Ever wonder what effect Super Bowl ads have on a product? Especially a product that is doomed for failure? Well, today s your lucky day. Deadspin recently asked their vast network of readers to let them know if they, or anyone they knew, owned one of the ESPN Mobile phones that launched on Super Bowl Sunday with a 60 second ad. They received one email. The writer of the email didn t even have the ESPN phone, they had the Sanyo handheld device, and that was because they worked at Sprint. In addition to only one person having the Sanyo handheld device, they stated that it doesn t even work! This should have been offered as a Sprint phone”, the owner stated. “On the ESPN network, you can t access the regular Sprint Web sites. The plans are outrageous at ESPN. It s like I have a Lexus without an engine!
ESPN Mobile Phone [Deadspin]
https://deadspin.com/one-guy-has-an-espn-phone-and-it-doesnt-even-work-157169
