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  • It seems really cool and I want one but it is WAY over my budget.

  • Its funny becuase right after this video my freind choked me out called 9/11 and left my house I then found out how they reseitate you in a hospital, it isnt fun at all :(

  • 2:46 "My name is veronica"

  • I love how Link does the elevator music while Rhett is talking!

  • It's funny cause I'm watching this on an iPad.. ;)

  • @beetlejuice115 That's an awesome idea..they should.

  • I've got a white one and I love it :)

  • "With a q, that was stupid" Thats what i say!!!!1

  • I would have said, '1: What accident is gonna happen where I can't speak or at least whisper? 2: There's something called TEXTING! Text someone where are are and get them to call 911!!!'

    Those Sprint guys need to think out their plans a little more.

  • sounds like the Matrix, "What good is a phone call if you are unable to speak?"

  • I have an ipad, and its awesome

  • No Rhett, don't be dumb. The world won't end if everyone turns off their landlines......unless everyone does it at the same time. :3

  • is the moustache fake?

    it looks like it

  • We got rid of our landline. Three days later a phycopathic freak cut out my voice box and I couldn't speak. I now regret getting rid if it.

  • if u get in an accident, it is more likely that you will not be able to reach a landline as compared to the likeliness of being unable to speak (cellphone, pocket, need i say more?)

  • You guys NEED to get an app on the iphone/ipad so all of us can watch you guys wherever we go! :D

  • Well i have to say...i dont want 1-800 numbers calling my cell phone everyday.

  • How the hell would you bring a landline with you in a CAR! Which means cell phones are SAFER! BTW, why not send an emergency text message!

  • i was but i am getting a desktop instead

  • Im watching this on meh ipad XD

  • Its stupid it literally a large iPod touch.

    They use the same processor!

  • IPADISSOSOSOAWESOME!! im bout ta get an ipad. looks stellarmegaawesomesweeeeet!

    "well, veronica did."

    um hayyy anybody ever heard about GPS? that stuffs pretty excellent.

    oh! i think landlines are great if you use 'em. but if you dont, youre basically wasting money. so, if you have a cell phone, go with that.

  • I would really like an iPad I think it's cute (: Although, I'm up for waiting until they're less expensive.

  • I think it's cool, but for $500, it's not worth it. I'd rather get a laptop or something.

  • i love all of your clips and films your very creative

  • we have a landline for free just because we get our internet through it. so i use it to save on cell lphone but i wouldn't actuallypay for a landline

  • I just got an iMac!!!!!!!

  • rhettandlink2, This video rocks.

  • Even my mom who is old school thought about getting rid of her land line. I have never had a land line. I have had a cell phone since I was 17 nohing bad has happened yet where I will need a land line.

  • its cool but it needs a camera for video chatting and usb ports!!!

  • if you have an accident and you can't speak, write a fu**ing TEXTMESSAGE!!!

  • come see what every one is talking about !

    check out my videos now!!!

  • The iPad = Giant iTouch.

    Apple, you're running out of ideas.

  • i dont have a landline but everyone has a cell phon and its fine-its been like this for a while-but they did use the scare tactics on us... i dont rly like them and my mom was like-wah? then i had to take the phone and explain to them that we dont want it-persistent little bastereds

  • I think its cool but it doesnt have any USB function!!! X(

    If you cant speak in an accident most likley you aint at home! And texting duh! :P

    If you have kids with no cellphone then you need it

  • haha, plus, if you get in an accident and you can't speak, you can always just send a text with a cellphone :O

  • i am to stoned of the greenery to care about ipads,pods, or whatever you guys are still awesome as hell, YOUTUBE GODS RIGHT HERE GUYS

  • hahah i have to say that my landline is my only way of communication to ppl cuz im to poor to afford a phone si i wouldnt cancel mine but if i did have a cell fone i would cancel it

  • "The ipad is just an ipod touch for the visually impared..."- as quoted by Nalts

  • thats actually true

  • i think the ipad is kind of dumb. the ipod touch is so much better cuz its smaller. and im not buying one cuz its to expencive and to big.

