iPhone barf bag mod is air sick
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Dec 5th 2008 5:14AM
posted Dec 5th 2008 5:14AM
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Practical?
-Yes.
Newsworthy?
-Hell no.
Its about Apple, you know what engadget are like these days, anything about the fruit is newsworthy!
Oh hush. This goes beyond the realms of awesome and into genius country so it's definitely worth a mention.
Besides you could do this with any PMP so there's no need to be hatin' on the iPhone here.
Yeah but its done with an iPhone so it must have its own article!
Agreed.
Blu-Tak
Much faster.
Ok this is getting ridiculous. I mean, I understand why Engadget keeps posting up everything Apple related (most of their posts end up getting well over 100 comments) but come on...an article about someone putting an iphone into a paper bag?
This reminds me of the time I made a coat hanger into a paper towel holder at college...we never had the paper towels fall over again!
It actually looks like it would slide out of the seat in front of it and fall onto the floor during some rough turbulence.
This isn't about the iPhone/iPod etc, it's the hilarity of it.
You guys need to relax!
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Well be careful Engadget.. Too many Apples can kill you! :p
WE have evolved
The only thing that could make this post worthy would be to actually have barf in the bag with the iphone. :)
agreed, the iPhone is greeeat!
This isn't the first time I've seen an iPhone at the bottom of a barf bag.
Awesome idea, thanks Engadget. After my Laptop battery dies on the pacific/atlantic flights, it's always a struggle getting the PMP into a comfortable viewing position (without having to hold it) - this is genius, and PMP-agnostic.
It is what MacGyver would do!! Jack Bauer would too, but he'd have to look really tired and never run out of power on his device.
i see similarities between engadget and the simpsons... how? well lets just say engadget is waylon smithers and apple is mr.burns... i think the rests self-explanatory.
Those bags are thick, and you can't bring anything sharp on planes anymore, so how'd he cut through it, with a paper clip? MacGyver would be proud.
Mayday! Mayday!
Captain "We're experiencing some unexpected turbulence"
*pukes on iPod*
You would look like a fool next to someone with an ARCHOS!
http://www.archoslounge.net/local/cache-vignettes/L500xH334/jpg_IMG_0086_light-d0a7d.jpg
This is the solution.
lol - the interesting part is that "hodenmumps" is German for testicle-mumps .. hmm... hope the other sack, the one not carrying the iPhone, is well after all
As long as you trust that the bags have not been pre-used, go for it.
it's not iPod touch , its iPhone white version with the FLUSH headphones jack
Really? En entire engadget post? Over this?
Mhm, im an Apple fan myself but i think its going overboard when every single accessory is given its OWN article. Wether it be a sick bag holster, or a night light/charger (from the past couple of days)
I never see articles about blackberry or Winmo accessories.
Im happy for them to have news stories about apple when its actually noteworthy.
You almost never hear about firmware updates for HTC devices, but every iPhone update has its own article, sometimes even *week later* articles.
Really? An entire comment? Over this?
I'm not sure how they can group this with others so this only takes, say, 5% of an Engadget post.
engadget and iphone sitting in a tree
K-I-S-S-I-N-G!
goddamn engadget why dont u and the iphone get a room already?!?!?!
They can't, iPhone headphone jack it too small.
Or too big... :-O Who knows..
iEye's already in there?
That's what she said.
What if you have to puke?
Swallow it back down again; that's what Jobsy would do.
Who the hell flies transatlantic with airlines not having inflight entertainment systems?
My poverty probably insults you, but when I go transatlantic, I have to sit in economy. The entertainment there can be quite un-entertaining.
Good job, engadget. You got the words "iPod", "iPhone", and "iPod Touch" all in a short article about some humorous barf bag application. You even got one in the title! That'll bring in the Apple paychecks. For extra credit, you could've written "A jerk of the Apple In-ear headphones from your fallen iPod", though.
I hate Apply, but this post just made my day.
Best news post. Ever.
Apple* -.-
What's with all the iPhobia? I thought it a creative way to use the bag. I'll have to cut the sides for the wide screen PSP version. You know, had the photo been a PSP in there, I'm sure the comments would've been filled with those haters too.
To those I say keep your girlfriend inflated. You've been riding her too hard and she's got a leak.
Is this coming from your own personal experience?! I think you are the one frustrated because of your own leak and you had to take it out on others..
Quite funny, and in all fairness I'm sure Engadget would've posted this for luls even if it wasn't with the iPhone.
"even if it wasn't with the iPhone."
Oh hell yeah, as soon as my cat starts flying and buying me my food!!
Someone turned a barfbag into a video device holder! It's luls, who give a shit if it's an iPhone or an N95 or a frickkin Xbox!
Engadget gives a shit. :)
Alright man, please yourself, if you dislike their writing and opinions so much why bother viewing the site?! I get a bit pissed at their Apple bias sometimes too but cmon man, just take this article for what it is, lighthearted and funny, and not much else.
Brilliant! As it happens, I'm flying to the US tomorrow, so I'll definitely try this...
umm i can see one issue.
how do you cut the hole:
cant use scissors, can use a knife.
maybe a pre sharpened finger nail?
