Asking "but will it blend" may be an internet cliché by now, but there's still a shiver of half-glee, half-disgust to see a perfectly happy gadget turned to dust in one of Blendtec's industrial-strength tech-chompers.  And on iPhone 3G launch day, what better toy to get the blender treatment than Apple's new cellphone.  Check the video after the cut, and ... continued »

The poor blended iPhone might have thought its future would be boring after getting thoroughly chopped up in a Blendtec "Will It Blend?" promotion, but with an on-off eBay sale following the powdery smartphone has stayed in the headlines.  As you might remember, bids for the ground handset - as well as a Blendtec blender, DVD and signed t-shirt - ... continued »

After obscenely-grinning Tom Dickson broke Apple-aficionado's hearts everywhere by blending an iPhone as part of Blendtec's "Will It Blend?" video series, then confused right-minded folk by putting the remnants on eBay and finding bidders who'd push the price higher than a working iPhone would cost, the story gets more confusing.  Apparently, with bidding standing at around $1170, eBay have taken ... continued »

It took us a few days to calm poor Vincent down after he watched the Will It Blend team liquidise an iPhone in one of their awesome Total Blenders; I'm now thinking of suggesting he saves up to buy the remnants on eBay so that he can scatter them and maybe achieve some sort of closure.  Bidding for the mangled cellphone ... continued »