Video: The Croiman Psycho iPhone makes other modders weep with joy, envy

See it? No, not the reflective surface or the bastardization of the Intel Inside logo on the back... the other modification to this stock iPhone. Right, that Apple logo is burning white a la your off-the-shelf MacBook. Amazingly, the trick is accomplished without any appreciable increase to the iPhone's waistline. You can take a chance with the Dutch machine-translation beyond the read link below or wait for the English text to be posted by iPhoneclub.nl later today. Regardless, be sure to check the video after the break. It's not like you'll be busting out the dremel to attempt this yourself anyway.

Update: English text now available.

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[AutoTom @ Apr 29th 2008 5:38AM]

less stupid headlines please

[mymaclife @ Apr 29th 2008 7:45AM]

Too many syllables for you to deal with?

[Jordan @ Apr 29th 2008 9:52AM]

Less stupid people please.

[Adrian @ Apr 29th 2008 5:42AM]

How is this news?
i mean someone put a light in the back of the iphone and made it look 100 times crappier in the process well done

[torqueo @ Apr 29th 2008 5:58AM]

I think you have to get inside the mindset of an Apple fanboy/Engadget "writer" to understand how this is news. ;>

[Tim Brown @ Apr 29th 2008 7:11AM]

Its a simple equation: (Gadget * a) + (Apple * a) = Engadget News * 10 to the power of fanboys

where a = absolutely anything related

[Adrian @ Apr 29th 2008 9:22AM]

also to those guys ranking my post down do you think it looks good?

Can you say it with a straight face i mean the apple on the back is only half lit up!

[paolo @ Apr 29th 2008 5:24PM]

Well, I guess someone put apple's equivalent to the red ring of death on his chained iPhone.

[Liam @ Apr 29th 2008 5:43AM]

Nice, so now it's even harder to see the screen in daylight. Very practical indeed.

[nako @ Apr 29th 2008 5:51AM]

ah that sucks, i was watching the video pretty amazed, and all your comments put it down lol, o well i guess being an iphone owner my only complaint is that the phone is slippery therefore I am forced to use a silicone case, so its nice to see that we have options just like most other phone users, anyways i like it

[James @ Apr 29th 2008 5:52AM]

I appreciate that you can do this, but you really shouldn't.

complete tack.

[Liam @ Apr 29th 2008 6:15AM]

I think it's a complete waste of time and effort.

[Sheepman @ Apr 29th 2008 5:58AM]

i like how the screensaver changes from an apple to a pineapple. now thats creativity!

/sarcasm

Speaking of which.....would it be infringing on anything if a company called Pineapple Computer Inc. came into existance?

[Imran @ Apr 29th 2008 6:14AM]

Probably

http://www.pineapplecomputer.com.my/production/info.asp?section=1

[gad get @ Apr 29th 2008 6:20AM]

LOL!

[Patriks7 @ Apr 29th 2008 6:21AM]

will the logo be a pineapple with a part bitten off?

[SimonRichards @ Apr 29th 2008 1:05PM]

Wait, pusat computer?? Wasnt that the same thing on the fake engadget store????

Just looked it up, it is!

http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/20/engadget-1-fake-engadget-store-0/

[spjer @ Apr 29th 2008 2:39PM]

it's just pwnd

[Imran @ Apr 29th 2008 6:13AM]

Ha, nice, not too sure about the screen though, bit tacky and tasteless imo.

[Michael @ Apr 29th 2008 6:18AM]

That was - by a wide margin - the most boring video I have ever watched.

[swingin' dick hero @ Apr 29th 2008 7:12AM]

You watched the whole thing?

[ian9outof10 @ Apr 29th 2008 9:08AM]

Agreed, I thought it was never going to end.

[Patriks7 @ Apr 29th 2008 6:26AM]

btw so that all these noobs stop complaining
how bout adding an Engadget Apple section
or iEngadget or somthing :x
(btw i have nothing about these posts, just saying)

[Raheem @ Apr 29th 2008 6:28AM]

I wonder if he gets any reception now that he's got metal over the antenna?

[Bobs @ Apr 29th 2008 6:39AM]

We have highest ranks back! when was this fixed?

[Simon @ Apr 29th 2008 6:43AM]

"modders weep with joy, envy"

In other news; "modders easily impressed: discover lights."

