. Jean-Louis Gassée, former Apple executive who wanted Apple to adopt his BeOS, and not Steve's NeXT.
  8. Bill Atkinson, creator of the great HyperCard
  9. Jef Raskin, Macintosh designer
  10. Rupert Lissner, creator of AppleWorks (That one was tricky)
Thanks for participating, and congratulations to everyone who got it right! You'll receive...the satisfaction of knowing you got it right. Sweet.

Filed under: Cult of Mac, Odds and ends

Mac-wielding celebrities

ifoAppleStore is pointing to a great Flickr find today: A (blurry) snapshot of John Stewart bringing his iMac into the SoHo Genius Bar for service (how he managed to get an appointment there I'll never know). The picture reminded me of these shots of John Krasinski from NBC's The Office checking out an iPod in an unidentified New York Apple Store.

Since we don't venture out of our secret TUAW offices in the gymnasium of the abandoned parochial school with any great regularity, we don't get to see many Mac-toting celebs in the wild. So, we're posing the question to you: Have you ever made such a sighting?

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