  • i love the stache

  • im gonna be a true hipster and get it but not tell anyone that i have it

  • Why would I get an iPad when an iPod/iPhone does exactly the same thing, only smaller and cheaper? Plus I already have an iPhone, but that's beside the point.

    On the topic of land lines, they're wholly useless these days. And why would you be in some horrific car crash in your house?! Get the gas mixed up with the brake and go smashing through your garage into the kitchen? I think not.

  • I was thinking the same thing! how do you get in an accident in your house that unenables you to speak? lol

  • what the heck? he's married? since when???

  • Loving the tash link ;)

  • the IPad seems cool but i can't afford that...the only reason i have a MacBook now is because the school bought me one to use because of my scholarship :)

    my family hasn't had a land line for about 5 years but we recently got one because we wanted an alarm system and needed a land line in order to do that but we got the cheapest phone plan we could get and we don't really use the phone unless my parents friends are trying to get in touch with me and don't have my cell number

  • We canceled our land line because we all have cell phones and wanted to save money, but then no one could ever get ahold of us as we'd have our phones off for work and school and messages wouldn't always go through...so after about a week we got our landline back. Couldn't be without it!

  • French TV aired a documentary. We , in france, pay 30 times more than america for cell phone (i mean communication costs and all) so cell phones calls are so expensive we can't leave our landlines and that sucks. So i was quite surprised... and always was anyway, fucking 10 cents a text message, about i don't know 15 dollars for an hour and a half of phone call, what does it cost you?

  • i think it's cool but i'm not gonna get one

  • I love you guys, but Link, darlin', the 'stach is killing me.

  • text 911 ha

  • yeah, all cell phones have gps and when you call 911 they're able to locate you. Also since you're using signal from cell towers they can triangulate your location with even more accuracy if needed.

  • I ain't got no landline! ballers don't have landlines. that's the truth.

  • iPad: No camera on a device that falls in between an iPod and an iMac Air... I'm thinking the lack of a camera is going to be a significant hurdle to adoption.

    Land Line: At one point 9-1-1 didn't work from a cell phone or VoIP phone system. Those days are past. At this point there is no risk to using a cell phone instead of a land line.

    The whole "what if you were in an accident and couldn't speak" bunk... If you're in an accident and can't speak you are really unlikely to be at home.

  • Alot of cell phones these days have. TTY for the hearing impaired. Another thing her statement makes no sense. if you have an "accident" where you can no longer speak, it is most likely going to be a stroke. Having a stroke will most of the time render you unable to move atleast one side of your body. Making it diffucutl to use either phone system.

  • isn't it federal law now a days that all cell phones have to have GPS of some sort on them to locate you in an emergency? patriot act, gotta love it!

  • my question is, what kind of "accident" are you going to encounter at home where you can't speak? I can see if you're in a car wreck or something but again, you're not at home at that point.

  • All I know is after I canceled my land line, I stopped receiving phone calls from troglodytes who still had land lines. All together a step forward in my evolution.

  • ipads r worthless and stupid and no the world wont end in landlines but cell phones are easier to track u with because u carry it around with you.this cna be good or bad depending on if u mind the goverment watching you go to target and ross.....

  • I think If you couldn't talk you could sure enough text someone on your cell phone for help.....just sayin.

  • How would having a landline at home help you if you got in an accident? If it was a car accident it wouldn't be anywhere near you and if it was an accident at home then you could just go to a neighbors house. Besides, what kind of an accident leaves you able to get to the phone but not able to speak? Did a ninja accidentally karate chop you in the throat?

  • how would you be able to dial if you can't even speak?...2ndly...why does rhett seem to be pissed at link?

  • probably because Link didn't have to go through the crap Rhett did...

