By Will Sturgeon, 10 November 2006 11:10
This competition is now closed. But below is a list of the best captions including the winning entry.
WINNER: Apple unveils new iPods for people with massive hands...
Adam Finch wins for something which is genius in its simplicity and for creating the new minority 'people with massive hands'.
2: "Can everyone at the back see them OK?"
Johnny Thomson
3: "Can I Sing the Theme Tune, Write the Theme Tune, Play the Theme Tune?"
Alexander Simpkin's caption will make no sense to anybody who doesn't watch Little Britain - but we do, and we loved the caption.
4: Steve Jobs has his own "Spinal Tap Stonehenge" moment as the new iPods are revealed to an astonished audience
Tony Pile
5: Inquest into Telly Tubbies untimely demise. La La, Po and pals' graves are exhumed.
Colin Campbell
Photo credit: CNET Networks
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1. Steve Waines
"The world's largest ipods"
2. K Patel
Look! 5 Apples in a Pod!
3. anonymous
iPod in the 80's
4. Andy Wilson
"... And on to number 4, who's favorite artists include Gloria Gaynor, Kylie and the Scissor Sisters"
5. anonymous
iPod reaches Lilliput
6. Richard
Having taken the minaturisation of Ipod-electronics as far as they could, Apple boffins turned their attention to humans...
7. anonymous
Just one more thing: Introducing the Apple iJobs biomedia device...
8. Mark
One last thing... introducing the iPod "Tera". Capable of storing five decades of continuous playback and big enough so that you will never lose it.
9. anonymous
Jobs, victim of experimental shrink ray.
10. Ed Webb
And you thought it was done with electronics. Apple admit to using tiny people inside iPods.
11. Alexander Simpkin
Can I Sing the Theme Tune, Write the Theme Tune, Play the Theme Tune?
12. anonymous
Jobs caught in Borrowers high-tech heist
13. anonymous
Apple introduces new iServer range
14. anonymous
"Fifty mil in cash or Jobs is a stain on the floor"
15. Simon Tutton
After requests from overweight customers with larger fingers Apple decided to introduce the "MacPod" for those who like to "Supersize it" on a regular basis.
16. James Hewison-Carter
...and leading the line up our (nearly) iNvisible iPod...
17. James Hewison-Carter
..and now our version of the dream sequence in Dumbo!
18. Adam Finch
Before John could escape, the evil giant ipods had him surrounded...
19. James Hewison-Carter
...what do you mean you can only see four colours? Black is the new white!
20. James Hewison-Carter
...of course adding WiFi "and" Bluetooth has meant that we need to increase the battery size somewhat.
21. Adam Finch
Apple unveils new ipods for people with massive hands...
22. David Lewis
Reservoir Pods!
23. Adam Davies
Jobs unveils the new 'fatPod' designed exclusively for the US market.
24. anonymous
There is a new model in our range for those looking for a more robust unit...
25. Chris O'Prey
2030: The Spice Girls re-unite now they have been upgraded to giant iPods...
26. Richard
iPod tera: The "Tera pod."
27. Iain McCulloch
The user manual is available in this handy, pocket size format...
28. anonymous
BBC launches new "youth oriented" image format for evil daleks ...
29. Steve Thompson
'London's Olympic logo design team release their rejected ideas'
30. anonymous
iPod Conference: Main Topic - Advances in human miniturisation
31. Colin Campbell
Inquest into Telly Tubbies untimely demise. LaLa, Po and PALS graves are exhumed!!!
32. Paul Hearne
First U2, now introducing the 'Spice Pod' limited editions - Gawdy, Flakey, Naff, Cliche and Pricey Pod
33. Greg Smith
Morgan Sturlock explains why Apple and McDonalds should never get together.
34. Greg Smith
Apple woos the silver surfer market with its new range of Ipods
35. Craig Mitchell
Apple release first pictures of the new Life size iPod. Namely the iPod Hernia.
36. Greg Smith
We very proud of just how slim we've made our latest Ipods!
37. Jon Collins
Coming to America... please welcome the hi-tech Mactubbies!
