So much in love with shiny new toys, it's unnatural.
Tip your editors:
tips@gizmodo.com
Editor:
Brian Lam | Email
Features Editor:
Wilson Rothman | Email
Senior Associate Editors:
Jason Chen | Email | AIM
Jesus Diaz | Email | AIM
John Mahoney | Email
Associate Editors:
Mark Wilson | Email | AIM
Matt Buchanan | Email
Adam Frucci | Email
Contributing Editors:
Sean Fallon | Email
Addy Dugdale |Email
Kit Eaton | Email
Elaine Chow | Email
Jack Loftus | Email
Matt Hickey | Email
Columnist:
Brendan I. Koerner
Editorial Assistants:
Adrian Covert | Email
Benny Goldman | Email
Interns:
Chris Mascari | Email
Eric Sheline | Email
John Herrman | Email
Dan Nosowitz | Email
Logan Lape | Email
Copy Editor:
David Penick | Email
Comment Account Questions:
Comments@gizmodo.com
1:54 PM on Sun May 11 2008
By Brian Lam
51,077 views,
42 comments
Latest by phor11: Best skit I've seen on SNL since the Justin Timberlake Omletteville skit or the Ashton Kutcher Death by Chocolate skit. more »
4:00 PM on Sun Nov 11 2007
By Mark Wilson
176,908 views,
42 comments
Latest by timerider42: @whiskey: I see the .flv, but how do I download it? It's just "(filename).flv" in the source. more »
Last weekend we pointed out that a Saturday Night Live iPhone sketch (that we thought was hilarious, btw) was using a hacked iPhone. We wondered if this was a writer decision, a production necessity or a corporate low blow. Since then a connected tipster filled us in, saying that the phone was indeed a production decision because it was the only way one can show all the phone's features with the "no service" icon displayed (as to avoid promoting a carrier, we assume). Here's their short correspondence (that pretty much says what we've already told you):
More »
We just told you about the hacked iPhone we spotted on NBC's Saturday Night Live. You can spot the proof around 20 seconds in. The sketch is actually incredibly funny—some of the most edgy material we've seen on SNL in a while. We may even have to start watching regularly again, you know, if they are supporting iPhone freedom and everything. [youtube]
If you looked closely at last night's episode of Saturday Night Live during the iPhone: The Affair sketch, you may or may not have noticed a certain extra "Installer" icon next to the iTunes button. So what's that icon signify? The iPhone being used was jailbroken (or, hacked for programs and games, in layman terms).
Maybe the hacked iPhone is just part of the joke, an inside snicker of SNL writers. Maybe the hack makes for an simpler, more customizable production prop. Or maybe, since we knew Apple and NBC weren't getting along before, this is a not-so-subtle kick in the groin from one corporation to another. Hit the jump for a bigger version.
More »
digital cameras
Gizmodo
