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Will.i.am Introduces iPhone Camera Accessory with Slide-Out Keyboard

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I don't know, looks ok to me and has a nice keyboard.

I mean, the bottom line are the pictures. Who cares really if Johnny Ive approves of it.

This kind of thing is subjective as far as looks. Somebody mentioned 'Steampunk'. Personally, I like that sort of thing. The retro 'high tech disguised as low tech' idea.

Anyway, no matter if this rapper dude's name is idiotic, or he is a numbskull in general, if the pictures are good, this thing may be useful. It looks well designed.

Note: stop with the race stuff or this thread will hit wasteland if that's not going to happen already.
 
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Psychj0e said:
People having a go at will.i.am. First ask yourself, what have you ever created or done with your life? This guy has done a lot of charity work in the tech field.
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Sure, that's true...but it has absolutely no bearing on whether he should be mocked over this. When Steve Jobs did something a little "off" (iMac hockey puck mouse for example), people rightly mocked him too. And this is far worse, IMO. He wants to put out a product, that's his right, but it's also our right to criticize it. Fair game.
 
This is one of the funniest, most enjoyable threads I've ever read on Macrumors. Several of the posts actually made me laugh out loud. :D

That said, if it was more reasonably priced. I'd actually like to try the case with the keyboard built into it. I guess I'm one of those suckers born ever minute...
 
Gomff said:
"Will.i'm not surprised.
Plastic and bling gold..."

and

"It almost looks as pointless and vulgar as the talentless Mr William himself. "
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What exactly is plain nasty, homophobic or racist about these particular comments? You know what annoys me? Having grown up in a country where racism was a big issue, it's people that try to find racism in everything and do not know what racism actually is. I've grown up with this scenario over and over agian: "Oh, you are arguing with a person that's a different race? You racist." I am not a racist. I am prejudiced against people of all races. If somebody is being an idiot, then I am happy to point this out. The colour of their skin makes no difference. If I didn't do it and I treated people differently, because a person had different colour skin, then I would be a racist.

Do you also complain to the media watch dog about the saucy adverts you saw?
 
theSeb said:
What exactly is plain nasty, homophobic or racist about these particular comments? You know what annoys me? Having grown up in a country where racism was a big issue, it's people that try to find racism in everything and do not know what racism actually is. I've grown up with this scenario over and over agian: "Oh, you are arguing with a person that's a different race? You racist." I am not a racist. I am prejudiced against people of all races. If somebody is being an idiot, then I am happy to point this out. The colour of their skin makes no difference. If I didn't do it and I treated people differently, because a person had different colour skin, then I would be a racist.

Do you also complain to the media watch dog about the saucy adverts you saw?
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Very well said!
 
Gomff said:
Here's some choice comments for you. There's either implied racial, homophobic or just plain nasty comments in all of them...Does it feel good defending these people?

What do you think is behind it all? Can you find examples anywhere else on this forum *ever* of such a pack of hyenas getting stuck in?

Anyway, enjoy.......

"Oh, but I think he IS... Will.i.believe.is.the.troll.Psychj0e

Well, judging by his retorts to all the negative comments.
Either that, or he's a will.i.want.to.suck.your.d**k fanboi? "

and

"Dear Asian Designers,

Golden painted plastic is tacky. Please stop.

Signed,

Moi "

and

"I'm pretty sure every Lil Wayne listening hoodrat will sport one of these.... cuz you know, theres gold on it."

and

"Will.i'm not surprised.
Plastic and bling gold..."

and

"It almost looks as pointless and vulgar as the talentless Mr William himself. "

and

"..and certain proof that the towering cock jockey is as deluded as I previously assumed." (cramming a bit of homophobia in there as well, just for good measure"

Note to Mods: Why did you delete this post the first time?
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Personal attacks, as you state, are wrong, and not allowed, I could not agree more.

But, the focus of your attention I find a bit interesting.

By that I mean, people who think they are cool (meaning they are better than me) for mutating words and spellings to make strange combinations of letters, especially of names, I find offensive because mine is simple and not mutated as is the language I use. Why no outrage there?

People who think they are so cool that they can inscribe on or associate their name with a product in order to make money obviously think they are more valuable (and I'm not talking about currency) than me, that's offensive. Where's the outrage there?

People who wear certain items or live by certain rules of fashion believe themselves to be better than me simply because I would never choose that style, that's offensive.

The exclusive membership in appreciation of certain music which elevates its listeners to a superior status than me I find offensive. will.i.am is one of the artists people in such a group listen to - he says nothing about this, and the fact his fans think themselves better than me is offensive.

People who use certain language or vernacular (which is almost always a mutation of language, and certainly not translatable) believe themselves to be a member of an exclusive (and cool) group, which means I am excluded, and that is offensive. Where's the outrage there?

People who make so much more money than the common person who works every bit as hard, if not harder, than the person that earns 100x plus in wages is an outrage and general human offence. Where is your outrage?

I could go on and on and on, but what I think is that will.i.am offends me (and billions of other people on this planet, none of whom are less valued than him in every way except money) in so many ways, but we never see anyone calling him out for being offensive, we merely give him license to create in our market a stupid piece of pointless expensive gaudy crap that appeals to people who support his offensiveness, most of whom are also offensive. I find this abhorrent and outrageous.

<stepping down off soap box>

I hope you agree with me.
 
Wait... are the labels on the pictures wrong? Shouldn't they be reversed... Black is vintage, white and gold is contemporary? Engadget video seems to confirm my suspicion.
 