38. Craig Mitchell
Apples wall mounted iPod is designed with homely colours in mind. New advertising front man to be named as Austin Powers.
39. Greg Smith
And now i'll, take questions from the floor. You sir! the one looking slightly glassy eyed.
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Yes I'd love a glass of champagne which you'd like to win from silicon.com.
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Whats you name?
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Greg Smith the overworked Education Manager from Oxford, Why I've never come arcross a man so deserving of a free drink!
40. Kevin Beer
...and the pocket-sized Steve Jobs is available for complaints whenever the battery runs out!
41. Su G
Apple confirms iMan Nano prototype rumours
42. Greg Smith
Conclusive proof is found that Ipod designers are regularly taking LSD.
43. Kenton Hodges
...and responding to your comments on street crime, we unveil our new anti-theft feature...
44. Stephen Smith
So in conclusion, we hope this latest range will put an end to the complaints of them being too bloody small!!!!!
45. Mel Jensen
Apple launches it's latest weapon against Microsoft - Giant robotic Ipods to literally crush the opposition!
46. Colin
Black ipod "Ok, so now we've really taken over the world, whadda we get the little fella to do now?"
Pink ipod " oh....ooh, somersaults, I say somersaults...."
Blue ipod "I know, I know...., get him to sing for a change"
47. Paul Wood
"yes officer, it was definitely the pink one - can you make it say, 'your warranty is invalid', again?"
48. Stumpy Hill
In response to some complaints that we've received claiming that the iPod Nano is fiddly to use.....
49. anonymous
These new IPODs now come with a small action figure
50. anonymous
Jobs corners MP3 market in Brobdingnag
51. Ian Stroud
This is identity theft protection version of the new biometric identity card, Mr. Blair.
52. Dave H
"and if anyone spots the missing penguin .... "
53. John Wales
The audience thought that the Advertising Standards Authority would have issues with the word "mini".
54. Dan Flower
In comparison to a standard iPod, the new iPerson is very compact indeed!
55. Simon Dalling
I think they are trying to communicate. The colour sequences make some sense but the sounds coming out of them are completley unintelligible.
56. Robert Creech
The new, larger model gets around the problem of flimsy screen glass
57. anonymous
Apple announce next Gen Nano will feature a decent DAB radio
58. Mark Swarbrick
"And we think there are reall opportunities on offer in the Brobdingnag market
59. Simon Dalling
When the ipods took over they decided to miniaturise humans as they were more handy when smaller.
60. Graham Atkinson
The new iPod range - for those with deep pockets...
61. Kevin Stephens
Obviousley I'm larger in real life.
62. Terry C.
Cremation is a thing of the past! We can get a billion digitised souls into each one - we just have to sort out the colour coding a bit.
63. anonymous
Yes the colours are nice, can you make a phone call on them yet?
64. anonymous
We have had to introduce these colours and more just to be politically correct!
65. Karen Challinor
new anti theft feature for iPod range unveiled
66. Gareth
...introducing the iJobs pico - carry him in your pocket, with improved turtleneck/jean combo anti-scratch protection.
67. Karen Challinor
iPods announce "We come in peace to live in harmony with the people of earth EXTERMINATE...EXTERMINATE... "
68. Karen Challinor
Decendant of Thomas Watson (ex IBM) was hired by Apple and announced "I think there is a world market for no more than five iPods"
69. Karen Challinor
Apple unveil new "supercomputing" initiative
70. anonymous
At Apple's mark 1 iPod unveiling, their promise of a "mobile" mp3 player fell woefully short of the mark.
71. anonymous
What size man bag will I need?
72. anonymous
The new I-Pod Maxi - Who's IN your I-Pod?
73. Ian Kennedy
Look, your order clearly says 5 assorted 5m iPods. If you meant 5Mb, you should have said 5Mb!
74. anonymous
Apple state these Ipods will last four years
75. Andy Jewell
EX-TER-MIN-ATE
76. Michael Parker
In response to Microsofts iPod killer, Apple introduces their new Zune Killer range, designed to topple over and crush unsuspecting Zune owners to death.
