“Apple fans have been creating Halloween costumes based on Apple products for years,” Cindy Perman reports for CNBC. “But two guys in Florida came up with the ultimate Apple costume: an iPhone—that works.”
MacDailyNews Take: This sounds great so far (as long as neither one of them is named Rudy Pedraza).
Perman continues, “Reko Rivera is an actor and DJ who’s currently getting paid to scare guests at Busch Gardens. He started making iPod costumes four years ago, but this is the first one that works. His partner in iCrime is John Savio, an unemployed former Apple employee, who used to teach people how to use their Macs. He also used to work for a local late-night show.”
MacDailyNews Take: Excellent.
Perman continues, “They created a sandwich-board type frame using wood and metal, then inset a 37-inch LCD screen on top of that. The iPhone is connected at the top, where they choose which app to display on the screen. It’s all powered by a car battery strapped, um … between their legs. (If that’s not dedication, I don’t know what is.) They keep three batteries on them at all times, delivering 4.5 hours of battery life total. They can even charge their iPhones using the USB port on the television.”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Note: Here they are via YouTube video:
Direct link via YouTube here.
MacDailyNews Take: All hail the two kings of the realm of Dorkdom!
NERRRDS!!!!! NERDS NERDS NEEEERRDDDS!!!!
For the love of God don’t get your wires crossed.
Hurry up and get the word out about the new Apple TV update.
That’s awesome lol hahah I want one
Great effort!
My wife asked if I could build this for my costume for our Halloween party. I told her I absolutely could, but that she’d be PISSED when the TV disappeared from the wall in the living room!
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Pretty amazing nerdness!
Apple should use them in a commercial.
They could beat the shit out of a couple guys dressed like Zoons…
“They could beat the shit out of a couple guys dressed like Zoons…”
A pile of dung IS a Zune costume (at least, the brown model).
How heavy are they?
The two kings of dorkdom are indeed real dorks, at least as far as their musical choice of soundtrack is concerned…
jesus….
And to think it only took $5,000 to make those babies.
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Now if only they had the touchscreens working…
Two more guys that have chosen an activity other than having sex.
Just saying.
“I’m a Mac”
“I’m a PC”
“I’m an iPhone”.
It’s true that you can take the Uncle Fester costume and pair the mask with a sweat marked blue shirt and scare the living hell out of people yelling “Developers! Developers! Developers! Developers!”
I think they’re trying to say, the iPhone is out to kill the entire fricking market of smartphones
They should go mess with an ATT store , complain about spotty coverage or something
Apple’s portable answer to Microsoft’s Surface?
@KingMel
*snort* Very funny! I like that thought.
It doesn’t matter if the if the car batteries between their legs explode in a shower of high voltage corrosive acid and scorch their twigs and berries forever and ever…
Cause these guys NEVER had a chance of getting laid anyway…
I sure as hell salute the dedication though…
Also, I seriously considered going out this year dressed as Peter Boyle’s rendition of Frankenstein’s Monster from Mel Brooks “Young Frankenstein”, but was too worried that everyone would confuse me with Steve Balmer (“Puttin’ on the DEVELOPERRRRRS !!!”).