Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships draws frustrated cellphone owners from across the globe

Although no records were broken, this year's Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships went off successfully, with one 38 year old engineer and former potato thrower called Tommi Huotari causing a buzz for throwing a cell only meters short of the recently attained 95 meter record setting throw: "surprisingly, a potato flies further," he said. Tommi should know better than to compare a cellphone to a spud. For a fair comparison, he should at least try flinging a bar of Chocolate.

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[chris @ Aug 26th 2007 6:38PM]

when is the xbox360 throwing coming around?

[Greg @ Aug 26th 2007 6:39PM]

would the Iphone fly further?

[shaun @ Aug 26th 2007 8:01PM]

Its got a good shape for skimming on the water

[Peoplayer @ Aug 26th 2007 8:25PM]

Of course... don't you believe the hype behind the iPhone? At least 200 meters. Obviously, it wouldn't work anywhere but in the US, and where AT&T has coverage... Also it would be difficult to send MMS messages. It's an iPhone.

[Cam @ Aug 26th 2007 6:58PM]

I think we need an Engadget cliche comment tossing competition to silence them for good.

[Irwin @ Aug 26th 2007 7:14PM]

+1

[Alexander @ Aug 26th 2007 8:03PM]

"In Soviet Russia, cellphone throws you!"

"I, for one, welcome our cellphone throwing overlords."

You must be new here. These jokes will never go away.

[Cam @ Aug 26th 2007 9:12PM]

New, no. just a silent reader sick of the childish comments that plague thse posts. I know these wont stop but to make at comment at their expense makes me feel some satisfaction.

[paccoast2010 @ Aug 27th 2007 7:27AM]

So instead of just saying "Let's have no more childish comments", you stoop to their level of cliche commenting??

[Jared @ Aug 26th 2007 7:17PM]

so when are we going to start throwing windows vista disks?

I think those might go farther.

[theboss @ Aug 26th 2007 10:36PM]

boooo!!!! LMAO, lowest rank for you.

*Sees audience boo Jared off stage for vista comment*

*Sweeper man brings broom out and sweeps Jared of stage*

[steve @ Aug 26th 2007 7:53PM]

hehe thats funny.

[Ipaq3115 @ Aug 26th 2007 8:42PM]

Sweet...

[ictus letais @ Aug 26th 2007 8:45PM]

cool

[Dennis @ Aug 26th 2007 10:11PM]

hahaha when i first saw that picture i thought that guy had his phone taped to his forehead!

[ryan @ Aug 26th 2007 10:14PM]

when I first saw it, I thought his right arm was missing.

[Irwin @ Aug 27th 2007 12:59AM]

when i first saw it, i thought exactly what the both of you thought, and also thought this had something to do with the special olympics or something(hand't read the tittle yet).

and no im not making fun of disabled people..just saying what came in my mind first

[Tacosrmyfriends @ Aug 26th 2007 10:45PM]

Apparently none of these cell phones would play DOOM!

[Matt @ Aug 27th 2007 12:09AM]

Go away.

[Panthro83 @ Aug 27th 2007 10:29AM]

err.. I was playing Doom on my 7650 back in 2002.

In Europe we laugh at your pitiful remarks...

[John Hersman @ Aug 26th 2007 10:46PM]

Was Tyra Banks in attendance?

[Spartacus @ Aug 27th 2007 2:55AM]

BOOO, Naomi Campbell, at least get your supermodel right.

However, no, Ms. Campbell is unable to attend this year's event, conditions of her probation forbid her to leave the state for anything other than work, and from coming within 20 yards of any electronics deemed 'portable'.

Sadly, even that joke is worn out though. Engadget got the Campbell reference in on last year's post.

[Jeff @ Aug 27th 2007 3:27AM]

I think you mean Naomi Cambell. She's the one that hit her maid with her blackberry in the back of the head when she thought the maid took some jeans. I think Naomi would have won.

[Hugh @ Aug 26th 2007 10:59PM]

Slow day, Engadget?

[Danny @ Aug 26th 2007 11:45PM]

I would love to see my WM5 phone fly. I would love even more to see it hit the ground and shatter into a million pieces. Worst electronic product I've ever used. I can't wait to get out of my contract or reach year 2 with verizon to swap it out (and throw/burn/blend it).

[Sushi @ Aug 27th 2007 1:27AM]

So when can I get in on this competition? I got an old Sony Ericsson Z500 that I KNOW WILL FLY.

[deathwombat @ Aug 27th 2007 3:17AM]

Can you hear me now?!

[leo f @ Aug 27th 2007 3:30AM]

i bet you the best phone for this kind of this is an 8800/8801. a hunk of steel with good aerodynamics.

[BWhaler @ Aug 31st 2007 4:11AM]

People just get funnier and funnier nowadays.

Would this event exist in the 1950's?

No way.