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It kind of figures, right? Famed
American Idol judge Simon Cowell sports a phone crafted by a Finnish handset maker. We know, that's not quite England, but it's close enough. In tonight's episode, he proceeded to tell the iPhone that it simply "wasn't the complete package" while alluding to the lack of copy / paste, the T-Mobile G1 that it was "too young to be taken seriously" and the BlackBerry Storm that it just "pushed his buttons the wrong way." Ultimately, Paula, Randy and even Kara were coaxed into agreeing, sending the
N95 8GB to Hollywood for one more shot at stardom. Sigh.
posted January 27th 2009 9:59PM
i'm more of an E71 kinda guy
I'm not surprised, I hear that guy is an internet addict and hangs out in sh!tholes like
E71 baby
W00t!
Well I'm more of an N95 8GB guy. Smart choice Simon, smart choice.
Love my E71 here too!
AStyle: that's ironic, because you sound like a dick.
Holy shhh. This is bad publicity for iphone,will people all of a sudden go out to nearest nokia store n drop $650 on nokia over $199 iphone.NOT.,this guy was given that phone.,
How about $199 for an Iphone subsidized. The Nokia 8GB can be had for about $450 or so unsubsidized. Let me know where I can find an Iphone for less than $450 unsubsidized.
"his guy was given that phone.,"
Really? And I bet you think all of the judges drank Coke because they wanted too.
American Idol is full of product placements, and they reap huge sales for many of the sponsors.
Even Apple advertises there.
can't you sign up for at&t, 1 month of service, and then pay the early termination fee? that comes out to like 445$
the iphone cost 199$ plus obligatory 600$(ok maybe not 600$.... but not less than 400$) that you have to pay in the contract!!!
nokia n95 8gb cost you 400-500$ whit no contract!!! o yeah iphone sucks!
nah,but seriously. darren murph knows his shit. i dont want to campare him to kent german. german also knows his stuff.,.,.,cnet editor.
If you'd stop comparing apples to oranges for a moment here, and check what the price of a N95 8Gb on a 2- or 3-year contract is, you'd find the N95 8Gb lists for $99.99 and is routinely found for under fifty dollars, on contract. That's 50%-75% less than an iPhone on contract.
Fuck the N95 8GB... how bout the original N95-2 NAM goes for about $340 and just pay $15 for a 8Gb class 6 microsd? thats $355!!! Thank the all mighty Newegg lords. The internal memory has issues on the N95 8GB as with most phones with internal memory. I prefer my stuff on a microsd so that if anything happens to my phone it doesnt take all my data down with it. Also with an adaptor i can easily transfer pics from my camera on the fly without needing a computer.
Let's see
The iPhone is $200. Voice is $40. Data is $30. Unlimited messaging is another $20.
The total cost over 2 years (24 months) is (40+30+20) x 24 + 200 = 2360
The N95 8GB is about $500 on Amazon. You can get data and unlimited messaging for $30 and throw in voice for $40.
What's the total cost? (40+30) x 24 + 500 = 2180
You save $180 with the N95 8GB.
lol...here in Canada you can get the N95 for 50 bux on contract. :D
I don't think he was given the N95, he had it on the X-Factor (along with Louis Walsh's E90) as well as Britain's Got Talent. It might actually be his own phone.
@ Al:
LOL WUT you have to pay 70 dollars EVERY month for data, messaging and calls?
HOLY CR*P is that serious? If my provider charged me such a ludicrous amount of money, i'd find a different one. I'm sure nobody forces you to take that insane offer.
But you are probably just trolling, you got me, good one.
@ Al #2:
Oh and i'd like to add i got my N95 2 years ago for 400€ on a 6€ per month contract for 24 months. And I also spent about 10€ par month on top of that until i switched to a more expensive 15€ contract which gives me everything for free.
So that's 400€+24x15€=760€=slightly cheaper than an iphone, wouldn't you say?
" This is bad publicity for iphone,will people all of a sudden go out to nearest nokia store n drop $650 on nokia"
Psst... not everyone lives in the states.
My N95 8GB was free on a contract last year.
Shugg, you were a clueless tosser on all the S9 posts, now I know why if you think so highly of cnet.
Like Cowell needs to be given N95 - you think he can't afford it or something, if it's not free.
Lol! I just watched that 20 minutes ago and I was trying to figure out what device he was holding. Glad I could count on Engadget.
No! American Idol and anything to do with it has no place on Endgadget
exactly my thoughts
low rank me, but Simon Cowell speaks the truth more often than people like.
Got to agree with you man. If it wasn't for him we would've seen people like Sanjaya doing it to #1 throughout the 7 last seasons.
Simon is a real gentleman and an honest soul. God bless him.
He may be so far in the closet he's finding christmas presents, but Simon is a really smart guy, knows a shit-ton about the music business, and is practically always spot-on when he's being brutally, hilariously honest.
@ lawyer bird he's not that far in the closet,he's more than likely right by the door by the shoe rack lol..u just have to turn around when u enter the closet. =)
I've noticed on all british tv shows that you can say whatever you want as long as your right, like gordan ramsey where he calls everyone expletives but is also one of the best chefs in britain
Finland! Finland! Finland!
The country where I want to be!
....
No! England!
Wow, you changed your mind so quickly! You could have just edited your comment before posting...
haha, it's called Monty Python's Spam-a-Lot. It's the opening song
"I said ENGLAND"
"Oh"
I swear, Spamalot is the shit. Everyone loves it.
They look stoned!
wow, i just cant stand reality shows, especially this one. if there was negative talent, this show represents it.
They look sooo stoned!
no they dont
He is from England so he has to be a nokia fan. People in Europe and Asia cannot see anything beyond Nokia
Thats because once you have a proper Nokia, you never go back. It's the small things that Nokia does that make the difference.
what a ridiculous generalisation, do your fingers type without your brain being in gear or is that something you really believe?
Sarcasm...
the man also drives a bugatti veyron, audi R8 and lamborghini gallardo..
so.. you know maybe we should get those as well
The best cars may not be available to all of us ... but the best smartphone is .. if you want one and have the money get an N95 still the best after 2years.
Who the fuck is Kara?
this series of articles is terrible, stop wasting page space with this nonsense
some people in europe like sony ericsson too
Are you from europeland?
oh man, I came here just to see the usual stupidity from eye eye, and was sorely disappointed.
he doesn't even care about American idol! what are we doing here?