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Stephen Colbert is ‘flaccid with rage’ about Apple’s iPhone

Sunday, January 14, 2007 · 1:06 pm · 97 Comments

Stephen Colbert passed “harsh but fair judgement” on Apple’s iPhone in a special “Science & Technology ‘Tip of the Hat/Wag of the Finger’” segment The Colbert Report:

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Lvr

Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 2:15 pm · Reply

Hmm.. Not my kind of humor I guess. I found it pretty stale.
dukemeiser

Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 2:16 pm · Reply

flaccid |ˈfla(k)səd| adjective (of part of the body) soft and hanging loosely or limply, esp. so as to look or feel unpleasant
AlexD

Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 2:16 pm · Reply

I still can not get an answer to, can I use skype on this phone? Anybody knows the answer?
Lvr

Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 2:16 pm · Reply

… I did however find the Microsoft Zune Phone hilarious!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRLRjKCGHek&NR;
LordRobin

Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 2:20 pm · Reply

Keith Olbermann also made Steve Jobs a “Worse” Person in the World (the “bronze medal” in his “Worst Person in the World” segment) for prank calling the Starbucks. But I’m pretty sure it was meant as a joke, because he offered to take him off the list for a free iPhone.
TowerTone

Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 2:24 pm · Reply

Last night, Steve Jobs said this phone will hole ONE KABILLION contacts.
It’s true.
I saw him on SNL.
mac user 47

Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 2:27 pm · Reply

bitter – not funny.
Blahger

Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 2:44 pm · Reply

That was funny as hell, unless you hate America. You don’t hate America, do you?
Zune Tang

Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 2:45 pm · Reply

Not my type of humor either. What’s up with this guy?

Your potential. Our passion.
Dakaix

Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 2:45 pm · Reply

Was that supposed to be funny?
R

Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 2:48 pm · Reply

I thought this was great! I’m assuming a lot of people who’ve commented negatively about it on Digg or elsewhere either don’t like his brand of humor (which is fair enough), or they don’t fully grasp that it’s satire – and that Colbert usually means the opposite of what he’s saying. Either way, in this case, I think it’s good press for Apple – and the fact that the iPhone garnered attention on Colbert’s show, The Late Late Show, Conan O’Brien and SNL is just fantastic! It certainly proves what a presence Apple has in the collective conscious now…
macPinche

Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 2:49 pm · Reply

Tongue planted firmly in cheek, but… not that funny.
Gavron

Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 2:56 pm · Reply

AlexD,

the pundits are saying it should be no problem as the iPhone has wifi.
Bananaman

Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 2:56 pm · Reply

Oh my, that was funny, and I ain’t even an American. Some of you guys take yourselves way too seriously!
Tom Strong

Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 2:58 pm · Reply

Colbert is a snarky, cynical, liberal douchebag.
MadMac

Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 3:02 pm · Reply

Lighten up GEEKS, that was funy as hell!!!!!
Tergenev

Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 3:07 pm · Reply

That was excellent!
Gavron

Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 3:07 pm · Reply

AlexD,

I’ve just recalled that it was in a Your Mac Life podcast – I think it was David Pogue who said that no other cell phone had Wi-Fi because the carriers don’t tolerate it – because they lose money when people phoned on Skype.

He said, he thought that the inclusion of Wi-Fi was probably a condition that S. Jobs had made when negotiating with Cingular.
Mac Ed

Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 3:10 pm · Reply

PORNOGRAPHY!!! thats was funny..
Irish Dude

Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 3:12 pm · Reply

Thought that was funny myself actually. Its obvious that he is an Apple fan anyway. Said he was already with Cingular so it wont be a problem. Also said to Apple that computers shouldn’t be easy to use etc….. Was hilarious imo.
alansky

Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 3:18 pm · Reply

still can not get an answer to, can I use skype on this phone? Anybody knows the answer?

I read somewhere yesterday that Skype compatibility is being considered. Cingular, of course, is against it since phone calls use airtime minutes while data calls are unlimited.
Yours Smugly

Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 3:21 pm · Reply

Yeah, Colbert is a snarky, cynical, liberal douchebag, and I love it. That was great, especially the ending.

“…before it starts chasing John Connor.” Heh.
Anti-Anti

Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 3:23 pm · Reply

So many of the people that post here have no sense of humor whatsoever–it’s a JOKE people! Zune Tang is trying to be FUNNY, people! For fsck’s sake, stop taking yourselves so god damned seriously! LAUGH! It’s a beautiful day outside! Chill out! It will be okay!
ibookfast

Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 3:26 pm · Reply

Apple couldn’t pay for better advertising. The underlying message: Apple’s are easy and elegant to use.

mw: science
solid

Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 3:29 pm · Reply

to Anti-Anti:

Hahahahahaahahahhaha!

Thanks, I feel better.

P.S. Beautiful outside? Not in the good old plains states. Drizzly as hell….