Posts Tagged ‘iPhone’

Apple employee leaves iPhone prototype in the pub

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

What happens when one of the world’s most loved and, importantly, most secretive brands accidentally leaves a prototype of their forthcoming iPhone update in the pub? Obviously, someone picks it up and manages to get it over to the folks at Gizmodo for a once-over.

The results seem to suggest that this new version of the design classic is pretty darn good, but that’s not the real story. The real story is of how the prototype came to be lost in the first place. It might be a tad cruel to place the blame based on one picture, but we think that hiring this guy and giving him the phone to look after was the first mistake:

Would you trust this man with something important?

Visit the ever-excellent Gizmodo for a full run-down of the features and how they managed to procure the phone itself. Cheeky chappies.

Picture via The Guardian.

Is IWOOT Clairvoyant?

Monday, April 19th, 2010

Well? Are we?! We reckon we might have something special, seeing as one of our April Fool’s products has been made into an actual thing you can touch and buy and everything. Our Pad-Dock iPhone to Tablet Converter caused a bit of a stir on the day and after, but thanks to the folks at Elonex, it looks like we’ve either predicted the future or been the victims of intellectual property theft. Knew we should’ve applied for a patent.

Still, looks like it could be quite a fun product:

Of course, not all our April Fool’s products end up being made into actual items you can buy. Imagine though, if you will, half a stadium of irate football fans at the forthcoming World Cup simultaneously turning their Win-Win Supporter’s Shirts inside out and turning defeat into victory. Or perhaps being able to converse fully with your canine chums, the world teeming with completely comprehensible speaking dogs…

We’re taking over, one product at a time.

iPhone Etiquette

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

I know that it seems we are iPhone crazy… but the truth is, well, we are! If you’re an iPhone user, you know the addictive feeling of checking your mail, using apps, and generally that terrible little trigger itch your fingers do. You know, the one that you could only ever satisfy by doing the ever-so-cool two finger zoom gesture on your shiny delicious screen.

I have just re-read this sentence I typed and, well, it sounds like I might have a problem. I probably do. I am that annoying person who will check their phone incessantly at the table or, even worse, in the crowded pub. I know it’s anti-social behaviour, but I just can’t help it. My iPhone wielding friends have it too – infact, to the point that we have an unwritten understanding that we don’t even have to apologise for our rude behaviour. Thankfully, I found this flowchart, which helps iphone junkies like myself work out the appropriateness of using an iphone on a date:

iPhone Chart

And The Winner Is… (Week 10)

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

It’s finally here. What are we going to do with ourselves now that the iPhone competitions are over? You can make your own minds up, but I know for a fact that some of us in the office will be weeping in the corner and stuffing our faces with cake (of course some will be overjoyed that they no longer have to think of ideas for competitions).

This final week in particular has yielded some astonishingly good entries, and it’s been a typically mind-numbingly hard decision to select a winner. Even if you didn’t win, we sincerely hope you had a lovely time doing whatever it was that you did to prove to us that you wanted that iPhone the most.

For the final time, then, we’re happy to announce that the iPhone winner is Sarah Cank for the amazing songs and videos that she sent us. There is a condition on her victory, however – Sarah, you must never ever sing on record again:

We were also extremely impressed by several other entries we received, in particular Emma Gorman’s begging box, Nicki ‘Knox’ Parsons’ phone-swap idea, and the hilarious video made by Asher Heigham (literally an incredible effort). Well done guys, we’re sorry you couldn’t all win an iPhone.

The beautiful Begging Cake.

That's right, it's two tin cans tied with string.

Everyone, it’s been emotional.

Win An iPhone Week 10 (sob…)

Monday, November 30th, 2009

It’s finally here. Week 10. One more roll of the dice.

We’ve been entertained, affected and not a little bit terrified by the wealth of bizarreness we’ve uncovered on this merry technological odyssey whereby we released 10 iPhones into the wild for your gain, but boy has it been worth it. We’ve started a little community that we hope we can nurture – it’s an area where no one should feel bad for uploading a photo of their cat wearing a bumble bee costume.

