A cool spec commercial for a “new cell phone from Apple” by award winning filmmaker Christopher DeSantis with design by Gregory DeSantis via Google Video has been online for about a month, but it’s still fun to watch (click the blank space below if the video deosn’t pop up):
[Attribution: Gizmodo]
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That is way too cool to ever be produced.
Great. Now if it is NOT that cool, we’ll all be disappointed and the stock will tumble.
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what??? wow awesome
Way, way too cool.
Pretty amazing, but the phone part would need to be more instantly accessible.
That phone looks like it will cost $800.
I still want one.
MDN Word: HOLY SHIT! As in, ‘Holy Shit!’.
Apple will NEVER top that. Simply amazing! Apple needs to hire that guy right freaking now!
positively bonerriffic
Thank goodness they included the ability to watch “My Fair Lady”(I think). No way in ‘ell I’m talking on the phone without that.
Way cool tune….anyone know the artist?
Need the info…
Available today for, “One Miiiiiillllliion Dollars!”
The song is “In the Waiting Line” by Zero 7 – it’s off the Garden State soundtrack among other things…
How the Hell did they get the phone to float??
That was incredible. Not to pick nits, but the Apple logo seemed to be a bit too large. I hope the screen is scratchproof. <ducks>
Turd –
The music is by Zero 7 – ‘The Waiting Line’
Thanks so much, Someone Else…
Oh yea, and Dr. Evil thanks you, too…
I WANT IT ALL!
I WANT IT NOW!!!!
THIS HURTS! STEVE, ARE YOU WATCHING THIS???
SO TIRED OF MY TREO 650! DELIVER ME! NOW!
And I mean NOOOOWWWW!
gorsh: Nice Audrey Hepburn catch!
“How the Hell did they get the phone to float??”
It was filmed on a KC-135 Stratotanker. The International Space Station was booked. Spare no expense.
I never thought that I needed a new phone until now..
“It was filmed on a KC-135 Stratotanker. The International Space Station was booked. Spare no expense.”
That’s what I thought I just wanted to see if anyone else knew.
. . . . . Psyche!!!
Honestly, do you think Windows Mobile 5, Palm, or Symbian would stand a chance after something like this from Apple? There is no chance in hell Apple wouldn’t dominate the phone market with 12 months after that was released. Build in WiFi, Skype, and allow it integrate seamlessly with my Mac (only when booted in OS X of course) and Apple had better double personnel at the online and brick Apple Stores across the country. Of course, adding the “floating” feature would be an added premium.
May be this is the real reason behind the new data centers in the US and tech support center in India. They must know something we don’t….
maximum cool.
nah…. too complicated, all those flapping bits….
its the sort of superficially stylish stuff B&O come out with which is usually more gimmick than substance.
i would think something like the older nokias would be better when the keypad slides out, you could have an ipod with this, other wise totally touch screen and no moving parts might be the holy grail.
Keep in mind folks, it’s one thing to come up with a great conceptual idea, it’s another to actually build it. Nasty realities start to seep in when you try to turn a beautiful idea into a physical object.
Here’s one such reality. Folded up, the scroll wheel and the camera lens would touch the screen. Over time spent in the owner’s pockets, the screen would accumulate little scratches underneath these areas.
Also, how do you dial this thing? Touch the screen, apparently. Then you get to watch video through your fingerprints.
Finally, the video implied two modes for this device: folded up and folded “back”. The latter mode puts the scroll wheel on the back where there’s no visual feedback to whatever you’re doing with it. How the heck would you operate something like that?
So to sum up, yeah, gorgeous and sexy as hell, but not at all practical.