South Korean iPhone users turn to sausages as a cold weather 'meat stylus'
By Nilay Patel 
posted February 11th 2010 7:13PM
posted February 11th 2010 7:13PM
posted February 11th 2010 7:13PM
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@Steve2000 Trust me - it works...
@pachi72
well un zipping is cheaper then buying them suasages. But it'll cost your dignity...
Am I the only one who thinks the guy by the door looks like he's about to take a leak all over that train?
@kevout
yes.
There were some gloves that were suposed to work well for this purpose.
Kosher MeatStylus (tm) is available at your local Apple store or deli.
Accept no substitutes.
And that, my friends, is why resistive screens beat capacitive in all the tasks except the feather-light touch sensitivity. Grow some muscles (actually you don't need to with the latest resistive touch screen technologies) or buy some sausages.
Those particular sausages are actually processed cheese.
They taste particularly vile.
In my opinion, this is the most appropriate use for them.
@jeremah
Oh I love it how you try to assume something that you have no clue on what it is. No it's not cheese. They're processed fish. Yes, the correct answer is fish sausage. While it may taste like processed cheese or something else rather, that's what they are. I grew up on them in Korea. They've been around for over 30yrs now.
@dank414 Duly noted. In my defence, these particular Koreans are holding CJ Maxbong Cheese flavoured sticks, which say cheese in Hangeul on the label. (I ran to the mart to check: http://tr.im/NPMB)...
The fine print does in fact reveal that, as per the traditional ChonHa ChangSa, they contain at least 50% fish. With an additional 5.42% Cheese...
@jeremah Ahhh...I thought these were cheese as well, not sausage. I eat something packaged similar to this as a snack when I'm in Japan. Now I can get my daily fill of cheese and fish snack when in Korea!
If I have multi-touch do I need a pair of Meat Styli ?
Too bad this is too late for the Engadget Awards, maybe next years one hey...
Leo Laporte from the TWIT cottage just found out you can use string cheese also on your iPhone and it works fine.
sausagefest caught on tape.
drummer app game being playing with some sausages by a korean
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RNpMAtqIZ8
Isn't there a company that makes a whole bunch of gloves that let you use the iPhone while wearing them?
I know for a fact there is one, because I saw it in a magazine, and I'm sure I have it somewhere around my house, just have to look
@mtnDewFTW all you have to do is sew some thermal thread in the tip of your gloves. i say this photo and story are a hoax.
@mtnDewFTW I am almost certain that the sausage is cheaper.
@danhawk911I doubt this is a hoax. Given the choice between finding and buying thermal thread and sewing it into a pair of gloves or just using the sausage, I think most people(at least in Korea) would opt for the sausage. Not only would sewing in thermal thread require more effort; it could also ruin the gloves.
I see a lawsuit coming. Apple already has a patient for the iPork.
@Spiky haired boy
ESPECIALLY when cold, eh?
My wife fractured my MeatStylus while we were playing joust.
I'm surprised porn didn't beat them to that domain
Patent this, Apple.
Are those CONDOMS at the tip of those sausages?......LOL.....
I prefer a dildo.
Haha, one of my students gave me one at the end of last semester. God knows I'm not going to eat the thing, but this may just come in handy! If anyone does eat one, make sure you know the name of a good doctor.
It really works, I have just tried
The negative side of a battery will work because it gives off electrons. Carrots and blueberries work as well.
@greenestofteas Wouldn't blueberries be too messy? How would you handle that with gloves on?
Who needs Flash it works with sausages?
I'd use a SlimJim, just to avoid any raw sausage on my fingers or gloves inevitably going near my mouth or something... Plus, the SlimJim is a snack after you're done.
Although after reading that Wired blurb about what's in a SlimJim I swore them off.
That is singularly the best news story i have ever read
These are actually really very disgusting sausages.
What a great idea!
Thanks for that, engadget.
cool, man
Who needs a meat stylus when you have a pork sword?
Hmm...I sent this in a suggestion from Popular Science...
Common one:
My sausage is bigger than yours
You guys can watch how to use iSausage here: http://goo.gl/UfTq
K-sausage is so small !
Exactly WHAT is in those sausages that is so-o- close to human?
Ah, looks like they do leave the skin on the sausages. No more fishy iPhones for you!
Yes, I've tried this with the skin on, and at least with the brand I chose, it worked okay. You have to put a little pressure on it.