New Win 7 ads highlight the bright ideas of ‘regular people’ (video)
You know that Windows 7 is a big deal, we know that it’s a big deal, and now the commercial actors of America are letting their voices be heard. This new series of ads from Microsoft drives home the point that the improvement this OS represents over Vista is the product of the comments, concerns, and complaints of users all over the world — which is fine, as far as that goes, but either they never received our countless emails or someone thinks it’s bad form to ship computers with Dukes of Hazzard wallpaper as the default. Advertising after the break.
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New Win 7 ads highlight the bright ideas of ‘regular people’ (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: October 22nd, 2009
at 12:59pm by Joseph L. Flatley
Topics: Advertising, BreakingNews, Microsoft, Windows7, breaking, breaking news, commercial, shipping, windows 7
Verizon’s anti-iPhone gets its first commercial: ‘Droid Does’
We knew Verizon Wireless would soon be throwing caution to the wind in an effort to sway uncommitted smartphone buyers towards Big Red, and it looks like the November-bound Motorola Droid will be VZW’s anti-iPhone. The spot, which launched tonight and can be view in its entirety after the break, is a 30 second clip that begins by mocking Apple’s cutesy music and iconic font typically seen in iPhone plugs. It reels off a number of things that the iPhone can’t do, and then abruptly goes into full-on tease mode by flashing glimpses of a robot-controlled future and a tagline that simply states: “Droid Does.” No shots of the actual Motorola Droid (or Sholes, as it was known in the past) are shown, but a dedicated teaser portal has already been erected; through that, we’re told that the phone will boast Android 2.0 and a 5 megapixel camera. At this point, we’d say the gloves are definitely off — AT&T, have anything to say for yourself, or is the iPhone doing just fine on its own?
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
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Verizon’s anti-iPhone gets its first commercial: ‘Droid Does’ originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: October 17th, 2009
at 11:04pm by Darren Murph
Topics: Android, Motorola, Motorola Droid, Motorola sholes, MotorolaDroid, MotorolaSholes, VerizonWireless, ad, commercial, droid, google, moto, sholes, verizon, verizon wireless, video
Windows Phone commercial is confusing for a variety of reasons
Okay, so we understand Microsoft is trying hard to rebrand Windows Mobile as Windows Phone with the launch of WinMo 6.5, but this commercial — labeled with AT&T logos in the US but also running unlabeled worldwide — doesn’t seem to do a good job of pointing out that Windows Phone is a platform and not a device. In fact, if we didn’t know better, we’d think that the HTC Pure is, in fact, the “Windows Phone” — even though the dude in the spot is holding a totally different generic device. See how that could be weird for people? It’s almost confusing enough to distract from the jubilant anthropomorphic app icons in tights. Video after the break.
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Windows Phone commercial is confusing for a variety of reasons originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: October 11th, 2009
at 11:02pm by Nilay Patel
Topics: Ads, HtcPure, HtcTouchDiamond2, Microsoft, Touch Diamond 2, TouchDiamond2, Windows phone, WindowsMobile, WindowsMobile6.5, WindowsPhone, ad, att, commercial, htc, htc pure, htc touch diamond 2, htc touch diamond2, pur, pure, touch diamond2, windows mobile, windows mobile 6.5, winmo
