Charlie, she's trying to tell you the iPhone's upside down
By Ryan Block 
posted Nov 22nd 2007 3:18AM
posted Nov 22nd 2007 3:18AM
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lol BananaPhone
Ring Ring Ring Ring.
Yeah, I loved the banana phone reference.
You know you're a nerd when you're paying attention to the phone instead of the gorgeous chick.
Ah Jenny. Best Playmate ever.
couldn't agree with you more!!!
she really is like a fire cracker.
If only she was as funny as she thinks she is.
Oh well, the pictures help one to forget.
Long faces and horse teeth. Americans have weird taste in women.
I'm an American, and I'm a little sick of the anorexic, need a Philly cheesesteakburger-or-two look.
*facepalm*
Just goes to show the mentality of iPhone users.
More like the insipid influence of Jenny McCarthy
TK-421, why aren't you at your post?
I noticed this immediately. Was gonna send in a tip, but didn't think it was too important. I'll just pat myself on the back for catching this one.
Product placement at it's best here... Though I have seen pics where models have been holding Playstation 2, Xbox and Gamecube controllers upside down...
I saw this when it aired and couldn't figure out why it looked off. It all makes sense now :o)
upsidedownPhone? Nah, !Phone is better. ;-)
Snap! Well played.
Haha, wicked.
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Yeah i was disgusted when I saw that.. Charlie Sheen was swept into the iPhone craze like everyone else. What a SHAME! lol
What is wrong with this picture, it not the iPhone upsidedown... It is the fact that Mr. Sheen is wasting time "talking" on the phone, while sitting in such a car with such a chick!
That's the real issue at hands gentlemen :P
Looks huge holding it to your ear.
Can we call it the !Phone when people have them
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Watch Bionic woman from 2 weeks ago, the bad guy is doing the same thing (I think he's the same guy that plays one of the Cylon models on Battlestar Galactica).
Noticed the same thing in that episode of Bionic Woman!
I think the reason it's upside down is because the screen stays on. It makes sense, not too many people would be able to differentiate the phone without it's bright screen on.
I think there is a trend. The main lead in Journeyman had the phone upside down during the pilot episode. They had the "no signal" graphic right side up later on, but that was digitally inserted on.
Why is "Two and a Half Men" still on? I can't watch it. It's horrible. It's like watching TGIF on ABC from the 90's.
I found it.
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/question-of-the-day/journeyman-and-the-iphone-308457.php
Does any think that Charlie Sheen just Might HAVE TO hold the phone like that as to NOT show th apple logo so they wont have to pay apple for using it?.....DUH!!!!
Usually, They don't pay apple ANYTHING. It's like free advertisement... Product placement. Sometimes a company would PAY the studios/producer/whatever to get their product in TV/Movies etc. But there's been a lot of apple product placement in tv and movies lately. (Transformers was a good example. I saw iPods, Apple Cinema Displays, and Mac Pros at least.)
Theres also been a recent tv show that had the previous gen, white iMac in it, supposedly being used, while there was no power cord to be seen.
It's not hard to hide the logo. If you look at the Macs in "How I Met Your Mother", they cover up the Apple logo on all the computers with a foil sticker of the globe. Similar is done with other shows too.
RedBull Runner; Supposedly Apple doesn't pay for product placement, but I think that was PR-speak for giving the production company all the equipment they need. It might be fair to suggest that if the logo is clearly visible, then it's product placement, if they cover it up, it's probably just a pretty prop.
Seriously? With Jenny looking at me like that, I wouldn't know which way is up either - those pics don't show the cleavage of the dress (yep, watched the episode, sue me). Damn you, Jim Carrey, damn you!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nikfletcher/1901251413/in/pool-mock_the_mediatards/
Mediatardation seems to be a chronic problem these days...
http://www.flickr.com/groups/mock_the_mediatards/
After all the complaints about "too many iPhone articles" on Engadget recently, shouldn't this article be on Engadget Mobile? I don't see the point of these tenuous iPhone articles.
Who gives a damn? It's nice waking up to a good laugh on Turkey Day morning.
OMG!!!1!11 LOLZ0RZ!!11!one! iPhone on da TV?!?!?!?!
Well this is certainly a worthy story for Engadget.
I actually think I know why many of these shows are having the phone held upside down... especially in the Bionic Woman episode...
I think it comes from a production/direction stand point, where the director wants the glow from the phone's screen to show on the actor's face.
This won't normally happen because of the proximity sensor in the iPhone, near the phone speaker... this sensor turns the screen/backlight off when it detects an object (i.e. your head) is close by, to help you not accidentally hang up on grandma when your ear touches the screen.
So the easy way to keep the glow... flip the phone over, so the proximity sensor isn't activated.
These actors and directors know it's flipped... they have iPhones, and they know the correct way to hold them. I think they must be doing it with a purpose.
