Maybe you can find better living through surgery

Dan Jones, Mobile Editor

August 9, 2007

1 Min Read
All Thumbs on the iPhone?

6:00 PM -- Local man has thumbs surgically altered to use iPhone. Yep, you read that right. Surgically altered to use a phone.



I was convinced the North Denver News must be a joke news site when I first read this, but apparently this is all too real. Thomas Martel, 28, of Bonnie Brae is said to be happy with his new thumbs.

"Though opening spaghetti sauce jars has been a problem," he tells the paper. "That was a big surprise."

— Dan Jones, Site Editor, Unstrung

About the Author(s)

Dan Jones

Mobile Editor

Dan is to hats what Will.I.Am is to ridiculous eyewear. Fedora, trilby, tam-o-shanter -- all have graced the Jones pate during his career as the go-to purveyor of mobile essentials.

But hey, Dan is so much more than 4G maps and state-of-the-art headgear. Before joining the Light Reading team in 2002 he was an award-winning cult hit on Broadway (with four 'Toni' awards, two 'Emma' gongs and a 'Brian' to his name) with his one-man show, "Dan Sings the Show Tunes."

His perfectly crafted blogs, falling under the "Jonestown" banner, have been compared to the works of Chekhov. But only by Dan.

He lives in Brooklyn with cats.

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