Stephen Colbert gets an iPhone, warns of impending iEye release

Although it's still not clear if Stephen Colbert was forced to actually shell out some hard-earned cash in order to procure his very own iPhone, one thing is certain: he finally owns one. The comedic talking head announced (and shamelessly boasted about) his new toy in a clip dubbed "March to Enslavement," where he made the not-so-wild prediction that one day we'd all bow to the robots we eagerly create. 'Course, that may be somewhat of a stretch, but the potentially forthcoming Apple iEye contraption may be closer to reality than we humans would like to believe. Frightened? Wait 'til you take a peek of it after the break...

[Thanks, Dylan]

[nick @ Jul 20th 2007 4:04PM]

it seems that engadget has become an iphone propaganda machine. No longer the gadgetry reporting site that it used to be. I wonder how much Apple is paying you guys for all this stupid inews that you claim to be news. Sucks to be you, because you guys are loosing day in and day out.

[Josh H. @ Jul 20th 2007 4:09PM]

They report about the hottest gadgets out there, and right now that would be the iPhone. Don't be jealous cuz you don't have one, just go stare at your BSOD :-) And yes im a fanboy

[Phuc Hugh @ Jul 20th 2007 4:10PM]

How do you figure they're losing when people like you are still reading the BS news and posting replys. News is news regardless of how worthless you think it is. If they didn't report something you'd probably complain that they're not keeping up. This topic is relevant to someone, therefore they have reached their target audience.

[christapher @ Jul 20th 2007 4:15PM]

and whats with all those iraq war fanboys over at cnn? thats all they ever talk about.

[Mr. Picklesworth @ Jul 20th 2007 4:16PM]

Josh, Windows doesn't do BSODs anymore. It just does a hard reset and leaves you to figure it out yourself ;)

[ELmo @ Jul 20th 2007 4:45PM]

@Mr. Picklesworth

My Dell Latitude D620, provided by my employer, still gives me the BSOD on a weekly basis.

[BSW @ Jul 20th 2007 5:05PM]

Hell, as long as the backlash has descended to the level where conspiracy theories are now believable:

A couple months ago there's a story on here claiming the iphone had been delayed till winter. Apple's stock dropped a few percentage points in a matter of hours. Anyone else scratching their heads about how that whole muss just seemed to go away too quickly and quietly?

Remember: keep the shiny-side of the tinfoil on the OUTSIDE when making the hat.

[mrChin @ Jul 20th 2007 5:25PM]

@Mr. Picklesworth,

That's right, no more BSODs... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Screen_of_Death#Red_Screen_of_Death

yes they still occur, look these things up before you make wild and unresearched claims

[Miles @ Jul 20th 2007 5:10PM]

Josh H.

I hope you like your baby toy *nix and shelling out twice as much for INFERIOR hardware.

[Oskin @ Jul 20th 2007 5:12PM]

as I recall, you can read the endgadget rss feed without any iPhone news... use it! It'll make you feel better! Incredible what technology does these days don't you think?

feed://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=eJGx0YQf3BGDYF8lJhOy0Q&_render=rss

[HyperHacker @ Jul 20th 2007 6:14PM]

You still get BSODs, you just have to enable the option. The geniuses in Redmond decided a hard reboot with no explanation or convenient error code that you can look up would be a better default.

[John Doe @ Jul 20th 2007 8:36PM]

ELmo,

Then your employer sucks ass at building a stable image or their IT department consists of janitor bob who pulls the Dell Inspiron out of the box and hands it to you sans configuration. Point being a fresh install of XP properly configured with someone who has a clue when dealing with Windows runs across a BSOD once every few months. I can count on one hand how many times I've BSODed on an XP machine in the last 5 years. 3 of those times were due to me trying to fit a square driver into a round OS slot.
Fanbois who know nothing of Windows really do need to shut the hell up. They just make themselves look like ignorant asses.
Truth be told I've crashed more on my MBP then I EVER did under Windows. When you can cause the OS to hang on a damn network share after coming out of sleep....there is something wrong. But hey. Who cares right? Windows sucks. Lets all go with the flow! WINDOWS SUCKS!
Whatever.

[Mike Klein @ Jul 21st 2007 1:44AM]

Nick...unfortunately I have to mod you down for iphone negativity.

5 more iphone negative-type posts and I'll have to cancel your account.

Fanbois...where are you? You haven't modded him down already? Damn...you're asleep at the iWheel.

[Gee1004 @ Jul 20th 2007 4:10PM]

You whine and cry like the people on Digg. Don't read it. Is that so hard?

[Karl @ Jul 20th 2007 4:30PM]

This really needs to be addressed by the editors (Ryan Block/Peter Rojas). We're all sick of these accusations of bias that are obligatory to every article regarding Apple or Microsoft.

[nick @ Jul 20th 2007 4:58PM]

Iraq war fanboys, you sure are some dm fck for thinking that the iRaq was is base on fanboys. Everyday you can consider iraq news cause everyday American soldiers are killed and everyday iraqui families are killed. that is news to the world and news to the ignorance most American that seem to be idle and did nothing to stop the idiotic administration that does nothing to abide by the law. but that's a whole different subject. On the iphone end Engadget has been reporting stupid iphone news from the start, they even have their own proclaim best iphone review which i disagree on those terms cause it's just plain bias. This is not revelant news just because Stephen Colbert(I'm a fan) just bought an iphone, which most likely is just a paid AD by Apple. While it is entertaining it's just not revelant to the type of news engadget is suppose to provide it's readers. I mean it's all good to provide iphone news but don't bombard us with it. I am an engadget fan myself and have loved the site for quite a while but lately it has been loosing it's touch. C'mon Ryan you can do better than that!!! i am sure they are plenty of new gadgets out there you can report on. Just because it's the hottest gadget does not mean it's a Paris Hilton... besides don't we get sick when the media bombards us with unnew news, just the same old B.S. back to back...

[Matt @ Jul 20th 2007 5:06PM]

nick, you REALLY have to learn how to appreciate the fine art of sarcasm.

[Don @ Jul 20th 2007 5:24PM]

Matt,

I'm not sure, but perhaps this is a case where that comment cuts both ways?

I'd LIKE to believe that sarcasm was just what Nick was employing.

[Jordan Amdahl @ Jul 20th 2007 4:13PM]

iFor one welcome our new iRobotic overlords.

[Fafnir Lux @ Jul 20th 2007 4:26PM]

Yes, yes...but will they play Doom?

[Goemon4 @ Jul 20th 2007 4:34PM]

yeah doom is important, ya know, i dont wanna be an iSlave without it (well, doom or marathon)

[JLTate @ Jul 21st 2007 2:19AM]

I wonder... will Colbert blend?

[Revrant2394 @ Jul 20th 2007 4:20PM]

God I love him.

[jabbe @ Jul 20th 2007 4:31PM]

why is this gadget news?

[Goemon4 @ Jul 20th 2007 4:37PM]

idk, why is the iphone so popular? Answer that with an intelligent response and youll get an answer to your question

(as someone said, Engadget has become a cesspool for iPhone news, anything at all, if it mentions iPhone its here, i mean really, its shiny and all but why all the hype? wait i think i answered that, its kissing up to peoples idiotic spot for shiny useless objects :P )

[ark_v2 @ Jul 20th 2007 5:09PM]

Because Colbert owning an iPhone (just as the other 700,000 people who bought one) is big news, isn't?

[Fred @ Jul 20th 2007 5:58PM]

OMG LIGHTEN UP!!!

[Ian Jardine @ Jul 20th 2007 4:36PM]

I DO agree that there has been overkill, at engadget, on the iphone. It's just a phone! However, this particular video is very amusing and worth the posting:) Did I cover myself both ways?

[Steve @ Jul 20th 2007 5:15PM]

I suggest you look up the archive for Zune coverage for its extent. News follows what's hot and notable. If Engadget doesn't do it, some other blog will. There is a competition for people's eyeballs for these websites, you know (like great Gizmodo comeback with Jesus Diaz illustrations).

[Fad @ Jul 20th 2007 4:45PM]

You think the iPhone is big, wait till that 6gen iPod touches down. Ow no (or for me ow yes). Through a chain of friends (with no interest what so ever in Apple products, they told the story cus i looked bored) about a friend that moved to the US to work at Microsoft headquarters (which I know is true), who for some reason is best friends with a lab guy at apple (which I know is true). The lab guy during a drunken episode at some bar let slip that he had been working on a micro thumb wheel for the 6gen iPod last year like the ones on the apple remotes (by the sounds of it, it was a production version). I woz the only person that seemed even the remotest bit interested about this news. They asked me "is that good or bad", I nearly dropped my pint before frantically texting my tek friends.

[Roark Burney @ Jul 20th 2007 4:47PM]

I think that everyone at engadget is sitting in a corner mumbling "no more iphone news" over and over again. they have been replaced by a robot made by apple.

[Justin @ Jul 20th 2007 4:48PM]

all i can say is Binary encoded text across the bottom... BRILLIANT!

100$ LAPTOP

APPLE

[randy @ Jul 20th 2007 4:47PM]

Super! Now he can call and SMS all his Bush bashing friends in style!

[Mark @ Jul 20th 2007 4:50PM]

it seems like all people come here for is to complain about the lack of news about ____(insert whatever gadget here) or too much reporting about ____(insert zune, ps3, xbox 360, or iphone here). Seriously guys, it's getting tiresome, just read the stories or if it pisses you off that much, then don't. It's not like you're paying to read this stuff anyway.

[Matt @ Jul 20th 2007 5:11PM]

OK that was hilarious. The studio audience didn't seem to laugh nearly as much as I did though. Stupid kids.

[Don @ Jul 20th 2007 5:36PM]

The scrolling Binary reads "$100 Laptops" and "Apple"...

[Jeff C @ Jul 21st 2007 12:32AM]

Engadget, you guys spend way too much time reporting "news" about these computing machines and the technology that goes with them. Who wants to lug around a mobile telephone when there are payphones on almost every corner. Spend more time reporting about real gadgets like :calculators, in-door ice crushing machines and the sonic clicker I just got for my television (No more standig up to turn the dial!!). Trust me, these solid-state electronic devices are not real gadgets, they are just distractions for hobbyists and a complete waste of my time. If you don't get back to some real reporting and start printing on paper, I may have to drop my subscription. As we have seen with that game with the paddles and the bouncy ball, the only thing these are good for is creating a pale imitation of the real world around us. Get Back To Basics People!!!!!!!

[Sparks @ Jul 20th 2007 6:47PM]

On the lighter side of things... why iEye? I would think it should be iBall!

[JasonK @ Jul 21st 2007 5:01PM]

Genius -- a multi-use device that's a replacement for TWO body parts!

[j2sheck @ Jul 20th 2007 7:46PM]

anyone else notice that a pot leaf is colbert's wallpaper image?

[Tony Rayo @ Jul 20th 2007 9:23PM]

Am I the only one that thought of Solid Snake's new eye(patch?) from the MGS4 source material? I hope not =).

- Tony R.

[Mikayla @ Jul 20th 2007 11:35PM]

ahaha i love colbert. and yeah the potleaf, that was...mature. hah

[JLTate @ Jul 21st 2007 1:55AM]

Eugh. This is the worst article I've seen on Engadget yet. I'm surprised you guys were able to combine all of what I hate in a single "news" article.

A hack of a satirist who pretends to be a journalist, a joke of a PDA that pretends to be a phone, and a crowd of fanbois who pretend to be computer users. Drug references, too. Super.

Yeah, I'll read you guys later when this mishap of an article is off the front page.

[Mike Klein @ Jul 21st 2007 2:08AM]

No iPhone negativity...dangit now I have to mod you down.

5 more posts like this and your account is cancelled (new engadget policy).

C'mon fanbois...lighten my load...I can't mod everybody down 7x24!

[JLTate @ Jul 21st 2007 2:35AM]

You're kidding, right? Honestly? If not (as I suspect the case to be), then go ahead and cancel my account immediately because I won't be reading Engadget again. I, as a reader am truly sick of iPhone non-news posts *every* *single* *day*, and if you're telling me that you're going to cancel my account for voicing my opinion on the matter, then that is that. You've lost a reader.

I'm surprised, and saddened. I did like Engadget in spite of the silly articles like this, but I will not tollerate being squelched in a public forum when legitimately expressing my discontent with your service, albeit with an attempt at humor.

And for those claiming "But it's free!", think before you post. Engadget has advertisements.

[William Donaldson @ Jul 21st 2007 10:03AM]

You do realize the guy doesn't even work for Engadget, right? It's called SARCASM. Google it.

Sheesh, some people are dumb.

[John @ Jul 23rd 2007 1:46PM]

iEye!, Captain!

[Fruition @ Jul 23rd 2007 2:51PM]

I was actually wondering if Colbert was going to get his iPhone. Usually I watch The Colbert Report nightly, but I haven't for a while. So this was quite informative for me.

...Wait, what are all these Windows and Apple fanboys doing here??!

[Fruition @ Jul 23rd 2007 2:54PM]

And why are these people complaining about Engadget? I love their articles. This one is less informative, but it's still technology! It's relevant! I loves it!