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Eric's Huge iPhone is Large, Probably Doesn't Make Calls

The picture is all we have to go on, so what we can tell is this; it looks like an iPhone, but that probably isn't a real touchscreen. Sadly, we doubt it will be making any calls either. You know what they say; if it walks like a duck and it talks like a duck, chances are it is a duck. Well, in light of that information, we can rule out the possibility that it is a duck. I think we can slowly eliminate stuff it isn't in this fashion, eventually we'll get our answer. Alternatively, Eric, if you're reading, drop us a line and let us know what the hell's going on, buddy. [Flickr via Unplugged via winandmac]

9:15 AM on Sun Apr 27 2008
By Haroon Malik
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Julien321 at 09:38 AM on 04/27/08
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Is that an iPhone in your pocket or are you just happy to be deformed?
yoshi at 09:38 AM on 04/27/08
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Nice iPhone...

It looks like he's about to pass gas with that face. (iPhoooooot) :)
OMG! Ponies! at 09:41 AM on 04/27/08
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Stupid Apple - won't they ever learn?

Why the hell is Apple teaming up with HP to make giant iPhones? Didn't they learn from the whole HP-branded iPod fiasco? Guess not.

Well, look for a whole lot of people getting pissed off when their giant iPhones break down.
Rhodizzle at 10:05 AM on 04/27/08
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It's just a 22" wide screen HP monitor with a huge picture of the iPhone on it...slow Sunday eh guys?
krazydonutboy at 10:09 AM on 04/27/08
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seriously? you dont know what's going on? its an hp w2408 monitor...it rotates. he just has an iphone graphic fullscreen
nut-bastard at 10:12 AM on 04/27/08
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@Rhodizzle: slow sunday - before this post they repeated a story on the uno motorbike segway but took it down after 30 mins max.
yoshi at 10:17 AM on 04/27/08
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@krazydonutboy:

Really??????????? :)
Mandatory_Field at 10:20 AM on 04/27/08
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He's just trying to compensate for a... small calling plan. Nothing to see here folks....
Sam.Nerd144 at 10:24 AM on 04/27/08
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It's Jailbroken 1.0.1 software! So, it's an old pic. (Note: Calculator icon and the logo partially hidden by his hand in the 4th row.)
softsoap at 10:27 AM on 04/27/08
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It looks like his monitor is turned sideways, and that that is just a picture. And, what the hell is up with his face?
OMG! Ponies! at 10:29 AM on 04/27/08
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@nut-bastard: But they got hits. (see Gawker Media pay arrangement)
lpxxfaintxx at 10:37 AM on 04/27/08
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@krazydonutboy: Oh my ****ing goodness, I would've never guessed. You are a genius, how could I be more like you?
lpxxfaintxx at 10:38 AM on 04/27/08
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/sarcasm
eason at 10:53 AM on 04/27/08
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to be fair, this could actually be a touchscreen computer. To my understanding, they sell a 22 inch all in one computer... i think...
Hap at 11:20 AM on 04/27/08
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Topic is too boring for a tech comment, so let's talk about English:

1. I don't know where YOU live, but ducks in my area don't "talk". The phrase is "... quacks like a duck ...".

2. Both semicolons should be colons (or at least em-dashes).

3. I think you left out an "if" in the second to last sentence.

Even blogs should be proofed.
praetorian at 11:40 AM on 04/27/08
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Yea I can clearly see the HP logo on the middle left side. From the black bezel it looks like their glossy line of consumer monitors (w2007, w2207, or w2407).

But yea, this is the same kinda thing you can see outside of Apple stores.
OMG! Ponies! at 12:20 PM on 04/27/08
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@Hap: No. Then they'd be newspapers.

Blogs aren't proofed. Any errors are deleted and treated as if they never existed - never with the strike-through feature. That's how blogs deal with questions about fact-checking.
Hiphopopotamus at 12:56 PM on 04/27/08
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So many bitter commenters today... Bring on the banhammer-enforced cheeriness!
nut-bastard at 01:13 PM on 04/27/08
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@Hiphopopotamus: If gizmodo bans you do they eventually allow you to comment again or will you have to forever read gizmodo posts unable to comment on how long you spend on the computer or how many ipods you've had etc?
Tall-Snark-and-Glandsome at 01:21 PM on 04/27/08
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When it comes to *personal* communication devices, size, er, chatters!
Haroon Malik at 01:39 PM on 04/27/08
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@nut-bastard: Bans are eternal. The Banhammer even extends authority to Gizmodo Heaven / Hell.
jozen at 02:01 PM on 04/27/08
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whats that icon on the bottom left corner where the itunes store is supposed to be?
martini1179 at 02:20 PM on 04/27/08
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Anyone who can't tell that this is just a monitor rotated into portrait mode should go play in traffic and "thin the herd."
nojo at 02:23 PM on 04/27/08
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Why does everyone presume this is a large monitor, and not a tiny person?
phate at 02:35 PM on 04/27/08
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Isn't that the same guy that did the huge windows mobile thing a while back?
phate at 02:38 PM on 04/27/08
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found it: [gizmodo.com]

Not the same guy apperently but it is the same concept.
bencarmeli at 03:39 PM on 04/27/08
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@OMG! Ponies!: dude are you honestly stupid?!?! haha ITS JUST A PICTURE DUMBASS! i bet when uyou saw that picture of steve being that creepy devil guy from star wars you thought that was reall too.
Pepper at 03:39 PM on 04/27/08
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they had these at the apple stores.... the giant fake iphones in the windows....
rbedi at 03:46 PM on 04/27/08
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Why did nutbastard lose his star?
rbedi at 03:46 PM on 04/27/08
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O never mind. Its a fake (nut-bastard) as opposed to nutbastard. Poser.
nut-bastard at 03:58 PM on 04/27/08
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@rbedi: thank you and gizmodo feel free to give me a star so as to complete my fakery. (fakery?) probably not a real word but im sure the real nutbastard would know a better word to use, so ask him. (hopefully not a nsfw word)
OMG! Ponies! at 04:36 PM on 04/27/08
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@bencarmeli: And this, folks, is why the wake-and-bake lifestyle, while alluring, is a bad thing.

Mr. Carmeli,

Please allow me to extend my most sincere apologies for not using the [sarcasm] tags.

I ordinarily take the "lowest common denominator" into account when employing such tags and felt that my above comment was so beyond the pale as to not necessitate their use. I was clearly mistaken in my judgment as to how gullible the browsing public is.

I'm sorry that you mistook my unique brand of tongue-in-cheek commentary on a lazy Sunday for genuine mockery of a highly successful business. It was a reference to the partnership whereby HP branded 5G iPods, which, based on anecdotal evidence, tended to be of poorer craftsmanship than Apple-made iPods. I am sorry that this reference was lost on you.

I regret that you thought that what was obviously a facetious remark (especially given the nature of photograph) was real. I didn't mean to upset you and I will be clearer in my ironic comments. I don't want anyone to miss out on my irony, regardless of his/her limited intellectual faculties.

A thousand pardons. In the future, I will take you into account when considering the foolishness of the blog-reading public.

Yours, etc.

omg-ponies
nojo at 06:20 PM on 04/27/08
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@OMG! Ponies!: All well and good, but you have yet to address the question of whether you accept as valid film stills used to illustrate posts. This is a literal website, sir. Whimsy is not welcome here.
AmishJohn at 06:28 PM on 04/27/08
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I like jello.
nut-bastard at 06:32 PM on 04/27/08
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@AmishJohn: i like jelly. (use an american to british translation)