Active Media Products isn't one to shy away from
mildly ludicrous USB flash drive designs, but it may want to snag a lawyer on retainer for this one. Granted, there's at least a sliver of a chance that Sarah Palin was actually notified that her image would be used to market AMP's new "Wink" USB flash drive, but chances are she's being rudely introduced to the sobering truth just as we are. Hailed as the planet's smallest 16GB thumb drive, this waterproof slab of memory is also available in a few smaller sizes for those unconcerned with gaining political clout. It measures in at just 1.2- x 0.5- x 0.1-inches, or just marginally smaller than Little Diomede island (which you actually
can see Russia from, amazingly enough). It's available now to inspire and encourage starting at $7.95 (2GB), though that 16 gigger we mentioned earlier will set you back $37.95.
P.S. - We didn't Photoshop this image, this is seriously Active Media Products' pitch for this product.
posted Nov 16th 2009 10:22AM
You betcha!
I lol'd too much.
I lol too.
Also she isn't winking. She's got a moose in the sights of her rifle.
Ah man I thought Engadget photoshoped this. lol I can't believe this is a serious effort for them...
I think she's having a stroke
Looks more like, "Hi sailor, come to this port often"?
pew! pew!
Just so we're all super, super clear here, Engadget didn't Photoshop this image. That is literally AMP's image.
And so we're even MORE super clear: I did not vote for, nor endorse Obama in any way, form or fashion during last year's election.
Merry Christmas! You godless SWINE!
@Darren:
hey thanks for clearing that up. after reading the article and the 7 posts above yours, i couldn't help but wonder if:
a) this was an engadget photoshop job or the material AMP will be using (even though it said so in the second sentence.)
b) if Darren voted for, nor endorsed Obama in any way, form or fashion during last year's election.
wow! you saved me a lot of headache! and i'm really glad you unnecessarily chose this forum to share you political practices.
Since they're plastering Palin's face all over this, does that mean that this flash drive will quit working right in the middle of an important job?
As opposed to the big-eared empty suit inoffice that still thinks there are 57 States?
Oh Engadget, why did you invite a political debate with that image....and then gonna tell us you're not Political?
Engadget should simply stay out of politics. Keep this up and I won't be back.
It's not their image...
http://www.activemp.com/USB_drives/wink-micro-pico-usb-flash-drive.htm
It may be political, but they didn't make it so...
The headline is a little misleading but read the article. I think Darren could have made this a little more neutral however its the company who decided to use Palin's image to promote their product. So I'm guessing that the product is the pig? Thats where I think the headline could be altered a little but its the company that should be eviscerated not necessarily Engadget. ....For today at least :)
@Conceyted: Oooooh, I'll bet they're scared now. Palin lovers are so butt-hurt.
why is it political? that is not a shop job from engadget. Now you can't poke fun at a product because they happen to use an inexperienced foot-in-mouth political candidate? democrat or republican, this is funny.
Keep politics off your tech blog asshole. Make a habit of this and I can get my tech info elsewhere.
@Dave: No, McCain's policies are the pig. If you remember from the presidential debates, or a townhall meeting, Obama was answering a question about McCain, and was jabbing at how his policies are the same as Bush's (not discussing the veracity of such a statement). Obama's response to McCain's policy was "you can put lipstick on a pig, but its still a pig".
The Republican Party, since at the time they were literally sitting around trying to find ways to misconstrue things, decided that, since Obama was running against McCain, and Palin was McCain's partner, and since Palin is a woman, and because women wear lipstick, Obama must be calling her a pig. And, they proceeded to get huffy and offended. Good thing Obama didn't mention the whore of Babylon, or Mother Goose, or anything else that might be misconstrued multiple, multiple times as an attack on her.
@bobartig
I know where the term became popular but I was referencing the article and not some stupid political banter that has no place on this blog. I think the Engadget editors would find this as stupid as an Obama .
Stop it with the political bashing one way or the other. I come here for tech news.
Now can we all go back to making fun of the company doing something this silly?
