Disaster porn. Almost beats Brian's cross species homosexual technophilia. Actually, it doesn't even come close. The competition is on Frucci! :) #advertising
@met2art: Funny you should mention that you liked those ads. I actually wrote an entire blog post about the Pre - 1/2 of it was dedicated to those terrible ads.
@vinod1978: I agree the ads themselves were terrible (as was the phone)... but, weird as it sounds, I think Tamara Hope was the hottest thing since plasma blades in those ads. What can I say? I have a thing for nearly-albino-pale, monotone, dreamy-glazed-eyed chicks who talk about how a phone has changed their life, albeit in an abstract an indirect fashion.
I admit, it's a very narrow niche, as fetishes go. #droid
@aerospaceman: Ha! Close, (and absolute no objections, there) but nope. My initials are "met2" and "art" because I am an artist. You're not the first to come to that conclusion, however. #droid
Thought it was a pretty cool ad with some sexah futuristic jets, but I keep wondering... When something crashes to the ground and you have no idea what it is, you don't run towards it, you run as fast as you can the other way! Haven't movies taught us anything?? #droid
@ak: It's either gonna give you super powers, or eat your face on its way to world domination. Really, either one sounds pretty cool... I mean, don't you wanna be part of something? #droid
Sheesh, the self-aggrandizing insinuations that the Droid is a gift from the heavens, that Motorola/the US military occupy said heavens, and that They bestow the Droid upon us mere mortals, are just ridiculous. #droid
i walked into my parents' house when the "iDoesn't" commercial was on one night. after the commercial, they looked at me and said, "do you know what that commercial is for?"
verizon/motorola is not winning any customers with confusion. sure, the tech savvy crowd knows what's going on, but i don't think tilted heads and furrowed brows are going to lead to mass adoption of the droid.
they need to tie in some simple advertising showing the actual product and how it shows pictures of friends and grandkids, simple communication, ease of use, simplicity, and a cheap alternative to AT&T.
@Amir Oulad: Michael Bay actually started off directing commercials. Given the style of his work in cinema, it's pretty apparent where he belongs. #droid
@tex1ntux: Those commercials with just a white background and someone running a phone actually DOING SOMETHING are the best cellphone commercials ever produced. Because they show the phone actually doing something that it really does.
Palm tried to copy them and almost got it right, but screwed it up with the creepy girl who makes you forget everything about the commercial but the creepiness of her face.
I dont need to see a cell phone driving a monster truck through space while djing an asteroid dance party and shooting rainbow colored music trails out its ass. That tells me nothing about the phone. #droid
@tex1ntux: I didn't think this commercial was very clever at all. Granted, the iPhone commercials don't do much for the imagination (none), but sometimes, simply showing off the phone works a great deal more than whiz-bang, higher budget eye candy. #droid
@Kaiser-Machead: As far as teasers for a phone go, this one is pretty damn cool.
It isn't the greatest commercial ever, but I won't bitch about a teaser not revealing anything.
If Apple released a 3 second teaser today that was a white background that said, "iTablet. Coming 11/9/09.", Giz would post a page long article about how amazing the iTablet will be. #droid
@weatherman: Yeah, if they threw in the 14 year old boys they would not only be marketing to the teens but to the middle aged priests as well. Win-Win! #droid
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Should've gone with this guy... #advertising
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Next thing you know, the Pre lady starts warning everyone of the coming judgment day... #droid
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I'll be in my bunk... #droid
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If you are interested you can check it out here: [blog.tonangi.com] #droid
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- what the product is
- what it does
- which provider it's on
- why you need it
- etc, etc, etc #droid
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And they did a great job of creating interest and buzz. Great production values. #droid
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verizon/motorola is not winning any customers with confusion. sure, the tech savvy crowd knows what's going on, but i don't think tilted heads and furrowed brows are going to lead to mass adoption of the droid.
they need to tie in some simple advertising showing the actual product and how it shows pictures of friends and grandkids, simple communication, ease of use, simplicity, and a cheap alternative to AT&T.
my opinion. #droid
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Who came up with this shit? #droid
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If this was an iPhone ad, Gizmodo would do a post-show special, going over every frame. #droid
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Palm tried to copy them and almost got it right, but screwed it up with the creepy girl who makes you forget everything about the commercial but the creepiness of her face.
I dont need to see a cell phone driving a monster truck through space while djing an asteroid dance party and shooting rainbow colored music trails out its ass. That tells me nothing about the phone. #droid
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It isn't the greatest commercial ever, but I won't bitch about a teaser not revealing anything.
If Apple released a 3 second teaser today that was a white background that said, "iTablet. Coming 11/9/09.", Giz would post a page long article about how amazing the iTablet will be. #droid
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[newscenter.verizon.com] #droid
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....Well, I suppose I got what I asked for. Just didn't realize it meant robot apocalypse. #droid