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TV News Displays Windows Photoshop on iPhone in Story

forums.mactalk.com.au — Someone at channel 9 has absolutely no friggin' clue or is a genius prankster. Check out what's on the home page of that iPhone seen on the Friday 6PM channel 9 news in Melbourne. There's even a button for Parallels on the iPhone's dock which isn't even out for the iPhone until 2009. The image they lifted originally sourced from kottke.org

Who dugg this? Made popular May 2, 2008

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  • mohabitar, on 05/02/2008, -3/+201most complicated title ive ever read...
  • JlmAWP, on 05/02/2008, -4/+49If I was responsible for graphics that went on-air, which would be read by people who are completely out-of-touch with technology, I'd probably do the exact same thing.
  • Aidenf77, on 05/02/2008, -2/+31Oops, somebody did a quick google image search and nabbed the first result they saw. Either that or they thought it would be a good joke.
  • coldeve, on 05/03/2008, -3/+31Maybe the words just needs to be rearranged then slightly change a couple of words
    "Windows Photoshopped onto iPhone Display in TV News Story"
  • CrimsonBlur, on 05/02/2008, -0/+25"I'm going to be famous on Digg. Mwahahaahaha!"
  • skunkman62, on 05/03/2008, -4/+25here is the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ-97pxT3LU just kidding. its a rick roll
  • hollyminkowski, on 05/02/2008, -1/+13Mirror http://i25.tinypic.com/5do21g.png
  • JlmAWP, on 05/03/2008, -3/+15I'd put Rick Astley on it. One frame Rick Roll. Who needs video?
  • inactive, on 05/03/2008, -0/+11http://images.google.com/images?q=iphone
    First result.
  • cmrn, on 06/19/2008, -3/+12A video of the news story would be interesting, just to see how convoluted the rest of the information was. But bravo to the guy at the Nine Network for getting that past muster.
  • cruzweb, on 05/03/2008, -1/+8I'd put NeXT on it.
  • jared79, on 05/02/2008, -5/+12No wonder channel 9's ratings are slipping when they can't even get their graphics right. Idiots.
  • defectDS, on 05/03/2008, -1/+8This happens all the time. They obviously just searched Google and picked the first picture they could find. In this case, it was this one:

    http://www.kottke.org/plus/misc/images/iphone-para ...

    Do a search for "parallels iphone."
  • cmrn, on 06/19/2008, -1/+7Link to the National Nine News story: http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=276244& ...
  • RevoFM, on 05/03/2008, -2/+7Please bury
  • agentlame, on 05/03/2008, -1/+6Further, the title implies that the Windows (version of) Photoshop was displayed on the phone.

    My vote for a more succinct title would be:
    "Local news depicts XP running on iPhone."
    -OR-
    "Local news fires graphic artiest."
  • woofers07, on 05/03/2008, -2/+7I also like how they skewed the apple logo a bit too, probably the biggest cardinal sins in any sort of graphic art.
  • mrtrevin, on 05/03/2008, -1/+5This was a funny story dude, not a "Mac OSX pwns Windows" or vice versa. Nice that you take the time to insult people doing the exact same thing as you, without even discovering context of the article.
  • inactive, on 05/03/2008, -1/+5I'm surprised nobody tried to play this into a "Parallels working on iPhone!" story.
  • diemunkiesdie, on 05/03/2008, -1/+4Its a screen grab from an HD source. I know I can take a screen shot that looks that good from my HD tuner.
  • snagra, on 05/02/2008, -1/+4Even stuck a Parallels logo in there too, gotta try harder than that.
  • nebkiwi, on 05/03/2008, -0/+3http://www.kottke.org/07/01/iphone-running-paralle ... someone else posted that link ^ but it came up with a 404
  • sfacets, on 05/03/2008, -0/+3Except that would be LYING.
  • JudgeMonkey, on 05/03/2008, -1/+3Yeah, I hate going to websites and streaming embedded content as well as all the software readily available without jumping through hoops having to seek Microsoft's approval to program for it.
  • diggymow, on 05/03/2008, -0/+210 points sir. Everyone needs to see this.
  • joshjx, on 05/03/2008, -1/+3i searched "iphone" on google, then clicked "images".... this was the first image!
  • candyungirlish, on 05/03/2008, -1/+3The other day I saw IE popping out on an iPhone. It was an ad about wi-fi.
  • SystemError51, on 05/03/2008, -0/+2Looks like this is the source of the image used in the news story
  • 23MAL, on 05/03/2008, -0/+2FOX. they have Waaaaayyyyy more monies
  • datcrazydj, on 05/03/2008, -1/+3http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=windows+xp ...

