Guess the Celebrity Device and Win!

Posted on 20 May 2009 by


Update: This giveaway is now closed. The winners are Heatwave316 and geek4life1986. Oddly enough, there were quite a few entries emailed to me, but the rules were clear – the answers needed to be posted in the comments…

Keep your eye out for even more Gear Diary giveaways coming soon!

It’s been a while since we did a celebrity device guessing game, and it’s definitely time to do one again! The rules are simple – guess which device the famous (or infamous) celebrity is holding by filling in the blanks; submit your answers in the comments below, and we’ll randomly choose three winners from the correct submissions.

You don’t have to get the exact model number correct when guessing, but you do have to have the correct maker and a close guess on the model.

This time we have some really awesome prizes, sponsored by Skooba Design:

•  First PlaceCheckthrough Brief (MSRP $139.95)
•  Second PlaceCheckthrough Messenger (MSRP $129.95)
•  Third PlaceSkooba Skin (MSRP $29.95)

Take a look at the pictures, submit your guesses in the comments below, and we’ll pick our winners from those with at least 20 correct answers on Sunday May 24th at Midnight CST.

1. Call the cops! Victoria Beckham polices the airport with her monstrously huge Hermes Kelly bag and a ______.

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photo courtesy of Just Jared

2. Who knew that Mariah Carey and Sharon Stone were friends? Maybe Sharon was just pushing Mariah’s hair out of the way so she could film Nick Cannon with her _______.

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photo courtesy of Jezebel

3. Older picture, but so what? Tori Spelling carries her _____ as defense against any paparazzi who might get too close to her baby belly.

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photo courtesy of Pacific Coast News

4. Evidently Sharon Stone can’t walk, protect her Hermes Birkin bag, and text on her _____ at the same time. But she can walk, flip off the paparazzi, and chew gum at the same time…wanna see?

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photo courtesy of Jezebel

5. Pete Wentz calls his wife Ashley on his ______ to check on their baby Baloo Bronx Mowgli. Extra credit of you can spot and name the laptop peeking out of his Louis Vuitton Bosphore backpack; it’s a _____.

Exclusive: Pete Wentz At The Perth Airport (USA ONLY)
photo courtesy of Flynet Pictures

6. Paris Hilton is having a hard time balancing her Sprouse Edition Louis Vuitton Speedy, ______, and McDonald’s bag. Maybe she should get a new assistant?

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photo courtesy of Celebrity Blackberry Sightings

7. Pamela Anderson may be willing to leave the house without doing her hair and makeup, but she never leaves without her _____ and Uggs.

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photo courtesy of Celebrity Body Gossip

8. Orlando Bloom is shopping around for a new girlfriend, while chatting with the old one on his _____.

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photo courtesy of Jezebel

9. Madonna manages to channel her inner FLY: Huge black shades, black leather jacket, black t-shirt, baggy black jeans, black sunglasses case, and black _____.

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photo courtesy of all about Madonna

10. Somebody’s trying a little too hard: LeBron James has a knack for matching his _____’s case to his girlfriend’s outfits…or maybe it’s his girlfriend who is trying to match?

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photo courtesy of Celebrity BB Sightings

11. Cameron Diaz has perfected the balancing act of carrying water, her _____, and dragging a suitcase when wearing heels and looking gorgeous!

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photo courtesy of Jezebel

12. The “Craigslist Killer”, Philip Markoff, consults his ______ for details on where to meet his next “date”. Run ladies! :-/

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photo courtesy of Boston.com

13. It’s interesting to see someone using a ______ to film the “OctoMom”, Nadya Sulleman. It makes me think that everyone carries one in their bag “just in case!” – like I do.

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photo courtesy of Perez Hilton

14. I’m surprised that Eva Longoria doesn’t have a matching pink Vaja case for her ______!

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photo courtesy of Pacific Coast News

15. Gwynneth Paltrow bucks her trademark skyscraper heels by wearing flowery flats, as she sneaks away to call Chris Martin on her ______.

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photo courtesy of Pacific Coast News

16. Kate Moss couldn’t decide whether to cover her panties with her bag or her ______; in the end she decided not to bother.

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photo courtesy of contactmusic.com

17. Could that be a box of Milk Duds that Jennifer Aniston is grasping with the same hand that’s holding her Starbucks and ______? I want one!

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photo courtesy of Jezebel

18. Katherine Heigel takes a call, while her assistant manages to keep not one, but two ______s holstered like six-guns on her hips.

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photo courtesy of Pacific Coast News

19. Oh Paris, you should be hanging your head in shame for such an ill-fitting dress and goofy headband! The only thing pulling this outfit together is the ______ in your hand! Well, that and your boyfriend, Doug.

Paris Hilton And Doug Reinhardt On A Nightout At The Double Club
photo courtesy of Flynet Pictures

20. Lady Ga Ga: What’s that on your head? A WIG*! What’s that in your hand? A ______!

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photo courtesy of Jezebel

*OMG! A B52′s flashback! :-)

Bonus: Sam Ronsen and Lindsay Lohan escaping from the paparazzi, laughing as Lindsay texts updates on their next location to her Twitter account with her _______.

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photo courtesy of Pacific Coast News

Bonus: Don’t mess with Vogue editor Anna Wintour! She will use her ______ to cut you!

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photo courtesy of Jezebel

Bonus: Angelina Jolie isn’t sure whether she is supposed to make calls on the ______ , use it to check her makeup, or just hide a lovely smile behind it, but no matter what – she likes it…and on June 6th you can have one, too!

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photo courtesy of gsmdome.com

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- who has written 1699 posts on Gear Diary.

I started Gear Diary on September 30, 2006, and my goal was that this not be an easily labeled site. We all have gear that we use daily – some of it electronic and some of it organic. I think it is fascinating to explore the equipment that makes our lives easier, more entertaining, more productive, and more manageable. My hope is that Gear Diary visitors will find this site to be a comfortable and friendly place to discuss interesting topics – and not only those that are tech related, as well as a location to discover various types of gear – whatever that term may end up implying – that they never knew existed. My specialty is in-depth reviews written in a layman’s terms, because everyone can understand technology, sometimes it just takes a little translating. +Judie Stanford

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  • http://twitter.com/geardiary/status/1863687221 geardiary

    can you guess which device each celebrity is carrying? http://is.gd/BMvo

  • http://twitter.com/JessikaG/status/ jessikag

    RT @geardiary: can you guess which device each celebrity is carrying? http://is.gd/BMvo

  • http://twitter.com/richellemason/status/1867250154 richellemason

    Guess the Celebrity Device and Win! | Gear Diary http://bit.ly/RiPBB

  • Heatwave316

    Should we e-mail the awswers? What address?

  • http://www.geardiary.com Judie Lipsett

    Thanks for breaking the ice!

    Just post them here, and don’t worry about others copying. :-) )

  • Heatwave316

    Aright, I’m going to give it a try. Eyes on your own papers. :)

    1 – iPhone 3G
    2 – Flip Ultra
    3 – Blackberry Pearl
    4 – LG enV2 – tough one
    5 – Blackberry Curve – laptop is a Macbook Air
    6 – Blackberry Bold
    7 – iPhone 3G
    8 – iPhone 3G – tough one too
    9 – Blackberry Bold
    10 – Blackberry Curve
    11 – iPhone
    12 – Blackberry Curve
    13 – Flip Ultra
    14 – Blackberry Curve
    15 – Nokia 6500 (could be a Vertu?)
    16 – Blackberry Bold
    17 – Blackberry Bold
    18 – Nokia E71x
    19 – iPhone 3G
    20 – Blackbery Curve

    Bonus 1 – Blackberry Curve
    Bonus 2 – Motorola Razor
    Bonus 3 – Palm Pre

    I hope I get bonus points for going first. :) Some of them are really hard. You can barely get a glimpse of the keyboard…but when in doubt guess iPhone. :) Or Blackberry

  • http://twitter.com/pedaah/status/1880976609 pedaah

    Looking at: “Guess the Celebrity Device and Win! | Gear Diary” ( http://bit.ly/F4ZQf )

  • geek4life1986

    I actually have a chance to win!

    1.) Blackberry Curve 8900
    2.) Flip Ultra
    3.) Blackberry Pearl
    4.) LG enV2 (or perhaps HTC Touch Pro ?)
    5.) Blackberry Bold and a MacBook Pro
    6.) Blackberry Curve 8900
    7.) Blackberry Bold
    8.) iPhone 3G (?)
    9.) Blackberry Curve
    10.) Blackberry Bold
    11.) iPhone
    12.) Blackberry Storm
    13.) Flip Ultra
    14.) Blackberry Bold
    15.) Nokia 6500 Classic
    16.) Blackberry Bold
    17.) Blackberry Bold
    18.) Blackberry Curve 8350i (?)
    19.) iPhone 3G
    20.) Blackberry Bold

    A.) Blackberry Curve 8300
    B.) Motorola RAZR
    C.) Palm Pre (nice!)

    Personal preference: #2, the Checkthrough Messenger.

    Cheers!

    P.S. Crackberries and $1,000 handbags seem to make Hollywood go ’round.

    P.P.S. How in the world did you find the correct answers to these questions, Judie??

  • Heatwave316

    I agree the messenger is awesome!!! :)

    I tried searching and googling. I can’t believe there isn’t some blog somewhere that has what devices the stars are using.

  • http://www.geardiary.com Judie Lipsett

    geek4life – those Hermes bags are $6K and up…! :-P How I found the correct answers? That’s why it takes me so long to get these contests together- first I have to gather the photos, then I have to be able to more or less identify what I am looking at. Sometimes I can’t even tell. :-P

    Heatwave – the only one I have found is http://celebrityblackberrysightings.com/. It would be a neat blog feature to post celebrity gadget sightings regularly. I may start doing that…it gives me an excuse to keep them in my RSS. ;-)

  • geek4life1986

    So, what happens if we are the only ones to answer and/or no one gets 20+ correct?

  • http://www.geardiary.com Judie Lipsett

    I’ll be figuring out which bag to give each of you, because you were brave enough to chance giving answers. :-)

  • Heatwave316

    I definitely thought it was a fun contest. I like challlenging my geek skills. :) If you took this as a device survey, Blackberry and iPhone have the rich locked up.

    Anything that makes airport travel easier is a plus in my book. :)

  • geek4life1986

    I tracked down the original images (higher quality) to make better IDs…inner geek drove me to it. Plus, it helps to know what the police seized during a raid of Markoff’s place. By far my favorite Blackbery, though I am a WM user. :)

    Heatwave: You can have the Checkthrough Brief if you want. The Brief has more ‘features’ and a higher retail value, but I really need the flip-open access of the Messenger. If that’s fine with you, we can save Judie the coin flip. :)

  • Heatwave316

    All I found on Markoff was that it was a Blackberry, and then I made an educated guess on the model.

    geek4like – I would be fine with the brief. I can definitely cram all my gear in there. Obviously, its up to Judy, so if she wants to coin flip, that’s ok too.

    Although, I hope we get the answers. I think alot of our differences are on blackberry models, so I would be curious which was really which. :)

  • geek4life1986

    Ditto, though I wonder how many will forever remain a mystery since “sometimes [she] can’t even tell.” #4 is the head-scratcher among them for me.

  • http://www.geardiary.com Judie Lipsett

    @geek – actually the ones I “can’t even tell” never wind up in these posts. ;-)

  • Heatwave316

    #4 really reminds me of the LG enV, but there must be a higher end version. I can’t see Sharon using a cheaper phone. DOn’t all celebs need expensive phones

  • geek4life1986

    I was surprised to see the Curve 8300 and RAZR–even I discarded them!

    Perhaps the unclaimed Skooba Skin should be donated to one of the ‘needier’ celebs? ;)

  • Heatwave316

    LOL….I agree, I didn’t think anyone had a razor.

    The Skooba skins are pretty nice.

  • geek4life1986

    Judie: Assuming we are the winners ( ;) ), how do we submit our mailing information?

  • http://www.geardiary.com Judie Lipsett

    Send me an email at judie@geardiary.com. I had a lot of people enter, but they sent me emails; when I told them to post here, they chose not to. Odd, huh? I guess they were too afraid of others copying (or something), but they wound up voiding their entries. :-P

    I’ll update this post with more info shortly; it’s been a long weekend and I am digging through a list of to-dos. In the meantime, you and Heather can send me your info, and I’ll forward it to Michael.

    Am I correct that you want the Messenger and Heather would like the Brief? :-)

  • Heatwave316

    hi judie!!! I shot you an e-mail this afternoon. I did want the brief. :) thanx

  • geek4life1986

    The Checkthrough Messenger arrived today, less than 48 hours after “ordering!”

    Thanks Judie & Skooba Design!

  • http://www.geardiary.com Judie Lipsett

    That’s awesome! :-D

  • Heatwave316

    Mine arrived too. It is awesome!!! I love it. Thanks so much!!!

  • http://www.geardiary.com Judie Lipsett

    Yay! Thanks for letting us know! :-D

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