There were ads on TV today during football games. Something about droiddoesnt.com or such like. I don’t remember verbatim what it said but it was, something like:
iMakesureappswork
iMakesurethephonewillwork
iVerifyappswillnotbreakthephone
iHaveeighty-thousandtitlesintheappstore
iWorkwithoutyoureadingamanual
Droid Doesn’t
Like I said, I don’t remember the whole thing.
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The really cool thing about the Droid ad is that is looks like iPhone killers are entering a whole new phase. Not only will these companies flail in fatuous futility, they’re going to advertise the iPhone for free in the bargain.
This should be fun to watch.
Oh, and the Droid thing said something about November.
You can go find droiddoes.com if you want to. I would except that I don’t really care.
It’s Verizon.
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I’ll bet Beethoven never even considered wearing a piano.
Two things about these ads.
1. Why would the stuff trying to mock the iPhone have happy, uplifting music while the part that presages the Verizon Android phone is dark, chaotic and ominous. How does this help sell smart phones? A very confused message.
2. This means that all the idiots waiting for an iPhone on a CDMA network (e.g. Verizon) can now shut up. It is pretty plain that it isn’t going to happen or Verizon would never attack the iPhone that directly.
3. Right, I meant three things. All the iPhone killer talk has left out a simple fact, CDMA/EVDO phones work in very few countries while GSM/HSDPA works practically everywhere. So, a phone sold exclusively in the US, on a single carrier is very unlikely to cause Apple much worry. They sell the iPhone world wide. The loss of a few percentage points off their US market share won’t significantly hurt them (not that I think this will happen.)
Little known fact: Beethoven was one of many early musicians that were actually killed in piano-wearing attempts gone wrong. His percussionists tried to warn him that “the technology isn’t there yet,” but he refused to listen. (Check wikipedia if you don’t believe me. But do it quick before the sticklers there remove my very factual edit because it lacks a “cite.”)
Indeed, his last words were, “I’m Beethoven, dammit! I’m the most famous pianist the twentieth century will ever know! Your silly ‘laws of physics’ are just superstitions. Now hoist the damn thing and lower it around my neck!”
This Edgar Winter fellow learned from the mistakes of his predecessors and was more patient. As a result, he not only wore a piano, he played a sax while wearing the outfit. THAT is the genius of patience.
(Great find, Rip. That video also features a drum “solo” played by two dudes at the same time. Would that be a “drum duo?”)
On a more topical note, I’ve been amused by the new Verizon commercials that play on the “there’s an app for that” theme. Theirs are bragging about the superior 3G network and repeatedly say, “There’s a map for that.”
It’s a clever idea in theory, but to your point about them inadvertently advertising the iPhone, I saw that commercial at least a half dozen times before I actually realized they were saying “map” and not “app.” I kept wondering why they were only showing mapping applications as they blatantly ripped off Apple’s ads.
Another anecdotal side-note: I’ve spent far less time thinking about phones in general since I got my iPhone. It blends into my life and goes unnoticed most of the time. Like a good device should. That doesn’t bode well for its competitors – at least in my case, once you go iPhone, you stop paying attention to the competition entirely.
I pay close attention to the competition, because making fun of them provides a bit of respite from my busy day. They’re clowns.
DC you are so right and I hadn’t even noticed until you wrote it. I used to look at all the new phones and wish my contract would finish so i could have one but now i walk past the telco retail stores without a second thought. My time is now consumed by looking for oppurtunities to use my iPhone!