  • well to me the ipad looks cool but if you have a iphone there is really no point in getting a ipad it is just a Xtremely large iphone but it looks like a really laptop

    if you always use your cell phone then to save money you don't really need your house phone because most people carry there cellphone every where they go so people can always reach you

  • well guys i think she is a load of crap b/c if you have an iphone with mobile me all you do is bring up the "find my iphone" feature and BAM your found!

  • Can a phone with a cable save your life? Well lets think if someone is in a suiciderisk it may be better for this person to have a cellphone so this person can't hang him-/herself...

    Or you can fall over your telephonecable

  • I was at a friend's house where someone somehow accidently dialed 9-1-1 and a police officer came out to the house to make sure everything was ok. He knew it was in that area, I'm not sure how close it pin-pointed it though.

  • No, better tablets with better apps, only buy ipad for status "look at me im a macfag"

  • "What if you are in an accident and you can't speak?"

    I'd text for help.

  • I haven't had a land line for the last 4 years and luckily.

  • Embarq actually partnered with Centurytel to form CenturyLink.

  • this is from my friend on facebook. " Apple's new iPad is underwhelming. Too big to be an entertainment device, too underpowered to replace a laptop, too expensive to buy over a netbook, too expensive to buy instead of a kindle, too high a price/capacity ratio to use for the music/videos and finally too expensive for parents to buy for their kids. Are we w...itnessing the beginnings of a modern apple flop?"

  • funny and interesting point: if you have a phone plugged in to the wall WITHOUT ANY PAID SERVICE! you can still always dial 911! Those scare tactics they use not only are ridiculous and slightly horrifying to the conciseness, but even more importantly, you don;t need their service to dial 911 anyways, so why are they pretending that you do??!!

  • The guy on the poster is Lionel Richie - you must be very young to not know that one!

  • That's what I thought... on my small screen, I couldn't make it out though... CLASSIC!!

  • It's amazing that our world has turned to iPads...like 60 years ago, did they know about this?! it's amazing! But I think it will be more amazing when the iPad Maxi is released ;p

  • all steve jobs did is may the i-pod bigger

    and rename it i-pad to rip us off

  • the iPad is dumb. end of story.

  • Who is that on the poster on the wall behind Rhett?

  • I have a long standing hatred for anything that starts with a lower case I.

    And the only reason we have a landline is if something happens while the kids are home alone.

  • I have a long standing hatred for anyone whos name is siv9939

  • lol its an itouch... nuthing else.

  • Except for the fact that they changed everything besides the apps. Other than that though, yeah.

  • I don't know if it's worth it to buy the ipad, but it defiantly seem to be pretty freakin' cool. It seems like it's just something for fun, but wouldn't be very practical.

    And the world will not end by cutting off land lines! I've been wanting to do the same thing but they keep telling me I have to keep one for my DSL, which doesn't seem right...

  • The days of landlines are numbered. Also I'm more likely to have an accident away from home & what good would the landline phone at home be for that! Mobile companies can accurately pinpoint the location of one of their customers within a matter of feet & on top of that, they can also tap into the various "Big Brother" mast & security cameras to actually validate your location on their own GPS systems! Oh & phone companies specifically train their "Retention" teams in all sorts of scare tactics!

  • I think that landlines are helpful, for saving some money and it will not bother you on ur cell if ur at work or at a party.... lol but whatever u all want it fine, but i like the landlines because kids with no phones can use that to call their friends! haha

  • In Japan no one has land lines any more only businesses. The GPS capability of your cell is better than a landline since it would pin point you no matter WHERE you were. Consider this if you had an accident in the back yard how is the LL going to help you?

    I am waiting for the day I am not chained to mine because we need it to get DSL in here.

  • My family is thinking about getting rid of our landline, too. Since I have an irrational fear of phones, I feel that this is just fine and dandy.

    As for the iPad...... Me, my sister, and my mother all thought the exact same thing when we heard the name. NOT a good name...

  • Nice 360 comments!!! lol

  • He had to seriously OVERSELL the iPad. Should have researched the name and came up with something a lil more original. Makes me want to doodle on it. LOL

    Keep on YouTubin!

