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iPhone makes a cameo appearance at 80th Annual Academy Awards – Oscar loves the iPhone too

Categories: Apple, Devices, iPhone
By: , IntoMobile
Monday, February 25th, 2008 at 11:54 AM

John Stewart plays with iPhone at 80th Annual Academy Awards - Oscar loves iPhoneDid you catch the “Oscars” last night?

With nearly a billion (that’s billion with a capital “B”) viewers, the 80th Annual Academy Awards was no doubt a huge opportunity for Apple to get even more coverage for the iPhone. Last night we saw “No Country for Old Men” go home with a handful of awards and a fair number of French actors and industry types getting “Oscar-ed.” But, like the good geek that I am, the most memorable moment (for me) of the entire multi-hour broadcast was the cameo appearance by the iPhone.

Oscar-host John Stewart made a pass at the seemingly never-ending awards show by watching a movie on his iPhone as he waited for nominees to be announced. The camera even zoomed in on the iPhone’s Apple logo as John played with the iPhone – cementing the iPhone as an iconic piece of pop-culture.

And the award for “Most Well-Known Mobile Phone” of 2008 goes to… Apple iPhone!

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Will Park

Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...

  • bazza

    Most memorable was the Wii tennis played on the giant (with a capital G) screen of the kodak theater. Very impressive.

  • Will Park

    I sooo want a screen like that to play video games :cool: