Maybe if he used the product he wouldn’t be so angry ;)
Apple v Ann Summers in iGasm spat – MacWorld.co.uk: John has featured a similar product in the Cranky Geeks show, indicating that you can play a very fun ‘Name That Tune’ game with it.
High street adult retailer Ann Summers has landed itself in a heap of trouble with Apple.
The retail chain has been promoting a £30 adult toy called the iGasm, a device which connects to any music player and offers users a vibrating treat in time to the beat.
A News of the World report claims Apple is furious about Ann Summer’s promotion of the device, and is demanding all posters for the gadget be taken down, under threat of court action.
really, whats the problem? -i’m sure if they mailed him one, we’d suddenly hear of Jobs taking extended lunches (possibly with Ann?) and this would newsbyte would fade away…
on the other hand.. Ann couldnt have asked for a better way to get her product in the spotlight… i’m sure she’s sold out her 1st batch already because of this…*shrug*
-s
In other news, Apple is suing the state of iOwa.
I will shortly be releasing a new electronic whip…
called the iLash.
#2 – not to mention the lawsuit in the upper rural northwest US over prostitution marketing posters reading “iDaHo”…
#2, #4, ROTFLOL! HAHAHA!!!!!
I think Steve should be cool about this knock off… It’s a cool gadget, which should achieve cool results 🙂
C’mon, Steve 😉
You’d think this would drive iPod sales through the roof.
Apple better gear up to sue every company that puts a lowercase “i” in front of its product name…
#2 – That was the funniest thing I read all day 🙂
KILLER APP!
The mistake was making it work with any mp3 music player.
If they’d made it work exclusively with iPods, Apple would probably go along with it. They love exclusive markets.
This reminds me of a joke someone did on the first iMac model, on one picture frame it showed an iMac with the white plastic frame + the translucent blue plastic, it said “iMac for him;” and on the next picture frame there was an ironing machine with the letters “iMac for her.” Does anybody here still have those pictures?
Does this mean the iPhone will not have a vibrating feature?
I’m not sure the claim is so much about the name itself (iGasm/iPod) as for the featured marketing graphic…the silhouette dancing person. Mimicking Apple’s ad campaign to sell adult toys. I mean i’m sure Jobs wouldn’t be too thrilled with any third-party ripping off his ad campaign to shill their gadgets…but it might make him a little more vehement considering it’s being used to market a device for sexual pleasure…not something he would really want tied to his product.