  • Something that would make me incapable to speek wouldnt that pretty much make incapable to move?

  • I think it LOOKS cool, but as it does virtually the same thing as an iPhone, I don't see why it's worth the money. NAH. Not for me.

  • well if you're in an accident and can't speak and you don't have a landline, cellphones have built in gps for the police so they know where you are, and also there is such a thing as texting, so if you can't speak then you can just text a friend to have them come help you or something.

  • Hilarious! I think the iPad is pretty cool, but I'd rather have a laptop and an iPhone. And LOL I have a friend who had a similiar experience trying to cancel her landline. And no, the world will not end. I think, soon, everyone will use cell phones

  • The landline would only help you in such an accident if you were actually home. That said, even if you were home it may be that if the accident were bad enough that you couldn't get to your phone. You are much more likely to have your cell phone on you at all times than a land line phone.

  • On the ipad question, i think it well find it uses, in particular with the rise of using wifi shared access hardrives to store movies and music, people will use it to be able to watch a movie any where in there house ie a portable screen, and as a remote for there entire house, i.e. speakers, tv's, heating, even the power to ceartin objects, systems like this are growing in popularity all the time in the UK, so while yes it isn't as revolutionary as we expect, i think it will find its own niche

  • Well what help exactly would a landline be when your like who knows how far you are from your landline in a car so therefore a cell phone would be better because it's actually with you

  • i got rid of our landline 2 years ago and they tried to stop me too but i resisted. you just have to keep insisting that you dont want it and they will shut up eventually:) oh and i love it when i call AT&T or comcast about my cable or phone and they say "i see here you dont have a landline with us. can i sign you up for that now for only 19.99 a month??" lmao so annoying. love you guys!

  • iPad is cool, but i have an iPhone. Basically it's the same thing only bigger. Also no land line its a waste of money no one calls me at home accecpt Tele-marketers. What App do you use to video with your iPhone, or do you have the 3GS?

  • NO & NO

  • It looks cool, I just don't understand what its for...

  • iPad looks cool. But like when the iPhone came out, I'm thinking,"I'll wait for a more advanced version to come out." Even though I haven't gotten an iPhone Yet (and maybe never will), a portable tablet laptop square thingie is something I'd definitely use--no question.

    Neutral about the land line thing. My family still has one, but we pay the cheapest plan for it since it's rarely used. The scare tactics probably would work on me.

  • ipad n iphone r same i guess in functionality...........bt dnt knw abt specs in detail so might wana check out urself

  • D: I think it's way to expensive and the name iPad is a little too menstrual for me.

  • I am going to answer the third question: I miss my beard already! Damn you Rhett! I cut mine off last night. :(

    Link missed Movember so he's making up for it now.

  • Take it easy on the lang!!! Poor Rhett...

    lol

  • You can't seriously think that 'damn' is bad language or that I was cursing anyone.

    sheesh,

  • all cell phones can be tracked by 911. they are illegal to activate otherwise, at least here in AR.

    I want an ipad!

  • Link -

    If you want to avoid another trip to the courthouse I'd really strongly recommend against that idea at the end. It was probably a joke, but just in case. All modern cell phones have an emergency mode that is activated when you dial 911 that pretty much does what you said, triangulates using cell towers to tell the dispatcher exactly where you are. I had to use 911 a few months ago, and it works.

    Also, if you do it from your iPhone, your GPS will probably kick in as well.

  • lol dude it was a joke no need for that shit you wrote haha

  • c'mon guys, when are yall guna adress link's weird facial hair?

  • @bloodocean07 I'm not sure, but I think handlebars might be cool in the south.

  • Story time!

    There once was a man who decided to turn off his telephone land line. The man passed away several years later in an automobile accident that took place miles away from his home.

    Don't let this happen to you! Keep your land line or you might die!

