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    Buy a Google Phone or Google Will Make Your Life Miserable

    'A 10-Year-Old Can Do It Blindfolded!'

    Droid Commercial Paints iPhone as "Digitally Clueless Beauty Pageant Queen"

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    Image of En0s1 En0s1
    12/04/09

    In reply to Droid Commercial Paints iPhone as "Digitally Clueless Beauty Pageant Queen"
    I'll say it again, the biggest problem with the Droid and Android in general is that you can't explain what it does in a sentence. However misleading the statement, "it just works" or "there's an app for that" both let you know right away what they do and why you want it.

    If we were talking about a movie I'd wanna check out the Droid. If I didn't read Gizmodo I'd say, "hey that's cool" and buy an iPhone because I'd be sure there's an app for that.
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    Image of redman042 redman042
    12/04/09

    In reply to Droid Commercial Paints iPhone as "Digitally Clueless Beauty Pageant Queen"
    iDon't like the ad at all. Nicely done from a production / emotional standpoint, but it tells you nothing concrete about the product that any intelligent buyer would want to know. It highlights what I hate about most iPhone vs. other phone comparisons. Everyone wants to answer that question with their favorite soundbite and be done with it. No, you really need to look at the details and decide what's best for you.

    At least Apple's ads focus on important things like the ease of the UI, examples of what some of the best apps do, music and movies, etc. Maybe Verizon should just focus on what the Droid actually DOES, since that seems to be their tagline.
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    Image of DustyButt™ DustyButt™
    12/04/09

    In reply to Buy a Google Phone or Google Will Make Your Life Miserable
    Now that's funny!
    Better than the puppet videos from last week.

    After posting the "furniture" article Adam Frucci finds Google's threats to be hollow.
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    Image of Hearthatvoiceagain Hearthatvoiceagain
    12/04/09

    In reply to Buy a Google Phone or Google Will Make Your Life Miserable
    Meh, their iPhone ones were better.
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    Image of archercc archercc
    12/04/09

    In reply to 'A 10-Year-Old Can Do It Blindfolded!'
    Brilliant! Something ELSE a blindfolded 10 year old girl in her underwear can do!
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    Image of libelle47 libelle47
    12/04/09

    In reply to 'A 10-Year-Old Can Do It Blindfolded!'
    Am I the only one who thought the manufacturer should have called this model the RP-10 in honor of Roman Polanski?
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    Image of dfp3050 dfp3050
    12/04/09

    In reply to Droid Commercial Paints iPhone as "Digitally Clueless Beauty Pageant Queen"
    I think the complicated smartphone is hitting their target market exactly. Here's why:

    The biggest complaint (well, one of the big complaints) of the iphone was it's "training wheels." The iphone was great in that it opened up a completely new market- the tech crowd. Now the tech crowd wants more in their phone and the iphone doesn't do enough. The whole idea of complicity and feature-rich hardware/software is speaking directly to the people who bought the first million iphones. This is their step up. The first-time-smartphone-buying crowd isn't the market Driod is going for.

    Just to be clear, this isn't a "shit all over iphone" comment. I'm just responding to the post above.
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    Image of tech-tard tech-tard
    12/04/09

    @dfp3050: Kind of like when many AOL subscribers "outgrew" the service and got real ISPs?
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    Image of dfp3050 dfp3050
    12/04/09

    @tech-tard: exactly!
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    12/04/09

    In reply to Droid Commercial Paints iPhone as "Digitally Clueless Beauty Pageant Queen"
    It's an interesting campaign, but for those who know both phones it's kinda ridiculous.
    But, this is obviously not for the knowledgeable user, so not bad at all.
    What they are trying to do is no different from what Apple did for the iPhone though. Giving it a concept, an image that might become attached to it.
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    Image of I Party With Smoot I Party With Smoot
    12/04/09

    In reply to 'A 10-Year-Old Can Do It Blindfolded!'
    I've got nothing to add, but this...
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    Image of Curves Curves
    12/04/09

    In reply to 'A 10-Year-Old Can Do It Blindfolded!'
    Yeah, right, like you can get any kid to load/unload the dishwasher.
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    Image of 4nonymo 4nonymo
    12/04/09

    @Curves: Have you tried blind folding them?
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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    12/04/09

    @4nonymo: So that's what I did wrong! I used the blindfold but was missing the dishwasher.
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    Image of Gaucho85 Gaucho85
    12/04/09

    In reply to 'A 10-Year-Old Can Do It Blindfolded!'
    Jeepers! look at the gams on that gal! wait, 10 year old? blindfolded in a house with wood paneled walls in the mountains? Can we photoshop some police siren lights going off in the distance?
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    Image of Denver_80203 Denver_80203
    12/04/09

    In reply to 'A 10-Year-Old Can Do It Blindfolded!'
    All of this makes perfect since once you realize she's standing next to a pot plant.
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    Image of SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!! SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!
    12/04/09

    In reply to 'A 10-Year-Old Can Do It Blindfolded!'
     
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    12/04/09

    @SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!: I do believe that's the most disturbing use of the word "also" I've seen. Kudos.
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    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    12/04/09

    @OCEntertainment: They I won't tell you what they can 'also' be used for.
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    SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!! promoted this comment deanbmmv was starred deanbmmv was unstarred
    Image of alexmetal alexmetal
    12/04/09

    @SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!: Somebody PLEASE, PLEASE make this the main photo for the post.
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    SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!! promoted this comment alexmetal was starred alexmetal was unstarred
    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    12/04/09

    In reply to 'A 10-Year-Old Can Do It Blindfolded!'
    Despite the fact that this is a bathing suit, not underwear, this ad is bizarre.
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    Image of met2art met2art
    12/04/09

    In reply to 'A 10-Year-Old Can Do It Blindfolded!'
    It puts the dishes in the washer, or else it gets the hose again! Put the silverware in the basket!
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    Image of Gordonium Gordonium
    12/04/09

    @met2art: I haven't laughed that hard in, like, hours. Excellent.
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