77. Kiernan Wagstaff
And I would like to present to you the latest in the Apple family, I-Coffins for music that you would Die for.
78. Neil RObinson
With the new Zune, Microsofts ploy of copying someone elses design again fails to grasp fundamental useability issues.
79. Alex
So you see, it's not a battery problem after all - your iPod stops working because the miniature operator runs out of food and water...
80. Graham Brigden
I can assure you these are NOT life size models
81. Tony Pile
Steve Jobs has his own "Spinal Tap Stonehenge" moment as the new iPods are revealed to an astonished audience
82. Richard
Can you guess which of these is actually a half-buried packet of POLO's ?
83. Phil Critchley
Apple responds to criticism that there product has gotten too damn small.
84. Nick Hide
The Daleks, having taken over the world, started a Village People tribute band
85. Andy Webster
WARNING: Excessive iPOD usage may lead to height loss.
86. Steve Kirk
Embarrassment all round in the iPod design team when they realise the drawings were actually in millimeters not meters.
87. Richard Pettigrew
...and for those of you who want the 'iApartment'...
88. Richard Marshall
"After the iPod Shuffle they said we couldn't make the interface any smaller... so we shrank the user. I think it's totally fantastic!"
89. Richard A
OK. Eighteen months ago we announced that Apple was going to totally dominate the living room...
90. Mike Richards
Apple unveils the iPhone booth.
91. Mark Sunner
Meanwhile, in an alternate universe there was trouble brewing with moore's inverted law…
92. sandeepkrishnan
"Apple introducing the next big thing, a
competitor to natural Rainbow,an "i-Pod Rainbow".
93. sandeepkrishnan
"Apple introducing the next big thing, a
competitor to natural Rainbow,an "i-Pod Rainbow".
94. Carl Chilley
"OK! To commemorate this year’s whale migration here we have the Apple Pod range."
95. Rob Falconer
The London Docklands skyline was constantly changing
96. Rob Falconer
Apple were having more success with miniaturising staff than iPods.
97. Rob Falconer
It's a good area, except for the racket from the next-door neighbours
98. Rob Falconer
I give you "The Eighth Wonder of the World," the iKongs
99. anonymous
At last, an iPod where you can read the display
100. Richard Neate
When we called it Nano we didn't realise how many memory chips we needed.
101. Norris McWhirter
Having shrunk the iPod to the smallest it can be, the world is pleased to see they have now started shrinking Steve Jobs, till eventually he'll disappear up his own backside. Oh, he's already done that.
102. Chris Johnson
Art Dept Gaffe Competition Winner: "Reduce the size"
103. anonymous
"Well Bill said he'd got this ray-gun that shrinks things."
"Bet you haven't I said...& here we are."
104. Colin English
So if you see any of these suspects, please call Crimestoppers now on 0800...
105. Johnny Thomson
Can everyone at the back see them OK?
106. anonymous
In their attempt to subvert the earth, the aliens add even more colors to the mind control devices the earthlings so readily accept.
107. Ben Walker
Introducing the new Steve Jobs Nano!
108. anonymous
I'll take door number Two, please, Steve.
109. Symon Chalk
'No, Winston, that is no use. You are lying. You still think there are five. How many iPods, please?'
110. Richard Peters
Steve visibly shrunk when someone mentioned Zune
111. Matt Horwell
Introducing the new iPod Maxi! For those who prefer usable buttons and readable screens!!!
112. Iain Worlock
I hope the audience is awake - those small Jobs always seem to go on the longest!
113. Iain Worlock
Apple takes new strategy "Divide big Jobs into little Jobs" a step too far...
114. Richard Peters
The compact disk is a thing of the past, Apple are very proud to introduce.... The compact twit !
115. Richard Sarson
Widen the circle of your friends.
116. anonymous
Apple pushes the boundaries of its laptop monitors
117. Simon
And you can fit loads more music on these new models
118. Simon Coley
And we've made Giant strides in this new model