I'm not sure about where you're from, but we get to keep our hands and fingers when entering planes, and that's all you need to tear a hole in a paper bag.
Step 1: Cut a hole in the box
Step 2:...
ZOMG about to puke *grabs nearest sick bag which happened to contain a iphone*
Is he watching Bones on that?
It looks like it, love the show!
Yea I think so. too bad there wasn't one this week.
I'll remember next time to send in my creative ways on how to turn toilet paper into a TV stand and a DVD player.
In 2009, can we resolve to stop all these stupid knee-jerk reactions to posts having to do with Apple? God forbid Engadget posts anything Apple related, and it's post after post of "Oh, Engadget hearts Apple, they are on their pay roll, blah blah blah." This isn't meant in any fanboy sort of way, but the fact of the matter is they have the most popular music/media players out there, an extremely popular phone, and increasingly popular computers... in other words, yes - Engadget is going to be posting about Apple stuff again. Probably for a while. And there's nothing wrong with that. If you don't like it, just move along to another post.
Nobody seems to have taken this post for what it was... a slightly humerous/ingenious solution to a problem a lot of us have faced on a flight before, iPhone or not. Instead everyone just follows the crowd cause it's "cool" to rag on Engadget for having an iPhone in the picture. Sigh.
And it would be taken for what it was, a simple article about a humorous application of barf bags for media playing (where the media player just happens to be an iPhone) if previous experience with Engadget's bias hadn't tainted the general opinion of all their articles.
spoken like a true fanboy
listen i have an iphone and i think its a great phone but there is a large bias here
its not like we got 50 articles on the RAZR when that was the best selling phone now did we???
@Mike:
Well I don't know about the ingenious part - what if you want to puke? o.O;
That's because the RAZR is a boring ass phone.
check out iflyz.com if you are looking for a more practical solution to this problem
Barf bag - useful but not so cool. The iFlyz thing looks pretty good. Where do I get one and does anyone know how much?
I spend more time in a plane then I do in my apartment ---- this seriously is really helpful! Thanks Engadget
I enjoyed this post. Now, someone give that inventor a job.
Probably already has a job. Otherwise wouldn't fly in a plane.
I once saw a woman listening to an iPod while running in my neighborhood. Can I have my own story now?
no, just because your avatar is a banana and not an apple.
Only if she has a fishing pole attached to her back and an ipod touch dangling by the hook in front of her so that she can watch the IT crowd while running.
perhaps some guy just puked up an iPhone
...given that some Apple fanboys will swallow anything.
What would stop the sick from coming out of the hole?
Yes!!! FINALLY a mod that fits my tech skillz!
(and I will *definitely* be doing this in the future. It's smart, simple, quick, and genuinely useful - a killer combo. Lay off the hatin', you lot.)
In a shocking moment of coincidental irony, the inspiration for the iPhone goes full circle.
I think I'm going to be sick reading all these posts, I need a barf bag.
The question is: Will Hackaday pick this up?
You think that's cool? This one time I had to use a porta-john at a jobsite because I was having a massive attack of explosive diarhea. I figured I'd be pooping for a while, so I busted out my Ipod Nano, hung it suspended with the teepee that was mounted on the plastic wall, and watched a whole episode of Matlock. It was dope, and sanitary.
great, now when the airlines start finding holes in the barf bags, they will start charging us for those too.
$5 for the first hour, then $10 after that
And worse yet is the problem that the airline personnel won't know about the messed up barf bags. Here's the situations:
1) you barf. air crew knows about it and therefore knows to replace the barf bag with a new one
2) you use it as a pmp mount (notice how I managed to make my comment non-brand-specific, just like the article poster could have done) and take the broken bag with you. it never gets replaced and next flyer can't find one when they need it.
3) you use it as a pmp mount and you put it away when you leave. it never gets replaced and next flyer needs it, finds it, and tries to use it.
So for the rest of us that may need a working barf bag one day, please leave your destroyed bag in the seat in an easy to find place!
WOW, what is the FUCKING obsession with Apple on this site?!
I swear I'm going to go elsewhere if this shit continues
Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
See you later "Loris"
innovative.
What if the movie is so bad that it make you sick? Gotta use the bag..
Wow.
How'd he get something sharp enough to cut paper on the plane is what I want to know? :D
I think they give you a spork...... With enough thought you can do amazing things....
Just wait for the follow up article on Cutting Paper with the MacBook Air.
its PAPER, how hard is it for you to tear a hole on a paper?
True Genius.
I fly overseas several times a year, this is a great idea!
Any gadget maniac has though of things like this before....... I cut out a section of my big ass bible to put my cd walkman in when I was forced to go to church...... Listened to some Stone Temple Pilots during mass made for some holy experiences.......
I can safely say you are probably going to hell.
say what you want about what is "newsworthy" or not, I'm glad this was posted because I'm gonna be boarding a plane in a few hours, and now my in-flight reruns of arrested development will be viewed hands-free!
"Sick" joke.
"Lame" pun.
This should have been titled "Coach Potato"