But we digress.

 

The final iPhone competition has a very simple premise – we want you to prove to us that YOU want that iPhone the most. How far would you go? We don’t care how you prove it, but as long as you show us that, for whatever reason, you need that sleek little wizard’s-best-friend in your life. Make a video, write us a letter, bombard us with Tweets, bake us some cake (we like this idea a lot) – just make sure you don’t miss your final chance to win that precious iPhone. Facebook, Twitter, the blog or good old Royal Mail – do what you have to do to get your mitts on it.

So, to recap, the title of the comp this week is “How Much Do You Want An iPhone?”, and we want all entries in by 10AM  Monday, December 7th 2009. Anything received after that will not be counted as an entry. Unless it’s cake.

All the social media outlets are fairly self-explanatory, but some people have requested our postal address:

Creative Department
Unit C11 Parkhall Trading Estate
40 Martell Road
London
SE21 8EN

Good luck!

Competition Terms & Conditions:

• Closing Date For this competition is 10AM on Monday 7th December 2009.
• Sadly, you can only enter this competition once. (You can’t fool us, you know!)
• This competition is completely free to enter, no purchase is necessary.
• No cash alternative is available for the prize(s) offered.
• This competition is open to residents of the UK only.
• Employees of I Want One of Those and their immediate families and anyone professionally connected with the promotion are not eligible to enter this competition
• The winner will be chosen by the IWOOT team.
• The winner will be notified of their win via Facebook or Twitter or however they choose to enter, and under the name submitted on their entry. If a response to this notification is not received within 14 days, IWOOT reserves the right to randomly select another winner. In light of this, please ensure you submit an email address that you use regularly!
• No responsibility will be accepted for entries that are not received. Any obscene material submitted will be deleted and not count as an entry.
• From time to time we may include customer comments and feedback on the site, and in our catalogue and other media. By submitting your comment you are granting us permission to publish it and, if necessary, edit it for clarity and typos.

Win An iPhone Week 9

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Everyone has something unique about them. Even if you think you haven’t, there’s definitely something you can do that someone else can’t, or something that you know that others don’t. Licking your elbow, reciting Pi to a thousand decimal places, juggling bananas… if you can do something, let us know!

This week, in our penultimate iPhone giveaway, we want you to show and tell us exactly what that one thing you can do is, using whatever medium you like. Make a YouTube video (like the one below), take a photo, post on our Facebook wall, inundate us with Tweets or comment on the blog – no matter which way you do it, just tell us what your individual skill is – the most interesting, funny or creative will win that coveted iPhone.

We’re going to leave this week’s brief at that – go mad and show us what you’ve got.

Competition Terms & Conditions:

• Closing Date For this competition is 10AM on Monday 30th November 2009.
• Sadly, you can only enter this competition once. (You can’t fool us, you know!)
• This competition is completely free to enter, no purchase is necessary.
• No cash alternative is available for the prize(s) offered.
• This competition is open to residents of the UK only.
• Employees of I Want One of Those and their immediate families and anyone professionally connected with the promotion are not eligible to enter this competition
• The winner will be chosen by the IWOOT team.
• The winner will be notified of their win via Facebook or Twitter or however they choose to enter, and under the name submitted on their entry. If a response to this notification is not received within 14 days, IWOOT reserves the right to randomly select another winner. In light of this, please ensure you submit an email address that you use regularly!
• No responsibility will be accepted for entries that are not received. Any obscene material submitted will be deleted and not count as an entry.
• From time to time we may include customer comments and feedback on the site, and in our catalogue and other media. By submitting your comment you are granting us permission to publish it and, if necessary, edit it for clarity and typos.

And The Winner Is… (Week 5)

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

This week has undoubtedly been the toughest to judge, and we actually feel a bit sorry for some of the stronger entries that haven’t won. In all seriousness – ta a bunch for getting involved and making our Halloween that little bit spookier.