....at least until they come out with that Teddy Roosevelt fingerprint reader that I have been waiting for :-D
@Dave: Yet you had to say 'as stupid as an Obama'. You want the flaming to stop yet you throw gasoline on it? WTF?
That was a complete mistake because I used arrows and comment system apparently removed them. It was supposed to say (insert inane product here) or something like that.
So totally my bad! I really want to keep my political opinions to myself on this blog and seriously did not intend for that to come off like it and now I feel kinda stupid because I look like a total hypocrite.
Technically, this can in no way be political as Palin isn't a public servant any longer.
Man, I come for the gadgets but stay for the train wrecks...
LOVE the headline, Darren!
2 gigs for 8 bucks seem descent.
I hope this woman runs for president... I loved all the material late night tv got from her.
Doesn't that crazy woman get enough attention already? Please, keep her in the domain of porn, where she actually contributes something to the raising of standards.
oh, but i'd love to have coffee with her!!
Do NOT put that pile of shit where I can see it in the morning. I don't need dry heaves this early in the day. The flash drive looks OK though.
Yes we get it. You disagree with her opinions, thus she is a pile of $$$$.
I wonder how many people think Sarah Palin (not Tina Fey) said that she could see Alaska from her house...
No but she did say she could see Russia from Alaska. Puts Superman's power to shame.
PALIN POWERS ACTIVATE!! FORM OF IGNORANT TWIT!
Whether or not she said it, I hope to god that she CAN see Alaska from her house.
haha... Russia is what I meant.
and as the author pointed out, Russia CAN be seen from Alaska (Little Diomede Island).
John Doe, you ignorant moron, you CAN see Russia from Alaska!
It even mentions it in the body of THIS article. Try looking at a map of the Diomede Islands, you dolt. In the wintertime, it is even possible to walk between them.
I wonder if people care since that idiot said more stupid things in a three month period than most people do in their life. She also acted way too cavalier in her debate and made Joe Biden look like a dignified vice presidential candidate by comparison.
Her resignation from the Alaska governorship read like something the crazy cat lady came up with. It rambled from lies to the blame game to copping out to pandering with all the coherence of a drunk person with a bad concussion.
The actual quote;
"They're our next-door neighbors and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska."
A lot different from what the media and the general public seems to think she said....no why in the world would that be?
@Bruce R
Because the media is liberal and their pinko commie agenda masked the genius of palin!
It is amazing at the amount of lies and distortions that get told about this woman. Why do they feel the need to personally destroy her? What do they fear about her?
fear?
You DAMN well know what she was talking about. Just because Russia has a left over island in the Bering Strait......I'd bet you a year's salary that she didn't know dick about those Islands. Who is being an idiot now? Dip$h!t. Palin was NOT talking about the island. The idiot was talking about the mainland which even then would be wrong.
@johnduh
And you know this how?
Charles,
Is that what you're clinging to? Seriously? It's like when your mom told you that the other kids just make fun of you because they're jealous. Uhhh yeah, right.
I'd love to see the Republicans find a good smart fiscal conservative, so there would be someone worth voting for. There was a strong hope that after dealing with the not-so-bright and not-at-all-fiscally-conservative GWB, the party would ditch the whole moralizing schtick that appeals to about 10% of the country, and get a real candidate. Utter morons like Palin are just holding you back. Charisma doesn't fix stupid, but it might keep a qualified candidate out of office.
Just so we're clear: People hate her because she's an utter moron. Not because they're afraid of a strong woman.
"What do they fear about her?"
If you have to ask, you don't "get it."
At least she wasn't like that dumbass obama who said there were 57 states.
Idiots need other idiots to look up to.
@fboots
Bwahahaha. "genius" Right...
Go to Wales Alkaska ... Look west .. you can see it Big Diomede island and Little Diomede are only 2 miles apart
she must be thinking "1.2 inches.... *wink* i can still work with that"
Be careful. This model is known for working shoddily for 2 years (or so) before flat out quitting on you.
you had me... but then you had the audacity to try and sell me coogi. *sigh*... reported.
