Technabob » spoof http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Weird Science Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:00:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Xphone Will Destroy the iPhone… if It was a Real Product http://technabob.com/blog/2009/12/09/xphone-iphone-killer/ http://technabob.com/blog/2009/12/09/xphone-iphone-killer/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:47:14 +0000 Lambert Varias http://technabob.com/blog/?p=24175 really… compete against the iPhone, to the extent that subscribers in the U.S. are willing to endure the sometimes horrible service of AT&T so that they can keep using Apple’s revolutionary product. If you were a designer or engineer and you were asked to]]> We’ve yet to see a gadget really compete against the iPhone, to the extent that subscribers in the U.S. are willing to endure the sometimes horrible service of AT&T so that they can keep using Apple’s revolutionary product. If you were a designer or engineer and you were asked to make an iPhone-killer, what features would you include? Would you add a 48 megapixel camera? The ability to print pictures? What about cassette tape, VHS, and even floppy disk reading? What the hell am I talking about?

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I’m talking about the xphone. And yes, that’s a VHS tape going inside it. Watch as this German-made spoof pokes fun at consumers’ demands for a do-it-all device and technology’s ever-increasing capacity to pack a ton of features into one gadget.

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The Onion would be proud of whoever made that video.

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]]> http://technabob.com/blog/2009/12/09/xphone-iphone-killer/feed/ 7 R2-D2′S Bleeps and Beeps Decoded. It’S Not for Kids. It’S Funny as Hell. http://technabob.com/blog/2009/03/03/r2d-2s-bleeps-and-beeps-decoded/ http://technabob.com/blog/2009/03/03/r2d-2s-bleeps-and-beeps-decoded/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:40:45 +0000 Lambert Varias http://technabob.com/blog/?p=9839 Silent Running… plus an overheard request from a sound editor. Riiiight. Here’s the real score: In 1975 George Lucas invented a Time Machine and fast forwarded himself to 1999. Then he]]> Star Wars geeks claim that R2-D2 was inspired by a character in a Kurosawa film plus the robots in Silent Running plus an overheard request from a sound editor. Riiiight. Here’s the real score: In 1975 George Lucas invented a Time Machine and fast forwarded himself to 1999. Then he saw an episode of Family Guy. Then he saw Stewie. Then he went back home and watched a bit of Monty Python. Then he created R2-D2. The end. You guys want proof?

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Dr. Mortal Wombat, PhD in robot linguistics, has released clips of Star Wars with all of R2-D2′s digital utterances decoded for us lay people. May I just reiterate that these clips are for adults only. I guess Star Wars fans won’t have trouble meeting that requirement.

Here’s Episode I:

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Still not convinced?

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Here’s Episode II:

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