  • The only thing you need to be safe is one of those inflatable life jackets on airplanes, the ones with a flash light and that extra red tube to blow in in case it doesn't inflate right away. Without that, you will most certainly die.

  • I have been contemplating cutting off my landline for a long time but I still havent done it yet either! I use my cell phone for everything. I got dooped into an all in one package and if i drop it my bill goes up just like I never dropped it! Damn I am stuck! lol

  • No Multitask=FAIL!

  • If you were in an accident where you couldn't speak, you would use your cell phone to text message someone! Try doing that crappy land line!

  • You don't need a landline to be safe. Just make sure you have a cell charger.

    As for the iPad ... 2 things.

    1. iPad sounds like a feminine hygiene product.

    2. iPad is actually a Datapad from Star Trek ... think about it.

    Yes, I like Star Trek.

  • i haven't had a landline for phone for many years. cell phones are the way to go and the technology is improving all the time. years ago it felt like i was carrying a brick around. haha

  • stupid landline ladies

  • You asked "what would happen" if you incapacitated Link, and then called 911. Well, I think what would happen is that you guys would get in trouble with the law (Link), and get fined or whatever other legal action they may take. So basically it wouldn't be good for you guys.

  • Landlines are really not necessary if everyone in the family has a cellphone... as for the iPad, its just a bigger version of an iPhone. If you want a touchscreen computer - that's still a computer - get a HP TouchSmart PC.

  • Dude if you can't speak but you're like, a house that's about to be flooded, if you call 911 and they're like HELLO but you can't answer, they will track your call, call you back, and if you don't answer they will automatically send out a siren-ing police car/ambulance/fire truck or whatever. Veronica was probably just trying to cheat you out of some money or something.

  • I hope not. When I get into an accident that impairs my speech I only have a cell phone so I guess according to Veronica I am dead. Sad

  • All new cell phones have cell tower locating. The only place it doesn't really work very well is in hilly areas. So my questions is how long is it going to take for you to post bail once you make that unnecessary 911 call?

  • iPad is cool, but I can't see myself saving up money for it. And I don't have a landline. I haven't missed it. Just don't lose your phone when your home alone. I always feel like something bad is going to happen just because I have no way to contact anyone. lol

  • I wanted an iPad... up until I found out the specs. I've never owned a Mac before, and figured I'd take the plunge with this assuming it wasn't hella expensive like all the other mac computers...

    Price was right, everything else was wrong. Just not gonna happen for me.

    As for the land line, it's not a bad idea to have one. Landline gives 911 your exact address you are calling from. Cell phones give an approximate location of where you are. Plus, the call won't drop to spite you. :P

  • On a related side note, if you get your internet connection through the phone company a la DSL, It's actually illegal for them to stop you from dialing out to 911 (not 100% sure on this, but was what I was told) over the DSL phone line. So at least in this case, you can cancel your phone and keep you internet and still have emergency services.

    ...and receive calls in if you want, but can't make calls out.

  • 1. I'd like an iPad if they add a usb port.

    2. We still have a land line because it's rolled into a package with Comcast (internet, phone, cable). If we didn't get the 3-in-1 discount we'd be just on cells.

  • 1. I have an iPod Touch I have NO need for a larger version of it.

    2. I feel much safer with my cell phone than I do my landline. I don't see the point in them anymore everyone has a cell phone

  • I was trying to turn off my landline (LL) but then my cellphone (CP) was shut off then I called back to get my CP turned on and turn off my LL finally my LL was turned off but my CP was still not up then I called once more to turn on my CP ThEn A GirAfFe aTe mY HoMewOrK!1!!1(sorry to all that were taking this seriously hahaha)

  • OVERKILL (in referrence to the iPad)

  • OMG YOU JUST DID IT!!!

  • lol i cut mine off just cell phones :P

  • That might be an iPad nano.

  • Ever herd of texting???

  • Text?... Ting?... ... What is that? A porno?

  • What the hell? alright....I'm in a car accident...and if I don't have a land line I'm going to die? yeah right...

    a landline isn't vital...!

