The ever-quotable, perennially unkempt Roger McNamee of Elevation Partners fame indulged in a bit of self-parody in a mock-commercial screened at D7 before he and Jon Rubinstein took the stage. While incredibly entertaining, the video also acts as a bit of damage control for Roger, who infamously stated that there would be a massive and sudden exodus from the iPhone to the Pre once those original iPhone contracts are up. Palm naturally distanced itself and “clarified” the comments, but that doesn’t seem to have dampened McNamee’s spirit: in the video he calls the Pre, among other things, “better than Viagra.” Unfortunately for McNamee, he might’ve been better served by a damage control video after his time on stage with Walt and Kara: his semi-sexist “It has a mirror on the back… there’s never been a phone like this for women before” line — not to mention a general disregard for sane conversation — isn’t winning him many points with the crowd. Video is after the break.
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