Why have Palin on your banner when they sell an Obama version...?
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4826539&CatId=379
drive baby, drive!
Didn't you hear about the new law they passed? Paragraph 4, Subsection B: Any jokes, criticism, or disagreement in reference to President Obama or here bye deemed invalid, and are in all probability racist as well.
If people keep saying your 'jokes' are racist all the time... I don't know, maybe they are?
right, like the ones about his bowling = racist. The ones about the Nobel Peace Prize = racist. Everybody knows that both sides are overly sensitive. Gimme a break.
But some of the jokes are racist, maybe not those, but some of them. Some of the jokes about Palin are sexist too. It's not being "sensitive" if it's really racist/sexist/whatever... I don't know.
Exactly. We live in a world where people think everything is about them. I don't think the government can run a National Healthcare system effectively (I'm not against it in theory, I just see no evidence that the government can be as efficient as private industry). That does mean I hate Obama, or any black people, or the poor.
I can disagree with someone's political opinions and not hate them!!!! Unlike the guy earlier in thread who think's Sarah Palin is a "pile of $$$$". Tha's not a joke or political commentary.
Agree to disagree... I haven't heard anything remotely close to a racist joke about him... I am sure that there are plenty of them being told from and to idiots, but for the most part comedians and late night IMHO have stayed a million miles away from it. I guess I read into "jokes" more of "jokes on the TV" and I honestly haven't heard anything. However, to your point "It's not being "sensitive" if it's really racist/sexist/whatever... I don't know." +1 totally agree- point very well taken.
This reminds me of the Pico USB Flash drives my girlfriend uses as earrings.
http://www.techgadgets.in/images/super-talent-pico-usb.jpg
I might her get two of these Wink ones.
Uh Oh! Engadget just lost a viewer over posting this "unnecessary" slam against Palin.
Bye bye :-D
"Lipstick-laden pig"?!?
Well, I just took your scuzzy website off of my daily reads and bookmark bar, engadget.
It was easy, really - all you are is a clearinghouse for snarky comments on derivative, poorly made, made-where-people-have-no-rights crap.
@ exponent
lol... bye
talk about thin skinned, jeez.
good luck with growing up.
Did you assume that "pigs" was actually talking about Palin? Incorrect. She talked about "lipstick on a pig" numerous times during the campaign. I'm talking about pigs. Oink, oink. Pigs.
BTW, let's just say I did not vote for Obama, in case you think I'm some wild, moronic, free-spending liberal.
good ol' darren,
always clarifyin'
+1
and if you ever start a political blog, be sure to let us know. i'd love to follow.
"It was easy, really - all you are is a clearinghouse for snarky comments on derivative, poorly made, made-where-people-have-no-rights crap."
Yet, until today you had this site in your daily reads and bookmarks bar.....hmmm
You don't get the reference. McCain's campaign *said* that Obama called Palin a pig because he said, in reference to McCain's policies being too similar to George W's "You can put lipstick on a pig, but its still a pig."
Now, the only way to construe that as calling someone a pig is through some kind of self imposed jedi-mindtrick of deliberate misunderstanding. So, its McCain *saying* she was called a pig, not anyone *actually calling* her one.
Darren, you are a misinformed boob. SHE didn't talk about 'lipstick on a pig', it was Obama that made that statement in reference to her.
It was stupid and tasteless then and it's just as stupid and tasteless now.
Get your facts straight, dunce.
http://living.oneindia.in/insync/2008/mccain-palin-barack-obama-lipstick-pig-100908.html
Man, I hope Engadget has a ban-hammer like kotaku. They need to start swinging it right about now.
@Darren: I thought the headline was cute, but I assumed you meant to write lipstick-laden bulldogs, a line she did use.
@ Darren. You are simply dead wrong. Check your facts before using a headline like that.
http://living.oneindia.in/insync/2008/mccain-palin-barack-obama-lipstick-pig-100908.html
Is smearing this woman worth your credibility?
There are still republicans that get their panties in a bunch when palin gets made fun of?