[Carl @ Apr 29th 2008 6:46AM]

http://www.tuaw.com/

[Carl @ Apr 29th 2008 6:50AM]

Er... that was a reply to Patriks7.

They have that; same blogging group.. but iphone "news"/"hype", typically due to its nature as such, tends to overlap with gadget "news"/"hype". meh

[trumpton @ Apr 29th 2008 7:02AM]

Wow! You mean he's...he's... ADDED A LIGHT to his phone! Incredible!

Well, that's a story all right.

[Quikboy @ Apr 29th 2008 7:04AM]

Usually even I don't complain too much about random Apple posts straying into Engadget from TUAW.

But I think this one has to count. Unless you're such the Apple lover you are, getting a glowing Apple logo on the back of your iPhone isn't really news worthy. At least not worthing putting on Engadget. Just my opinion.

[swingin' dick hero @ Apr 29th 2008 7:22AM]

Woah! So many unhappy people because of this? I think modding of any kind and can most of the time be interesting, so I think it's good they try to cover big and small mods on popular products. @ complainers, name your favorite product of all time and present a mod for it so I can bring it down.

[JohnM @ Apr 29th 2008 7:30AM]

I just hope he's clever enough to change his pin code.

Since he does have a phone that stands out from the rest right now.

All he needs is some swine to think, "Oh, shiney" and takes off with it, and starts making calls to Japan's speaking clock!

[Croiman @ Apr 29th 2008 7:40AM]

@ RAheem : it's not metal on the antenne cover.

everybody his opinion.

[Croiman @ Apr 29th 2008 7:49AM]

and the pine apple is the sign that the iphone is PWNed with custom firmware.

http://www.broomvideos.com/wiki/index.php?title=Winpwn

[ps @ Apr 29th 2008 7:55AM]

i like the glowing apple.

What you hear is just weeping and envy. ;)

[Lein @ Apr 29th 2008 7:50AM]

Awesome! Now he can be an attention whore wherever cell phones are allowed!

[Croiman @ Apr 29th 2008 7:54AM]

that's the idea !

[Philster @ Apr 29th 2008 8:21AM]

I think it's pretty sweet.

I'd take it -- minus the Intel-ish logo and way-too-reflective screen protector.

Nice job, Man from Dutchland!

[michael wiggins @ Apr 29th 2008 8:23AM]

To those of you who are struggling with this, I'm pretty sure the "glarey" screen was just a protective film, I've seen some like that before, theyre for "privacy".

As for the look, its a nice alternative, but I prefer mine. Really the Intil Inside logo killed it; if that were nerfed than altogether my opinion might change. I can't lie, the light up apple logo looked pretty cool.

[Imran @ Apr 29th 2008 3:17PM]

Looks good on my Macbook Pro :) Taze that intel logo off.

[Erik Dahl @ Apr 29th 2008 8:40AM]

I could really care less about the iPhone mod. But if you watch the whole video, what the hell is that on the couch in the reflection at 4:19? It looks like some amputated (torso only) sex doll. Did anyone else notice this?

[devGuy @ Apr 29th 2008 9:02AM]

looks like a pillow to me... I think that post says a lot more about you than about the video...

[Derk Kooi @ Apr 29th 2008 8:42AM]

Wow, that translation sure is crappy.

[Idlemind @ Apr 29th 2008 9:33AM]

I dont know whats better, the music or the fact that he hacked his thumb in the process of this little project.

[Alex @ Apr 29th 2008 10:34AM]

I think it's cool. Kudos to the dude for doing a good job.. I would never want my iphone to look like that but no need to hate on the guy.

[Maurosoundman @ Apr 29th 2008 10:40AM]

Can he use that to shave in the shower?

[1moe @ Apr 29th 2008 12:17PM]

Anyone know what song that is?

[iPhoneclub.nl @ Apr 29th 2008 12:26PM]

The song is called 'Channel Reality' from the album 'Sold Out' (it's song 6). The singer is JC001 (guest singer on this track, although he's a regular co-artist for Le Peuple)

[w00t @ Apr 29th 2008 1:00PM]

Ok so the Apple glows, great, but why did he replace the screen with a mirror?

[Rocketboy @ Apr 29th 2008 1:30PM]

Sweet! More place for fingerprint smudges!