We’re sure you’ll agree, though, that the winning entry is very innovative, great fun and totally in the spirit of the whole competition. So congratulations go to Mark Ritchie for his guillotine entry. Well flipping done Mark!

 

 

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The photo quality isn’t terrific, but the idea is so good that we couldn’t resist making it the winner. There’s attention to detail, evidence of huge effort and, binding it all together, the slightly scary idea of pumpkin society evolving so much that they employ a judicial system and operate the death penalty. Lovely.

As we said, there were some superb entries (and a few that were pilfered from Google Image – tut tut!), the best of which are below. Once again, well done everyone, what a great week!

Darren Rye

Denis Rush

Debie Deane

Don’t forget to have a look at this week’s competition – simply tell us the meaning of life in one Tweet. Easy-peasy.

Win An iPhone Week 4

Monday, October 19th, 2009

The last two of our iPhone competitions have been extremely interactive, and yielded some excellent results (have a look at the Desktop Sculpture entries if you don’t believe us), so this week we’ve decided to take it back to basics. Simply, all we want you to do is tell us your best joke. As always, the best one will win – in this case, the one that makes us laugh the most. Which is pretty reasonable for a joke competition, we think.

A couple of rules and guidelines – all jokes have to be submitted to our Facebook wall by 10AM on Monday October 26th, they can’t be too long (a few lines at the most, ideally) and they can’t be rude or offensive. We’re very sensitive souls, you see. Other than that, go as surreal, as cerebral, as witty, as silly or as ridiculous as you like. And we’ll know if you’ve just copied and pasted – be as original as you possibly can.

Don't even think about entering this one.

Competition Terms & Conditions:

• Closing Date For this competition is 10AM on Monday 26th October 2009.
• Sadly, you can only enter this competition once. (You can’t fool us, you know!)
• This competition is completely free to enter, no purchase is necessary.
• No cash alternative is available for the prize(s) offered.
• This competition is open to residents of the UK only.
• Employees of I Want One of Those and their immediate families and anyone professionally connected with the promotion are not eligible to enter this competition
• The winner will be chosen by the IWOOT team.
• The winner will be notified of their win via the Facebook name submitted on the entry. If a response to this notification is not received within 14 days, IWOOT reserves the right to randomly select another winner. In light of this, please ensure you submit an email address that you use regularly!
• No responsibility will be accepted for entries that are not received.
• From time to time we may include customer comments and feedback on the site, and in our catalogue and other media. By submitting your comment you are granting us permission to publish it and, if necessary, edit it for clarity and typos.

Another Satisfied Customer

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

In the midst of all our iPhone giveaway craziness, it’s easy to get swept up in the competition itself and forget just how happy an iPhone can make someone. It’s like Rocky III. We spend so long thinking about the way in which Rocky could beat Clubber Lang, but ultimately the overriding importance has to lie with the happiness of victory itself. The payoff for all that hard work is seeing Rocky collapse on the floor of the ring after slugging through round after round of fisticuffs with Mr T off The A-Team.

But we digress. Here’s a picture of last week’s iPhone winner with her iPhone:

thankyou-iwoot

See how happy she is? If you try hard in our competition, you could be that happy too! Good luck and get entering!

Extreme Communication Rotation

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

Readers, a grave injustice has occurred. We demonstrably love the iPhone. A humble but essential gadget, it is the very essence of our modern lives, running through it like a river of relevance, pausing only at the delta of fun applications before rolling out to the sea of technology. In short, any act of violence visited upon an iPhone is an act of violence visited upon us, its humble sympathisers.

Imagine how our faces contorted in agony, then, when someone from Customer Services sent this video through:

(Disclaimer: Any iPhone owners who value them above things like jewellery, pets and family members should steel themselves before pressing play).

Crushing.

Still, if you’ve mangled your iPhone, why not enter our competition to win a nice shiny new one? This inspired psychotic fun comes courtesy of Will It Blend?