As for Charlie Sheen... IDK... I don't see a glow... but whatever...
Hey! I stole that explaination from the Register comments and posted it first!
Whoa! Looks like more than one of us works in production and knows what kind of dumb stuff they do in the name of artistic license... oooooo. And... screw The Register. I can't read that poorly designed site... Engadget, MoFo!
he's holding the phone upside down because all of his blood is below his waist. Do you see HER hands? I just saying...
I blame the writers that are on strike. If it would have said in the script to hold the phone right side up then he would have.
"Charlie, she's trying to tell you the iPhone's upside down" who do you mean by she, the car or the chick. Because the chick sitting next to him seems clueless..
I think the production team ask him to hold it like that to cover the Apple logo. I've seen lots of Mac computers with the Apple logo covered. Or maybe he's dumb.
I've no clue what this article is about. All I know is that finally Engadget posted an article with a photo of Jenny McCarthy in it - the holidays are finally here! ;)
I find it odd that people were even looking at Charlie Sheen or his phone when there was something else that was much better to look at.
Exactly... a Ferrari!
Hey everyone, It's not his fault. It's the Script Supervisors job to catch things like that. She/He is the person responsible for continuity from scene to scene, dialogue, consistent make up, wardrobe etc...
These people can't hold a phone correctly, yet they feel it's their duty to tell us how to vote and how to feel about public policy and political matters. Charlie Sheen in particular - 9/11 was an inside job according to him - laughable.
Jobs is reading this post right now, shaking his head, saying, "F*&% this s#%^! I give up! I don't know how else I can make the iPhone simpler to use!"
My hands would have been on her breasts!... screw the iPhone...
Now c'mon....the accelerometer isn't that good...
There are a cute blonde inside a new and shinny convertible sport car, sorry i can't see any iphone and/or (male) actor using one.
At the Apple Store, troll.
I guess his a PC user doesn't have an idea how to use Apple products!!! Check out Nip Tuck's new series at least they know how to use it!!!
Doesn't anyone get it...this was totally intentional by Charlie as a reference to his right guard commercial in Major League II.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp_Ju_vbPro
No no. That's how Charlie always holds it. No one ever calls him on it anyways, so it's alright if it's upside down. It's not product placement in the show... it's product placement in his real life.
Not caring about the iPhone at all is precisely what makes Charlie so cool in this situation. Only Apple fanboys (and Engadget) can't get this. What would have been super cool though, is actually refusing to be seen with such an overhyped piece of iCrap on screen.
@ uhsf: Really? ... You think Charlie Sheen is cool? Or worse, do you think his character on Two And A Half Men is cool?
It shouldn't be called upsidedownPhone, it should be called !Phone.
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Darn it, just realized someone beat me to it.
I watched that episode, and strangely enough the Bionic Woman episode mentioned too... I don't know why because I normally wouldn't watch either.
Anyways, I noticed it both times and have formulated a reasoning to why they would do this:
It gets posted on sites like this and people talk about it for no reason. They are going to get more coverage of the iPhone if it's not being held correctly than if it is. I think Apple has paid some of the shows to do it on purpose for even more subliminal advertising.
Good coverage or bad coverage... it's still coverage and more and more people will know what an iPhone is afterwards, along with more people wanting one.
Lets be serious... this was intentional to get more free press and discussion about the iPhone, Charlie, and Jenny for that matter. If he held it correctly, there'd not be a mention of anything... Charlie is a great learner and remembers!
if only I could remember this d@*% pw to post directly
It's called a design flaw, people. Apple screwed up.
Maybe it's a chinese rip-off iphone, and since china is the other side of the globe it's upsidedown.
See, it's all explainable.
Haha, I actually saw this episode and remember thinking, A) why are they using a $400 phone as a prop? couldn't they use something cheaper? and B) WTF WHY IS HE HOLDING IT UPSIDE DOWN!
Does anyone know how old this episode is?
Hello!! Hello!!
Damn AT&T! I'm Charlie Sheen for goodness sake!
Maybe the phone is rightside up, and Charlie Sheen is upside down?
Maybe the phone is rightside up, and Charlie Sheen is upside down?
what a twat!
maybe they did that to cover up the apple logo?
I believe they do this to hide the Apple logo. They don't want to advertise a brand they're not related with somehow.
jenny is a hot mom.
A previous discussion about the Bionic Women incident highlighted that the reason for holding it upside down is that if you hold it the right way up and put it to your ear, the screen turns off. Which means you'll have Charlie talking into a phone that appears to be "off". So you hold it upside down and the proximity censor near the earpiece is far enough from your chin that the screen stays on and it doesn't look like Mr Sheen is talking into a dead piece of plastic.
In that scene, anyone who had time to pay attention to the iPhone, who wasn't otherwise busy staring and drooling over Jenny, or the car, is a tool and a fool. period.
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