
Want to put your overheating iPhone to some use (other than scalding your cheek as it goes to work in your hip pocket, of course)? Why not try it out as a barbecue grill, “no app required”?
Illustrator Chad Covino tossed off these fun sketches after reading about the hot, hot handsets here on Gadget Lab, and, while rather sardonic, Chad’s idea is a good one. The glass top of the iPhone is wipe clean, like the ceramic cooker hobs beloved of the Lady’s clean-freak mother. And because you’ll have to use the iPhone 3GS if you have any hope of getting your meat past the salmonella stage of doneness, you’ll also benefit from the grease-repelling oleophobic coating.
The only problem we foresee, then, is that the iPhone is tiny in comparison to a real grill, although you’ll probably have space for six chicken nuggets or a very small, reshaped burger patty. And you can even use it as a countdown cooking timer!
No APP required [Chad Covino]
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