*shakes head*
@ fboots
lol...yup
No, they get mad when you lie and distort facts about people. Why does the left feel the need to personally destroy this woman?
the "left" didnt have to she did it all by herself
I get a kick out of the amount of fear a little ol' hockey mom from Alaska puts into the leftists!
and i get a kick out of the quality of hockey players that actually come out OF the alaskan hockey system
as a habs fan... trust me it smarts
also not a fan of the left vs right debate so thats a non starter bud!
There are, however there are even more liberals that get their panties jammed up their ass when Obama is criticized or 'made fun of' as you put it. Its so bad that Obama's critics are deemed 'racists' and 'bigots'. Yet reading through many of the anti-Palin comments it is very clear that people who dislike her have no problem making clearly sexist remarks.
Don't get me wrong, I think anyone in the political arena is going to get criticized, and rightfully so. But lets not be hypocritical here...
not being hypocritical at all although i like obama im dissapointed with his presidency thus far
all politicians are fair game
with palin though
MOST of the swipes against her have nothing to do with politics, but have everything to do with the fact that she was a horrible choice for the republican party to run as veep
that and shes a braindead tart!
those who defend her, defend her because shes on "their team" and therefore infallible
@Charles R Hamilton: The woman is an idiot. Plain and simple. Those who have trouble seeing that, well, I'll just leave it at that.
@mike - Although award winning, it turns out that that version doesn't do anything at all.
Zing!
Ha!
"lipstick-laden pigs"
Wow, so clever and subtle...
I bet she is hotter than any "pig" you banged Darren!
Heh, I thought it was a shop until I read the article...
Politics aside, she is a beautiful woman
http://mynameisearlkress.com/weblog/triumph01.jpg
For me to poop on!
in case nobody watched the 2008 debates, Palin made several attempts at appealing to the 'common man' by talking in a southern demeanor and winking a lot in the camera
The accent is in fact legitimate, comes from the Northern Midwest, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. think of the movie "Fargo".
The US Gov't moved 200 families from there to Wasilla in the 30's in an attempt to start a farming community. The accent stuck.
You DAMN well know what she was talking about. I'd bet you a year's salary that she didn't know dick about those Islands. Who is being an idiot now? Dip$h!t.
Chill!
Seriously. A. stupid bet. B. chill out & C. let me see what I have in my wallet.
Nobody's thinking about what the two golden pads at the very end of this thing are for?
Me does.
People are asking why there are those that are so hostel to her. Could it be because she is an intolerant, clueless, hysteria educing (See death panels as a reference), hate monger? The fundis have no redeemable quality to them and in point of fact if you talk to one you will see that the Bible they cling to is really just a smoke screen. They pick and choose what they want to adhere to out of it. Those 10 commandments. Bah. Don't need to listen to them. Love thy neighbor? Whatever. Thou shalt not kill. They aren't talking about the US! And note I'm saying fundi not Republican. There is a DISTINCT difference between the two. I wish the fundi group would just break off so I could actually vote for a real Republican again instead of an ultra right wing neocon who if it was up to them would: 1. Euthanize anyone who was gay. (You think I'm kidding don't you?) 2. Cut off ties to all foreign countries. (Note that even Richard Nixon knew that foreign relations was in the best interest of everyone.) 3. abolish all taxes and well.......PROFIT! That in between stuff is still sketchy. And pretty much disban the Dem party and any opposition.
Seriously anyone who isn't a full blown neocon and can think for themselves gets a really bad vibe off of Palin. And when she opens her mouth it pretty much is confirmed. She spreads hate. We don't need more like her. Its really that simple. Sadly we have Michele Bachmann as well who is as big if not a bigger wingnut as Palin (see the suggestion that we should ferret out un-Americans in congress as a reference.) Seriously these people need to be thrown out on their ear. They propagate hate towards anyone other then loyalists and it needs to end.
the most hateful person I have seen on the board on either side = you.
Is anyone else waiting for this moron to back up this barf rant of his with something that resembles logic? For all of this hate that soooooo obvious coming from Palin, the only hate seems to be coming from those that hate her.