So,
what would Steve Jobs do?
We asked last week, and we took your answers in the form of over three hundred and fifty photoshopped mockups. We had a
couple of Newtons, a ton of tablets, and a huge swarm of video iPods -- and a ton of miscellaneous stuff that both
amused and bemused us during the hours we spent judging. While it's always hard hard to pick winners in these things,
we thought first place took it with a bullet -- but one entry was so good, we had to give out a second place prize for
the laugh.
Thanks to everyone who entered, even if your entries aren't in the gallery (click on to check it
out), and remember to check back tomorrow to find out what Jobs actually did.
FIRST
PLACE - Adam K's Apple Tablet
RUNNER UP - omni96's iPod shuffle video
HONORABLE
MENTION - Shane P's
faux Engadget steveynote
coverage (which probably has fewer typos than ours will).
MacBooks and iBooks
William W's MacBook
Andrew's MacBook
Jonas's MacBook
Federico F's MacBaby
Tablets
Austin's iPad
Stuart's iPad
Wayne's MacBook Tablet
Stuart C's MacBook Tablet
soundboy64's MacBook DSP
Garret G's Touchscreen iBook
Shawn B's PowerBook touch
Sam D iTablet
iPods
yazdgerd's iPod hi-fi, Mac mini dock, and iPod
video
Joe B iPod yocto
Grant K's iPod DS
Wizard's take on the shuffle
Aaron's iWedge
iPhones
Matt's iPod talk
Nick C's iPhone
Mac minis
Maxwell A's Mac mini HD
Andrew T's macTendo
Jason's iGame
Peripherals
Andrew M's Ultran Mouse
Andrew F HiFi
Hochi's iWrist
Dan A's PodStudio
What the hell?
Wes's iGiveUp
John P's BoxedLunch Pro
Gabriel gamXploiter
CK's iCube shuffle
Donald's iMac nano
Wes's OiPPC
Jason A's
Mac & Cheese
Stevyn L's MacBook nano
Tim R's iRobot
Nice... the first place entry is pretty tight
These are great!
Sweet, I got first post. Yippie!
apple should hire some of these guys!
I like the iWrist and especially the iPhone. That iPhone looks like it could make one hell of a device. Too bad it's all make believe.
lol. lol. lol. lol. lol.
Man, the "What the Hell?" categorie is hilarious!
I LOVED the iPod shuffle video when I saw it on the comments thread.
That's my favorite entry.
I really like the iWrist. Props to all.
Wow, I would pretty much buy everything if it was real
oh man, some of those ideas are really interesting. i really like the tablets and the phones
oh good lord... how could that iPhone not win?
i'm not much of a cellphone guy (have one obviously, but don't drool over new products)... however, that phone i'd buy 3 of the day it came out. SOOOO COOL!
iPod Shuffle Video, ROFL...
the winning entry is so slick, I would buy that in a second.
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#4 I agree with you. They really should!
My favourite picks...Nick C's iPhone & Gabriel gamXploiter.
Damn - Engadget's got some really talented and clever readers! Very impressive stuff - thank you! :)
These are awesome.
Mac & Cheese...yum!
How come the gamXploiter which was just a rip off of my iGame get on there and not mine! This SUCKS!
I thought first place was awesome as well but is it supposed to be touch screen? If not, how is the mouse cursor interfaced?
Still, first place has a very cool form-factor!
can someone please explain to me what the heck is so great about the iPod shuffle video? it obviously doesnt play video because it doesnt have a screen!
Awesome pictures! Those would be so cool to own.
iPod Shuffle Video gave me a good laugh the first time, and Mac & Cheese did it for me this time. Good job guys.
how do you play the ipod shuffle video? where's the linkie?
thanks
Mac & Cheese. I'll take 2.
#19: Haha.
i think i'm in love with the winner
i gotta say, that iphone is tight. im partial to windows mobile but id switch for a phone that slick. the always mentioned problem is that a phone with a hard drive would be a disaster and solid state memory isnt up to the task of being a hardcore mp3 player. but nano-like memory and a phone shouldn't be that hard right?
Has no-one seen the problem with the winning entry, that it cant flip the screen around to be able to write on it... Hence, not much use as a tablet? Props for photoshoppage though.
I'm french and i (try) to read this site allways, this news is the great, iPod Yocto !!!!
Very good.
Christophe
I love the winner, and the second place is hilarious!!!!
Although the iTablet was great. I think the next thing apple would do is to release phone/laptop/tablet/ ipod kind of thing, we have seen apple already working with a phone developer (motorola), Carrier (cingular) and if everything is true a version of itunes for wm5 is flying around europe, and this is just tasting the waters, the next san francisco announcement would be dope IMO.
Wow, great job to all who submitted. If they really do release something like the 1st entry or any of the other tablets I'm in. I've never been fond of Apple's stuff (I'm anti-iPod) but I've been looking for a small clamshell device to browse the web around my house.
icube shuffle, i like it, i really like it
think about it!
of course it needs ports so i dont know how that would work into the equation.
Favorite was the "What the hell" and I'd pay money for the speaker-TV.
Wow! There was some awesome stuff here, really creative. I like Jonas's MacBook the best, it should be very close to what I think Apple will introduce when they replace the iBook. Great job to all artists!
Loved the iWedge
iRobot???
C'mon that's totally unbelievable.
Apple would never support Plays For Sure
Congrats to the winner, and everyone who got in the gallery. They were all really well done. I hope Engadget does another one of these soon. I really learned a lot about Photoshop while working on my entry.
Oh I get the ipod video shuffle...geez, im such a dumbass...
...crawls in hole...
I think that I would actually consider buying an apple pocket pc. Jobs should take these ideas seriously.
geez, all of these people are way too talented for us to be inundated with crappy advertising. companies should look to this kind of design to appeal to the public. hell id hire pretty much all of them to design for me if i owned a design company and had a bajillion dollars to throw around. much props to all.
Is the iWrist being modelled by a centaur? What's with the hairy torso?
I thought, everything are real. I'm ready to order.
Seriously Steve should not mess with success.
At this point, Apple should be careful and NOT introduce any cool device as proposed here. It is safer to introduce:
1. Color iPods (yum!) The people want their Nanos in pink and blue.
2. Downloadable mini games on iTunes, $2.99 each. The games library should support ALL of the iPod family. Keep the loyal family happy.
LOL wow some of those are awesome. like the phone one. good job guys.
I should have entered my little mock up of how I'd change the Shuffle.
http://flickr.com/photos/mondochrome/93889011/
I didn't even think about it! Doh!
There was some great work submitted. :)
These things are all amazing. Apple should strongly consider coming to Engadget to get some ideas.
Someone needs to explain to me why the ipod shuffle video got second place...
#17: W.T.F is wrong with you?!
I haven't seen your "iGame" O_o
Mine was ispired by the Sidekick II and the PPC6700. Its not a "gaming" deice. Fool.
P.S. here's the my entry (full size):
http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/632/final2ds.jpg
1: Get Apple fans to speculate on what products Apple will come out with at whatever upcoming event
2: Design a similar device or hire one of the photoshopers of such a device
3: Advertise it through viral campaigns
4: PROFIT!!!!