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Jimmy Kimmel Tricks People Into Thinking an iPod Is the New iPad Mini

Oct. 26, 2012 9:13pm Liz Klimas

Jimmy Kimmel has been forming quite a niche for himself as the prankster of late night TV. With the recent announcement of Apple’s iPad Mini, Kimmel wanted to see just what the people of Los Angeles thought of the device.

If you’re up on tech news though, you know that Apple only just started taking pre-orders for the Mini Friday and that the device has not started shipping yet. Undeterred, Kimmel, knowing how blindly loyal Apple fans can be, took an iPod out on the streets instead to gauge users’ reactions.

Jimmy Kimmel Asks Los Angeles Residents What They Think of iPad Mini But Shows Then an iPod Instead

(Image: YouTube screenshot)

Users were impressed with how light-weight the “Mini” was. Others thought it had an HD screen with a clearer picture.

“People are going to like it because it’s cutting-edge. I think they’re going to like the beveled edges,” one observer of the iPod said.

(Image: YouTube screenshot)

Two women said they would “definitely” buy it because they liked the smaller size.

No one shown in the clip questions whether this 4-inch iPod is really the 7-inch iPad Mini.

Watch the segment:

If you missed it, Kimmel played a similar trick after Apple released its iPhone 5 last month but provided viewers with the iPhone 4S for commentary. Here’s that one, which has 16.6 million hits:

(H/T: Gizmodo)

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Comments (26)

mchoff
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:32am
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SanDiegoTarheel
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 9:31am
I love Apple products but I think they are really jumping the shark with the mini.

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toomuchgovt
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 7:43am
same people that vote for the bamster.

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Bugleboy99
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 4:37am
So you fooled some simple naive people. Proud of yourself?

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- Small_Craft_Advisory
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 7:47am
  I don’t get the whole mini IPad, if you’re going to have something that won’t fit in your pocket, why not just have a regular IPad? Maybe Steve Jobs was right about this one when he resisted bulding it. It may be a rare flop for Apple. Type “damon koch small craft” into your search engine to read fresh political commentary.
  
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fastfacts
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 2:44am
JIMMY KIMMEL STEP ASIDE, WELCOME IN THE ULTRA CONSERVATIVE STEVEN CROWDER

Yesterday he released his new parody mocking Obama’s ad “My first time, I did it with Obama”

Here’s the parody: http://www.thedailycandidate.com/video/2012/oct/first_time_parody.html

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Cataclysm
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 11:35pm
People are always trying to pretend to be smarter than they really are…..

Hence, Bill Maher and Obama

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- SovereignSoul
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 2:55pm
  You mean the comments I read here are from people that aren’t as smart as they think they are? Darn it! I thought I was being educated.
  
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dealer@678
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 10:07pm
When that storm hits the east coast i wanna see all Osama worshipers bow down on the beach and pray to the annointed one to make the ocean recede

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- Mapache
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 10:28pm
  No, but they will use it as an excuse to demand a new election if Obama does not win on the first ballot.
  
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- The Giver
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 12:26am
  Sure hope many got it right that were not included in video.
  As far as the storm Sandy, it is RACIST! Thank goodness for us Romney voters in the North east, the storm will be gone way before Election Day. A little rain and wind will not deter Romney voters. Can’t say the same for the FAIR SHARE crowd.
  
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dealer@678
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:56pm
Same thing as Obama tricking black people into thinking he is the savior of the soul

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rtlane28
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:44pm
The most underrated statement ever uttered……….”There’s a sucker born every minute”

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The-Monk
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:24pm
Where I live we have a lot of liberals that will be coming by for free Halloween treats. I’m thinking about putting a sign on my door that reads…

“Unemployed and cannot afford candy for you this year. Please thank President Obama for this. Do you expect any candy next year?”

Any ideas about this? (No trolls please) I wonder what would happen if this were done all over America before the election? Also, I am unemployed and really cannot afford to give out candy this year.

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- mharry860
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:30pm
  THE-MONK, I’d do it if I was you. We usually go through $40.00 worth of candy every year and we’re outside of the city.
  
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- SCREW-WINDOWS
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:32pm
  Love the idea if Obama wins I cut all but necessities and make sure to have them thank Obama.
  
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- dealer@678
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:45pm
  Give em popcorn. Take it or leave it
  
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- IL_Conservative14652
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 10:51pm
  I love the idea, but you should expect a lot of “free” toilet paper and eggs. Not just from the Obama lovers, but also from kids who just wanted candy.
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 10:51pm
  Hey Monk….
  
  Here are my ideas..
  
  (1) Go out trick- or -treating… dressed as a “Monk” (of course). Hit a really lucrative neighborhood…. score a bunch of candy for an hour… then head home and pass out the candy!!!
  (2) Volunteer somewhere they’re having some sort of “safety-zone autumn- festival (not Halloween- wink, wink) thingies..
  (3) Turn off your lights, disconnect your doorbell… & pretend you’re not home. Leave a stack of flyers advertising for something totally irrelevant like “ice-dancing” at your door.
  (4) Go to a friend’s house.
  (5) Do magic tricks…
  
  but i don’t approve of making Halloween political….
  it’s a little kid’s Holiday…. for them to suspend disbelief temporarily..
  It’s much easier to tell a fully literate 7yr- old “Batman” that someone “isn’t home” than it is to explain to them Socioeconomics.
  
  It’s
  
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- SUNTZU
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 11:32pm
  One year I tried giving out small bags of frozen peas or carrots.Didnt have any takers
  but one boy ask if I had any limabeans he would take some.
  I still laugh when I think of the look on their faces.
  Im not a bad man I gave them candy before they ran off.
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 11:47pm
  LOL Suntu…
  
  Nothing is scarier to a kid on Halloween than vegetables…..
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 11:50pm
  Hey Monk…
  
  just thought of a new one!….
  
  Go to Planned Parenthood and grab the fishbowl of free condoms off the counter then pass them out!!
  
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- Mr.Fitnah
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 12:39am
  You have to be nuts to open your doors for any reason.
  Knock on my door, I come out the side and come up behind you to see what you want.
  
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- Pantloadian
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 11:40am
  Mr FTINZH . . .Why don’t you just ask through the door?
  
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- SovereignSoul
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 3:01pm
  I thought we were supposed to shoot trespassers. Then ask what they wanted afterward.
  
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Southerner01
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:19pm
Sadly, some ofthese people are voters.

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