Gomff said:
I'm white, so explain that one to me.

Enjoy your LOLs.
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It's called "white guilt."

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ChristIsLORD said:
You don't have to like everything, but the amount of vitriol against the product and will.i.am is absurd. People coming out to post the same sort of lame attempts at puns is annoying and calling the man names and addressing him not by his chosen professional pseudonym, the claims of "ghettoness" and nerdy superiority reeks of racism. All of this is over a phone ACCESSORY you don't have to buy. There's many iPhone accessories but this is chosen for the most uncomfortable vitriol simply because of the designer involved. Don't get me started on the juvenile one liner criticisms of his musical talent who have no basis here as well.

When did MR turn into reddit?
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Again, not racist. You are absolutely wrong. Just because someone insults someone of the opposite race does not equal racism. Please broaden your world view.

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Gomff said:
Oh please....We both know that's not true:

Post number 6, page 1: "Will.i'm not surprised.Plastic and bling gold..."

Post 11, page 1: "How thoroughly un-tacky. Oh wait, I'm wrong. Anyone seen "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka!" where all the "gangsters" start dying of "over-gold". I'm hoping this starts with the bling crowd soon..."

Post 17, page 1: "You know what other ghetto device has a slide out keyboard?

The sidekick. "

I could keep going but....You get the point right?
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You simply have no idea what racism is. Something tells me you weren't alive in the 60s. You are absolutely clueless.
 
WilliamLondon said:
Personal attacks, as you state, are wrong, and not allowed, I could not agree more.

But, the focus of your attention I find a bit interesting.

By that I mean, people who think they are cool (meaning they are better than me) for mutating words and spellings to make strange combinations of letters, especially of names, I find offensive because mine is simple and not mutated as is the language I use. Why no outrage there?

People who think they are so cool that they can inscribe on or associate their name with a product in order to make money obviously think they are more valuable (and I'm not talking about currency) than me, that's offensive. Where's the outrage there?

People who wear certain items or live by certain rules of fashion believe themselves to be better than me simply because I would never choose that style, that's offensive.

The exclusive membership in appreciation of certain music which elevates its listeners to a superior status than me I find offensive. will.i.am is one of the artists people in such a group listen to - he says nothing about this, and the fact his fans think themselves better than me is offensive.

People who use certain language or vernacular (which is almost always a mutation of language, and certainly not translatable) believe themselves to be a member of an exclusive (and cool) group, which means I am excluded, and that is offensive. Where's the outrage there?

People who make so much more money than the common person who works every bit as hard, if not harder, than the person that earns 100x plus in wages is an outrage and general human offence. Where is your outrage?

I could go on and on and on, but what I think is that will.i.am offends me (and billions of other people on this planet, none of whom are less valued than him in every way except money) in so many ways, but we never see anyone calling him out for being offensive, we merely give him license to create in our market a stupid piece of pointless expensive gaudy crap that appeals to people who support his offensiveness, most of whom are also offensive. I find this abhorrent and outrageous.

<stepping down off soap box>

I hope you agree with me.
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Greg Gutfeld just released a book titled "The Joy of Hate: How to Triumph over Whiners in the Age of Phony Outrage". It's rather fantastic.
 
Okay, aside from the fact it's ugly, for the same price or cheaper, it's possible to buy a decent quality standalone digital camera. So what are we achieving?

It could be said that you don't need to walk around with two devices - but who is going to keep their phone in this bulky case all the time? So it may as well be a separate device.

So instead why didn't Will.I.Am develop a kick-ass standalone camera. One which doesn't have the limitations of being a iPhone case.

It could have more ergonomic dimensions, a zoom lens and a better sensor. Maybe if he's a fan of the iPhone why not create an app which lets the camera and the iPhone sync with each other (like the GoPro Wifi app).

This is just all kinds of fail.
 
Ok enough trashing this man's phone and him. He's obviously an Apple lover, and is probably reading these posts ( let's hope not)

Anyway, all you rabid wolves stop it. The phone is way cool and so is he. He wanted to make something cool and he did.

Be nice to my son please. He's a sensitive boy


William's Mom
 
theSeb said:
What exactly is plain nasty, homophobic or racist about these particular comments? You know what annoys me? Having grown up in a country where racism was a big issue, it's people that try to find racism in everything and do not know what racism actually is. I've grown up with this scenario over and over agian: "Oh, you are arguing with a person that's a different race? You racist." I am not a racist. I am prejudiced against people of all races. If somebody is being an idiot, then I am happy to point this out. The colour of their skin makes no difference. If I didn't do it and I treated people differently, because a person had different colour skin, then I would be a racist.

Do you also complain to the media watch dog about the saucy adverts you saw?
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Allow me to point out the obvious:

Number 1: "Will.i'm not surprised.
Plastic and bling gold..."

So why isn't the poster surprised that it's plastic and bling gold? There's an obvious inference that all black people love "bling" and gold. But you knew that already.

Number 2: Calling someone pointless, vulgar and talentless...(a) This has nothing to do with the camera and (b) It's an offensive remark aimed at someone the poster doesn't even know. Do you think it's a friendly remark? Maybe to you it's just "edgy banter" right?

I'm quite happy to say if something isn't very good. But it's the way the bigots in this thread look the other way whilst another wades in with some crass thinly veiled snarky racial stereotype and you all guffaw with each other that I find sickening. It's like the late 20th century never happened....Then again, maybe it didn't for some.

And saucy adverts? WTF are you talking about?
 
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