If you like to read Apple news and also like to laugh, have I got a great site for you. I recently learned of Scoopertino which describes itself as "an independent news organization devoted to ferreting out the most
relevant stories in and around the world of Apple, whether or not they
actually occurred." This source of "unreal Apple news" is consistently funny. Here are the headlines and some quotes from some of my favorite Scoopertino stories related to the iPhone:
- If you can't beat 'em, join 'em: Apple launches Prototype Store: "Beginning immediately, the online Apple Store will feature a new Prototype Store where customers can do their prototype shopping from home — without having to search through bars, cafés and restaurants."
- Redwood City bar flooded with lost prototypes as others try to create Apple-like buzz: "The Redwood City beer garden, Gourmet Haus Staudt, has become ground zero for every company hoping to get the same buzz generated by Apple."
- Rumor: feature free iPhone shuffle due in June: "iPhone shuffle is designed first and foremost as a phone. It syncs automatically with your computer contact list. With its single button, iPhone shuffle provides two ways of making calls. In Sequential mode, it calls the numbers in your contact list in order, from A to Z. In Shuffle mode, it calls contacts randomly."
- Apple blinks: new iPad XL to offer Flash capability: "Their engineering team has invented a mobile power generator that, according to Apple’s press release, 'integrates perfectly with iPad in form and function.' Just insert iPad into the XL’s side-mounted socket. The diesel-powered generator starts up automatically, providing ample power to run Flash-dependent websites for up to 22.5 hours on a single tank."
- And most recently: Apple introduces iHand: the right way to hold your iPhone: "Responding to complaints that the new iPhone 4 loses signal when held by a human hand, Apple today launched iHand — a synthetic appendage that makes it easy for anyone to 'get a grip' on iPhone and remain connected."
And it's not just the articles that are funny. Pay attention to the ads on Scoopertino, many of which are fake and humorous.
Scoopertino is a cross between Macworld and The Onion. The site reminds me of the days when we had two great daily Apple-related humor sites, Jack Miller's fantastic As the Apple Turns and John Moltz's Crazy Apple Rumors Site (which still lives on with occasional posts, but is not the daily site that it used to be, although Moltz is still quite funny on Twitter).
If you are looking for an Apple-related laugh, check out Scoopertino.
UPDATE 6/29/10: I just learned that the guys behind Scoopertino are Michael Rylander (an art designer who has done work for Apple) and Ken Segall. The name Ken Segall might ring a bell if you read this Wired article back in 2009. Segall used to work for Apple's advertising agency, TBWA\Chiat\Day, and he not only authored the Think Different campaign, he also came up with the name "iMac," which makes him in some way responsible for every Apple product to follow with an "i" including, the iPhone. So when this guy makes a joke about Apple, he really knows what he is talking about!
