The North Miami police are looking for Antonio McKenzie, a “fake Target clerk” suspected of stealing numerous iPod Touches from Target Department Stores in South Florida.
5 Years, 6 iPods, and $1495 Later, You Just Want One That Works
By January 4, 2008
Last week, Reader Andrew CC’d us on this email to Steve Jobs:
Shopdropped iPods Implore Buyers: "Reclaim Your Mind From The Media Shackles"
By December 29, 2007
Joe Ellis arranged for Santa to deliver an iPod to his daughter for Christmas. Santa instead left an anti-capitalist rant. The iPod purchased from a Maryland Walmart contained a note written in ransom-letter caps reading:
RECLAIM YOUR MIND FROM THE MEDIA SHACKLES. READ A BOOK AND RESURRECT YOURSELF.
Research Group Suggests iPods Are To Blame For Increase In Crime
By September 28, 2007
A research group in Washington, D.C. has suggested that the spike in violent crime, particularly robberies, in the past two years correlates with the rising popularity of the iPod line of products. They don’t really back this up with rigorous statistical analysis, they just say it. So now you know.
iPods Download Lightning?
By July 13, 2007
An iPod won’t attract lightning, but it will make your injuries worse if you are struck by it, according to the New England Journal of Medicine. A 35 year-old man was brought into the emergency room after having been struck by lightning that had jumped to his body after striking a tree, a phenomenon known as “side flash.”
iPods May Affect Pacemakers
By May 11, 2007
Thinking of buying Gramps an iPod for his birthday? If he has a pacemaker, you might want to hold off according to a new study “presented by a 17-year-old high school student to a meeting of heart specialists on Thursday.” A high school student? Yeah!
Fill Out Our Survey, Get Chance To Win iPod Shuffle
By March 2, 2007
UPDATE: Survey max response number reached. Poll closed. Thanks everyone!
Don’t Chuck That Busted iPod
By August 16, 2006
People on their third or fourth iPod well know how prone the device is to breaking. If you neglected to opt for a replacement plan, instead of smashing the pod with a brick, give Matt Bremmer a call. Treehugger pointed us to his ipod refurb services and we think it’s fantastic stuff.
Best Buy Fulfills Its Name
By May 19, 2006
Man goes to Best Buy. Buys iPod. Has good experience. Universe implodes.
Google Trends Forecasts Our Watery Demise
By May 12, 2006
Using the fancy new Google Trends web app launched today, we were able to rank which US cities are searching for Wal-mart, iPods, Amazon and Sex the most, as well as compare results by city.
UPDATE: Soho Store a Scam?
By May 1, 2006
Last Friday, we wrote about the online “Soho Store” offering some obscene discounts on iPods (10 60gb video iPods for $2699!, an over $1000 discount off MSRP). We just thought it was too good a deal to be true.
Mercury Research Calls Us ‘Full of Crap.’ We Agree.
By March 29, 2006
We posted the following comment over at the Radio Marketing Nexus blog in response to their post calling us Haters of Radio:
Mercury Research says The Consumerist is a Radio Hata’
By March 29, 2006
Apparently, we hate radios.
Radio Self-Fulfills Self-Aggrandizing Prophecy
By March 27, 2006
- “A new survey from radio marketers Mercury asked 1,000 people, if a new iPod and an HD Radio receiver were the same price, which would they prefer. As seen in the graphs… the majority chose HD Radio, citing that a radio is simply easier to use than an iPod.”