  • I'll get an Ipad for when i'm on my period.

  • ew.

  • I got one but it didn't really fit in my vagina... However I'm a dude so... Do the math... (If your not good at math it's in my ass)

  • IT looks awesome, but the name is terrible. It sounds like you're trying to say iPod with a really bad accent. But the device itself seems awesome. Welcoming us to the Enderverse...

  • "What if you are hurt and you can't talk?" well "what if there's a nuclear holocaust?" it doesn't mean I'm going to go buy a bomb shelter.

  • if you can't talk, you can always text.. or buy one of those life alert buttons...... i've fallen and i can't get up!!!!! I mean really. what if you can't reach your landline and you have your cell phone right there with you?

  • Ipads are worthless.

  • LOOOOOOOOOOL.

  • If you were in an accident and couldn't speak...couldn't you still text?

  • I was getting ready to say guys, every cell phone by law has to have an E911 chip that can be tracked by the local cell tower. A cell phone is no less safe than any other kind of phone. You could argue that it's safer since people generally have their cell phones on them all the time.

  • Netbooks are most more cost-effective and useful. Compare prices and capabilities and decide for yourself, though.

  • Death by cancaling landline...?

    Hmmm.

    Well that's a thinker question.

  • When Apple first came out with the iMac it didn't have a disc slot, and its laptop lacked a firewire port. Expect some major tweaks with the next generation if this generates a lot of criticism.

  • i won't get it but if production of the Ipad drops the price of the Ipod Shuffle i might get one of those.

  • ....if you can't speak, text! can't do that with land lines!

  • I'm not a fan of Apple's products lately. I admit they had a good idea with the iPod but they are really milking the "multiple devices in one" market. Honestly... the ipod touch, the iphone and the ipad really aren't all that different... just different intended purposes.

  • i want one but cant afford one this moment

  • THE LIONEL RICHIE POSTER!

  • iPad... <3

  • I don't have a particular fear of unspeakable horrors occurring to me, in my life, as a result of my lack o' land line.

    I mean, it's cool to have one if you can afford it..

    But you can always set your cellphone on your nightstand or sleep with it in your pocket or something.. and I think the same safety net is in place. But that's just my opinion.

  • LOLOLOLOLOOLOLOL

  • What if Rhett was trying to make a video but couldn't speak?

  • he wouldn't have many subscribers. He could become a mime i guess. There's always music videos as a safety net.

  • Yeah, the iPad is completely pointless. When you already have a smart phone and a laptop, why do you need their illegitimate child.

  • Link. Did I mention I LOVE YOU and your BEARD GROWING CAPABILITIES?!?!

  • link whats with the mustache haha

  • iPad is fucking retarded and pointless, honestly. And nah, you don't need a land line.

  • We don't need landlines.

    If you couldn't speak, you could TEXT MESSAGE with your cell! DUH!

  • an oversized iPod touch...no thanks, i'll save a couple hundred dollars.

    I haven't had a land line for about 4 years and i've been good!

  • i want the iPad it looks really cool

    i cant afford the iPad =/ lol.

  • You don't need a landline! If more than...60% of the people you talk to use cell phones, there's really no reason. At college, I live by my cellphone. There's no landline in our apartment, it's not necessary.

  • no thats bull crap. all you have to do is to make sure that in your settings location for 911 is on, besides if the world is really ending, or something awful happened, i'm not sure i'd want to be found.

  • You guys are a great team!

    By the way, I love the mustache LINK!

  • id say it's nice to have a land line just in case something happens to your cell phone or your service carrier for your cell phone. Not necessarily needed, but definitely a convenience to have.

  • i love the mustache.

  • i think the iPad looks awesome, but who can afford that kinda stuff these days?

  • i have to have a landline because I live in the middle of no where and get no cell service at my house. :(

  • #2 I think you'll be fine without a land line, I think it's really not a risk at all. If you're in an accident and can't speak, you can TEXT lol.