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Apple Japan Announces/Pulls iPotty Dock

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the but-i-wanted-one dept.

Suhas writes "Early Friday morning, the Japanese web site of Apple Computer briefly hosted pages depicting an previously unannounced iPod peripheral called "iPotty" (JPY 104,970, approx. $1000), a beige-and-white electric toilet seat featuring an integrated iPod dock on its right side. Presumably intended only for the domestic Japanese marketplace, iPotty promises to deliver music playback and an "optional scent eliminator" to drown out embarrassing bathroom sounds and smells. Availability is listed at 1-3 weeks, indicating an imminent release."

44 comments

  1. In other news... by nacturation · · Score: 3, Funny

    Apple announces that the front page of slashdot is now a dock for everything potty related.

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    1. Re:In other news... by kingjam · · Score: 1

      no dot just a slash

    2. Re:In other news... by ravenspear · · Score: 1

      AAAAHAHAHAHA!! I agree it has sucked but that's the funniest thing I've read all day. ;)

    3. Re:In other news... by getling · · Score: 1

      Wasn't there an article from last April Fools about a Japanese toilet?

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  2. But... by Christoff+Ka+Sin+Chu · · Score: 0
    Does it run Linux?

    CC

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    1. Re:But... by Chris+Kamel · · Score: 2, Funny

      For the sake of getting rid of this comment let's just agree that we'll assume everything runs linux unless otherwise stated.

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    2. Re:But... by LilNickiMastaBurritt · · Score: 1

      when you say "for the sake...", do you mean sake as in Sake, the rice wine from Japan?

  3. Patent Infringement by cybercobra · · Score: 1

    I wonder how long it will take for Microsoft to sue for these guys copying their iLoo from last year's April 1 Joke...

    1. Re:Patent Infringement by Chris+Kamel · · Score: 1

      This is probably a good idea for next year's April's fool or wait a minute, maybe it could make it for the next April's fool due in 3 minutes here on /.

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    2. Re:Patent Infringement by BeerCat · · Score: 1

      Of course, for Microsoft, April 1st follows the Longhorn release schedule, and is, in fact, on May 2nd

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  4. Ok? by bryan8m · · Score: 1

    That's disgusting, isn't it?

  5. Join the cause! by antikarma · · Score: 1

    In protest of the April Fools insanity, I am replying to all news items with the following... Nothing for you to see here, please move along.

  6. "indicating an imminent release." by GillBates0 · · Score: 1

    I sure hope so...that carton of Metamusil doesn't grow on trees you know.

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  7. God. by xenostar · · Score: 0

    These are getting truly tasteless. I'm starting to think that nerds don't have a sense of humor after all.

  8. It's gotta be fake... by artifex2004 · · Score: 1

    Steve hasn't let them use beige for years.

  9. Re:Normality by Tony+Hoyle · · Score: 1

    Don't give them any more ideas.

    1 or 2 jokes is funny. 30 is not funny, it's tedious. Especially on April 2nd.

  10. Taco by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I will cut you.

  11. screw this.. by sporty · · Score: 1

    ok.. screw this.. i'm going over to kuro5hin.org for a loooong while. And cnet. And other resources. slashdot jumped the shark.

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    1. Re:screw this.. by NaruVonWilkins · · Score: 0

      I second that. Sorry, Slashdot folks. You'll have to get along without my +1 comments. :)

    2. Re:screw this.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Can I have your UID then?

  12. What a... by shirai · · Score: 4, Insightful

    lousy day for me to get mod points.

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  13. Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...in the Men's room!

  14. April Fools or not by Neo-Rio-101 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Considering some modernized Japanese toilets include a scented deodoriser, a button for the bidet pressure, air dryer, and have a control panel that wouldn't look out of place in Star Trek,... it's only a matter or time.

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    1. Re:April Fools or not by Seitakai · · Score: 1

      Do you also live in fear of the "Powerful Deodorizer" button? I always worry about mashing that when I'm at the mall...how powerful are we talking about? Am I going to walk around smelling like lilacs for days, while Japanese people snigger behind my back ("Stupid American pushed the Powerful Deodorizer button! Hahaha!")???? Or, the opposite? Will dogs ignore me for weeks due to my lack of any odor at all? These are the things that keep me up at night...

  15. iPotty? by sulli · · Score: 1
    if it were a real Japanese commode thingy, it would be called "Podlet."

    And TOTO, not Apple, would make it. (They still might.)

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    1. Re:iPotty? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      TOTO is listed as a co-partner in the article.

  16. Oh bother.. by GrBear · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hey, at least if you were yaking up your 6 tequila nightcap, you could use the bidet nozzle to gargle the nasties outta your mouth.

    "Stink Different"

  17. You expected me to RTFA on 4/1?! by sulli · · Score: 2, Informative

    Following the links, it turns out TOTO has in fact already made such a thing. Not surprising.

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  18. sounds great by SuperBanana · · Score: 2, Funny
    a beige-and-white electric toilet seat featuring an integrated iPod dock on its right side.

    Very clever. They'll sell millions! I want one too, actually.

    Availability is listed at 1-3 weeks, indicating an imminent release."

    Oh, you devil you. Happy April 1st to you too. You had a complete fool here until I saw that 1-3 week availability for a new Apple product.

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  19. Nothing for you to see here, please move along. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Nothing for you to see here, please move along.

  20. Re: iPod by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I don't want to spend $1000 AU for a toilet seat. o.O

  21. Finally an apple product I can get behind by neckdeepinspecialsau · · Score: 1

    literally

  22. Japanese Toilet Seats by Snowgen · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The true humor in this article is that Japanese toilets don't have seats.

    1. Re:Japanese Toilet Seats by Suhas · · Score: 1

      Insightful? Mods on crack? Having lived in japan, I know that the parent is a troll, and yet it gets modded as Insightful???

  23. lolllllers by cood · · Score: 1

    this ones actully kind of funny :)

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  24. For the sake of sake by Principal+Skinner · · Score: 1

    Sake will help get rid of that comment, and all other comments, when used properly (i.e., in large quantities).

    Oh, and it's SAH-*kay* (sort of), not SAH-key. If it were the latter, it'd be spelled "saki".

    Not that I think that'll help.

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  25. mp3 playing toilets by 3yen · · Score: 1

    Toto has actually introduced real mp3 playing toilets about 2 months ago... The people at iPodLounge should read Japanese wacky news sites like 3yen.com before they make april's fool jokes that come later than the actual thing! :/

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  26. The sacry thing is... by clambake · · Score: 1

    ...this might actually be true.

  27. Why is the scent eliminator optional? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Why is the scent eliminator optional?

  28. It's no joke! by O-SUSHi · · Score: 1

    MP3 Playing toilet

    WIN!

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  29. Finally a worthy tribute for April Fool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Take that (and die) you fucking Apple Fan Boys.

    Bet all of you will buy it cos it's Apple.

  30. Even if it were "real"... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    The person who generated the mock-up neglected to put in the proper URL. Apple's Japanese webpages have a subdirectory "jp" in the URL, for example http://www.apple.com/jp/itunes/

    btw, the boldface text is cut & pasted from the iPod mini page, the text next to the control box is from the shuffle page. And a pixel copy at that, not text copy (so sentences are clipped off mid word.)