    D:
  • inactive, on 05/03/2008, -0/+2Channel 9 vs FOX News

    who would win that?
  • flashback99, on 05/03/2008, -0/+2Aeroplane Jesus Table Dwarf Baby on Frog in Diary.
  • NinjaPirateDude, on 05/03/2008, -1/+3my head just exploded...
  • mindsnare, on 05/03/2008, -1/+3amen to that, it's bloody horribly done.
  • altinnovation, on 05/03/2008, -0/+2What's actually funny is that the Digg comment system is the biggest pile of ***** I've ever seen. Not only does the Duggmirror not work anymore, but when I submitted my post, it dissapeared after I pressed refresh. That way I couldn't edit it or do anything else.

    Piece of *****.
  • estvir, on 05/03/2008, -0/+2Optus? Uh.. Hopefully the rumours of an unlocked one are true, I don't really want to go back to Optus.
  • inactive, on 05/03/2008, -2/+3Speaking of being out-of-touch with technology, ever noticed the iPhone is rectangular shaped? The normal ergonomically shaped mobile phones was not feng shui enough for Mac fanboys? They prefer looking like a complete tool in public by holding a brick to their head when speaking over the phone?
  • samuelcotterall, on 05/04/2008, -0/+1There is a Dominos Pizza add in the UK, in which a guy is ordering a Pizza on his PC laptop, then we see his desktop (a video of the laptop, not a screencrab) it's running OSX.
  • juanej, on 05/04/2008, -0/+1vnc?
  • springo, on 05/02/2008, -2/+3So (nine)MSN couldn't just avoid a reference to Windows even on iPhone news...
  • rroberts45, on 05/06/2008, -0/+1Whenever I see a news story, print or broadcast, on a topic I know well -- I'm always stunned at the reporter's lack of understanding of the topic. It's uncanny.
  • luchid, on 05/03/2008, -0/+1You know you DON'T HAVE TO ***** CLICK ON THE APPLE CATEGORY. Ughh. So many retards.
  • WiredBob, on 05/03/2008, -0/+1Ugh... a bastardisation of the lovely iPhone...
  • Pliep, on 05/03/2008, -1/+2The graphics in this TV programme are blindingly ugly anyway. This iPhone mistake is simply a continuation of a total lack of design principles.
  • muzza001, on 05/03/2008, -1/+2It's just because channel 9's website is www.ninemsn.com.au, So obviously channel 9 has a deal with microsoft, hense they put windows on the iPhone
  • inactive, on 05/03/2008, -0/+1Who is freaking out besides you? All i've seen are possible explanations and jokes, as per usual digg commentary.
  • RevoFM, on 05/03/2008, -0/+1They fail again.
  • expert01, on 05/03/2008, -0/+1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuyh90thPGY
  • OfNumbers, on 05/03/2008, -0/+1Here's more absolute proof that right = negative mods.
    http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=31 ... - AP, ABC
    NOBODY'S FREAKING OUT. WHAT IF THEY ***** CRASH THOSE THINGS?
  • LoneWolf01, on 05/03/2008, -0/+1Did anyone else notice that the words "Optus Deal" are written in Nokia's font?
    Also, the iPhone still has the Cingular logo in the top left.
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