http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/ Engadget Comments for Watch Smash My iPod smash an iPod http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/Or maybe is it fun because you, kids, live in a wealthy country where 400$ is nothing. In the country I work in (in South-East Asia), it's one or two months of salary for a normal worker. And I doubt anybody would laugh at this crap.
It really makes me sick.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/
Oh, wait! Didn't you just give $400 to Apple Corp to prove that you're NOT one of the iPod "sheeple", and then smashed the only thing you had to show for the $400?

If your cause was to show how vacant the space between your ears was (to the guys who produced the vid), then I think you achived it. Why the *bleep* did they think this was a good idea. With think tanks like THIS running around, people wonder why all the industry and tech jobs are going overseas? I'm embarassed to be associated with Americans with an act like this. Idiots.

Phil on #5 was right: Get a busted iPod, do a swap, and make your "protest" the SMART way! Then take the unused iPod back to another retailer to get your 400 clams back.

But that would've taken EDUCATION! Again....Idiots.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/
when i saw that vid, i was like that fugly virgin white kid needs to workout. Looks like a cadaver bought an ipod.

Bulk Up Kid, You'll spend your time with girls instead with broken iPods.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/1) The stupid anaemic kid with a prepubescent voice and bloody annoying pig-snort laugh.
2) The kid being pwned by the sales staff for trying to be a smartass.
3) Absolutely shithouse video content and quality.
4) Purchase of the cheapest iPod available - at the start they're talking about getting the 40gig and then eventually get the 20gig - pocketing the remaining money.
6) No sponsors in their video - the reason for the delayed release of the video was so they could get sponsors to include in the video - LOL what an abysmal result.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/
Oh and the way he put the handful of cash he SAVED, into his pocket.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/
How is literally flushing your cash down the toilet any worse than paying to see this idiot nerd hee-hawing over his smartass superiority?

If you check the credits at the end, you'll not that the "presenter", Ben's nickname appears to be "Tank".
The only tank you could use as comparison would be a septic tank. Hope someone recognises him in the street and gives him a good slapping.

This makes me truly ashamed to be part of the same socio-economic group - if so many people were so keen to fund complacent shitheads like this, I'd rather go be a Bhuddist monk or something.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/5) Malnourished Bill Gates Jnr had:
(a) no balls to break the iPod himself; or
(b) no strength to break the iPod himself; or
(b) neither the balls nor the strength to break the iPod himself.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/and this was poor taste.
arent you a little embarassed?

makes me angry that you would support this nonfunny act.
]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/
Yes, I'll admit that I miss the days when people had no idea what the iPod was. It was irritating, but fun to have people ask what it was (it was also nice when this was the case with the dual usb iBook, but I digress). Breaking stuff can be fun, but I don't understand younger people anymore. I'm 23, but just can't make any sense of stuff like this. Then again, I also work to support myself, so that may play a factor in this. The video had the possibility of being entertaining, but in the end, I regretted wasting my time watching it. And this is coming from someone who enjoyed Gigli.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/
They were gonna get kicked out anyway, so they should have at least shouted "F U C K you Apple, then proceeded to throw it against the wall, stomp it, pull out the little bottle of flamable liquid and set it on fire, while the salesman tries to drag them outside". Gotta do it right.

But that video...would have been more worthwhile if they burnt the cash and video tape that instead.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/
I agree-- why would Engadget bother to post this? This isn't gadget related, it's self-indulgent teenager related. Please, give me more. Bleh...]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/
"And you wanted to spend the money on charity..."

I don't care if the idea is childish or not, but this is too much.

There is no proof that they smashed the brand new ipod or just an already broken one they brought into the store.
]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/
1. Donors gave American $ to have a 'latest' iPod purchased.
2. Smash guys paid in Canadian dollars.
3. Smash guys got the cheapest weekest older iPod = less money.

One word: SUCKERS!!!

SmashmyiPod scammers: 1
Suckers who donated: 0

Just glad the scammers were Canadian and not American....
What was it Bono said? "The World needs more Canada." I suspect he wasn't talking about the loser scamming aspects of Canada.

-Scott]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/Its a cool statement in fact. Ipod is all about style over substance. What better way to expose that by destroying the exterior? All the people complaining here are Apple-following sheeple. They might as well be wearing black turtlenecks. This is right up there with flag-burning. Its a protest for gawds sake. Who cares if he spent $400 to make his statement? Its chump change if it makes the Ipod even a little less cool, if it makes people wonder why they are wasting millions of dollars on overpriced plastic, when there are better featured products without the 'coolness' of Ipod competing for their attention.

Hopefully this will become a counter-culture statement which more people make. Chose substance over style!]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/What was it Bono said? "The World needs more Canada." I suspect he wasn't talking about the loser scamming aspects of Canada."

Yeah no scamming going on in the good ole US of A. George W. Bush no scamming going on there.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/
Wow. Nationality had nothing to do with this stupid prank. And the US is overrun with scams, especially online and on TV.

I find it amusing that people immediately call those who did not like this video/prank "Mac fanboys." My annoyance and disappointment in this video has nothing to do with the fact that I enjoy some Apple products. I do have a problem with teenage scammers getting their kicks by wasting money on such a stupid prank.

I'll admit, I was interested at first - the idea had some interesting social commentary. But that was when I thought these people were educated, well-informed folks with a point. If this was done correctly, it might have been as effective as the Neistat Brothers' piece on the iPod's battery.

What this video turned out to be though, was a ridiculous giggle-fest by a group of immature idiots.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/
Wow. Nationality had nothing to do with this stupid prank. And the US is overrun with scams, especially online and on TV.

I find it amusing that people immediately call those who did not like this video/prank "Mac fanboys." My annoyance and disappointment in this video has nothing to do with the fact that I enjoy some Apple products. I do have a problem with teenage scammers getting their kicks by wasting money on such a stupid prank.

I'll admit, I was interested at first - the idea had some interesting social commentary. But that was when I thought these people were educated, well-informed folks with a point. If this was done correctly, it might have been as effective as the Neistat Brothers' piece on the iPod's battery.

What this video turned out to be though, was a ridiculous giggle-fest by a group of immature idiots.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/
--

Surprisingly, I've never heard of a Mac user buying a Gateway and taking a baseball bat to it.. we don't even want to touch the damn things..let alone feign interest in purchasing one.. *shudder

I mean, the 'monopoly' backlash, .. whatever these little dorks have.. doesn't seem to exist in the PC world..]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/31/watch-smash-my-ipod-smash-an-ipod/
Wow. Nationality had nothing to do with this stupid prank. And the US is overrun with scams, especially online and on TV.

I find it amusing that people immediately call those who did not like this video/prank "Mac fanboys." My annoyance and disappointment in this video has nothing to do with the fact that I enjoy some Apple products. I do have a problem with teenage scammers getting their kicks by wasting money on such a stupid prank.

I'll admit, I was interested at first - the idea had some interesting social commentary. But that was when I thought these people were educated, well-informed folks with a point. If this was done correctly, it might have been as effective as the Neistat Brothers' piece on the iPod's battery.

What this video turned out to be though, was a ridiculous giggle-fest by a group of immature idiots.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM