The strangest celebrity tech moments

Celebrities and tech have a long and mutually beneficial relationship, from Frank Sinatra and the microphone to Paris Hilton and the infra-red camcorder – but there have been more than a few head-scratching endorsements and odd hook-ups in the past few years. We’ve brought our favourites together here.

Soulja Boy releases an Android tablet

The rapper famous for exhorting followers to “superman dat hoe” and using $100 bills as handkerchiefs has just taken the next logical step in his career by releasing a 7-inch Android Ice Cream Sandwich tablet. Tokova’s “Tiger Shark Soulja Boy Edition” costs twice as much as a Nexus 7 – but arguably also features twice the #swag, which makes its US$399 price tag totally acceptable.

George Foreman gets grilling

A countertop grill to help cut down your fat intake? There was nobody better to promote it than George Foreman, whose healthy eating habits allowed him to return to boxing at the ripe old age of 45 – and win the world heavyweight championship. Foreman actually made more money from his 15-year stint with the “Lean Mean Fat-Reducing Grilling Machine” – an estimated US$200 million – than he ever did from boxing, and sparked a series of copycat endorsements like the Hulk Hogan blender, Evander Holyfield Real Deal Grill and the Ultimate Warrior’s sandwich toaster. We’ve made one of these up.

Snoop Dogg pimps out the Samsung Galaxy Indulge

Snoop will put his name to pretty much anything, but at least you can be pretty sure of what you’re going to get out of him: some vaguely amusing patter and clowning from a man who appears to be in a permanent state of extreme relaxation (it’s all down to chamomile tea, so we’re told). Here he promotes the Samsung Galaxy Indulge for US budget carrier Metro PCS, changing his name to Snoop Dogggg in honour of the company’s 4G network.

T-Pain reveals his singing secrets in an iOS app

Auto-tune pioneer T-Pain sings like he’s got a vocoder lodged in his gullet – and now you can too, provided you own an iOS device. The I Am T-Pain app (£1.99 in the App Store) allows you to record your vocals and have them reworked into a somewhat hilarious robotic style. Before long you’ll be duetting with Lil’ Wayne and “making it rain” on the dance floor of a club VIP area.

Verne Troyer, aka the kiss of death for your gadget

Austin Powers little person Verne Troyer doesn’t have a fantastic track record when it comes to endorsing gadgets. He first put the weight of his personal brand behind the ill-fated Gizmondo handheld console (it’s small, like him, geddit?), then the Klegg Mini (also small, geddit?), an MP3 player that had the misfortune of going up against the iPod nano – which is probably why you’ve never heard of it. Don’t expect Verne to turn up in Apple’s next Siri ad.