Ultimate iPhone Review — Will It Blend?

I've been enjoying the Will it Blend videos forever. There's something about a labcoat clad crazy man putting things like marbles and soda cans into a blender and after reducing them to powder, warning you not to breathe in the particles. Well today they ask the ultimate question of the latest over-hyped internet sensation Will the iPhone Blend? Fans of these videos can probably guess the answer... and this story made my morning. I've been waiting for an excuse to link these forever. If you haven't seen these, you're in for a real treat.

Comments

Oh its not so bad

[JeanBaptiste]

I've been breathing that stuff for a while and nothing has ha *THUD*

(he wouldn't just type thud, would he?)
(maybe he was dictating)
(oh shut up)

Re:Oh its not so bad

[dsginter]

(he wouldn't just type thud, would he?)

It is generally accepted that computer crashes, dropped connections and death is represented by the "NO CARRIER" stamp (line noise optional). For example:

Hey guys - I'm currently installing a nitrous oxide system on my chainsaw and I'm wondering what happens if I turn this mixture adjustment screw^%$#^%%^&

NO CARRIER

Re:Oh its not so bad

[thc69]

King Arthur: [about the inscription on the rock] What does it say, Brother Maynard?
Brother Maynard: It reads, "Here may be found the last words of Joseph of Aramathia. He who is valiant and pure of spirit may find the holy grail in the Castle of Aaauuuggghhh...
King Arthur: What?
Brother Maynard: "The Castle of Aaaauuuggghhhh"
Sir Bedevere: What is that?
Brother Maynard: He must have died while carving it.
King Arthur: Oh come on!
Brother Maynard: Well, that's what it says.
King Arthur: Look, if he was dying, he wouldn't have bothered to carve 'Aaaauuuggghhhh'. He'd just say it.
Sir Galahad: Maybe he was dictating it.
King Arthur: Oh shut up!
Sir Robin: Well does it say anything else?
Brother Maynard: No, just "Aaaaauuuugggghhh".
[knights making groaning sounds]
Sir Bedevere: Do you think he could have mean, 'Camaaaauuuuggghhhh'?
Sir Galahad: Where's that?
Sir Bedevere: France, I think.
Sir Lancelot: Isn't there a Saint "Aaaaavvvveeeesss" in Cornwall?
King Arthur: No that's Saint "Ives".
Sir Lancelot: Oh, yes. "Iiiiiivvvveeessss"!
[All knights saying, "Iiiiiivvvveeessss"]
Sir Bedevere: Whooooouuuuaaa!
Sir Lancelot: No no no, it's "Aaaaauuuugggghhhh" from the back of the throat.
Sir Bedevere: No I mean, "Whoooouuuuaaa!" as in surprise and alarm.
Sir Lancelot: Oh, you mean like, "AAAHH!"
Sir Bedevere: Yes, that's it. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Re:Oh its not so bad

[Anonymous Coward]

Truly dedicated /.ers have their browsers hooked up to a dead man's switch, so that if they are incapacitated, they automatically submit whatever is currently in the "Post Comment" field. A sort of "L4st Psot!!1!!," if you will. Here, let me demonstr1-0$%#$I)%^%)#%

NO CARRIER

Re:Spoiler

[Evanisincontrol]

It's pieces of the iPhone's evil, black heart.

Innovative and Groundbreaking

[rueger]

Sure the innovative and groundbreaking iPhone will change the face of blending forever. Never before could you blend a full featured implementation of Apple's award winning Safari browser.

The REAL spoiler

[Whiney Mac Fanboy]

The real spoiler is in the slow motion bit. Listen closely & you can distinctly hear the iphone death cry 'Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan'.

iPhone. The Shatner of cell phones.

Not that great

[LighterShadeOfBlack]

My kids and I spent nearly an hour looking at all of these last night. Sam kept exclaiming "That's totally awesome!" Even four year-old Emma enjoyed the blending of the Barbies. You do realise you're going to have to keep your blender under lock and key for the next 12 years right?

WM5 Phone

[Stevecrox]

Do you know I watched this on my Windows Mobile phone and seems to have broken it the video just keeps looping over and over I'm not certain but I think the "happy" midi tune plays every now and again

Re:Sell it on eBay...

[TheThiefMaster]

I like how it says "Product: iPhone Condition: Used" :)

Re:It always seems to

[jimstapleton]

As well as being fun, its an amazing ad for the company, everything they but into their blenders ends up as toxic dust!!!

Yes, because I really want my spaghetti sauce to become toxic dust. I think I'll take a blender that doesn't make everything toxic.

Re:Spoiler

[CaptainPatent]

No, it just spews a black cloud of overrated whenever the marketing hype wire in the iphone is severed.

Re:As funny as the videos are....

[cyphercell]

After recently purchasing a $85 blender that bit the dust on a box of frozen strawberries, this is just the kind of advertising I appreciate right now.

The ultimate end to this blending thing

[paiute]

"We found the Holy Grail"

it blends

"Cure for cancer"

blend it

"Kids, in this cage is the last living mouse lemur on Earth."

where's that outlet?

Re:the real Ultimate Review

[Bazman]

Well that's as maybe, but its the ultimate review for *that* particular iPhone!

1913 Webster definition of ultimate is rather apropos:

3. Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further
            division or separation; constituent; elemental; as, an
            ultimate particle; an ultimate constituent of matter.
            [1913 Webster]

Re:It always seems to

[Rogerborg]

Can they blend one of their own blenders? Wow, meta headrush.

Re:It always seems to

[Anonymous Coward]

Amazingly, the dust still had to be sent to Apple to get the battery out.

Fun?

[mi]

As well as being fun ...

Fun? I was, actually, rather revolted... It always saddens me, when things break irreparably. I once felt depressed for a week after accidentally dropping an old hard-drive on the floor — it worked before, but broke due to my sloppiness...

To do this sort of thing on purpose, with a shiny, new (and beautiful!) piece of high-tech electronics is a sin. To enjoy watching it is perverse, in my humble opinion...

Re:It always seems to

[Ambidisastrous]

Minor clarification: The fully assembled skyscraper would also be harmful if you inhaled it.