Commercials Archive

  • New DROID ads released, actually show off a bit of Android

    New DROID ads released, actually show off a bit of Android

    Posted on November 9, 2009 | No Comments
    It took them a while to get past all the “iDon’t” nonsense, then they followed up with that mysterious space-phone campaign, but it looks like Verizon’s finally using their commercials to actually tell people what the Droid is. Three new ad spots hit the interwebs today. The first shows off Google Navigation. The second walks you [...]

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  • The island of misfit phones

    The island of misfit phones

    Posted on November 9, 2009 | No Comments
    So AT&T has a problem: even after early and vociferous defections by bloggers, they’ve been getting creamed for sub-par service everywhere, especially left and right coast cities that rhyme with Blue Pork and Fan Fanfisco. Verizon is stepping into that breech by releasing these clever commercials touting its network over AT&Ts. But, as Mr. Fireball [...]

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  • How do you like that, DVRs didn’t kill the television business after all

    How do you like that, DVRs didn’t kill the television business after all

    Posted on November 3, 2009 | No Comments
    Here's a story I first heard on Figure 4 Daily last night while farming for mageweave (no, I'm not lying): not only have DVRs not ruined the TV businesses, as we had been led to believe for so many years, but it turns out that the delayed viewings, and more accurate ratings, have given the networks exactly what they've always wanted. That, of course, is the opportunity to squeeze more money out of their advertisers.

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  • Here are the HTC commercials 95% of YOU will see in the next 6 months anyway

    Here are the HTC commercials 95% of YOU will see in the next 6 months anyway

    Posted on October 26, 2009 | No Comments
    mocoNews ran an interesting article this morning about the massive marketing campaign HTC is plotting. Apparently, the Taiwanese mobile handset maker is about to launch a multi-million dollar advertising campaign over the next 6 months with the aim of becoming a household name in the United States. The company's Executive Director of Marketing, Steven Seto, formerly head of Starbucks’ global brand strategy, tells mocoNews that the campaign is designed to put the HTC brand will be in front of 95 percent of adult cellphone owners in the U.S.

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  • Jay Leno really is helping NBC at the 10 p.m. time slot

    Jay Leno really is helping NBC at the 10 p.m. time slot

    Posted on September 30, 2009 | No Comments
    I've heard good things about The Jay Leno Show recently, which might be why he's improving NBC's TiVo stats. Previous seasons NBC saw nearly 70% of its viewers timeshift during the 10 p.m. time slot. Leno has managed to improve that to only 46%, with 20% of those people watching the show at 11 p.m. instead. That number is actually great considering CBS and ABC have been running 65% and 63% respectively over the last two weeks Leno has been on the air. Maybe I should watch this show...

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  • Hey, disco party people, how about some Windows 7 commercials?

    Hey, disco party people, how about some Windows 7 commercials?

    Posted on September 25, 2009 | No Comments
    It’s not a Windows 7 Party without some tunes, right? Thankfully Microsoft has created a set of commercials with catchy beats, nice visuals, and no stilted, low-paid actors apparently preparing to get it on in the worst Cinemax late night movie ever. Enduserblog has all of the videos for your perusal but I picked out a [...]

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  • Outrage! Canadia says we’re lazy! But they do make better Palm Pre commercials

    Outrage! Canadia says we’re lazy! But they do make better Palm Pre commercials

    Posted on August 31, 2009 | No Comments
    You know what Canada looks like? It looks like the best part of town - where everyone is cool and gets drunk all the time without hangovers and where you used to go to raves when you were like 16 and now when you go back the rave places have grown up with you and become chocolate shops and classic book stores - but it looks like that all over the country.

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  • LG GM750 “Layla” gets Wi-Fi certified, details leak

    LG GM750 “Layla” gets Wi-Fi certified, details leak

    Posted on August 4, 2009 | No Comments
    It’s becoming a standard process at this point: First, BigPhoneCompany submits their new handset to the Wi-Fi Alliance. Wi-Fi Alliance approves it, and throws it into their big list of Certified Products. Eagle eyed mobile mavens prowl the newly granted certification for a model number, and then turn to BigPhoneCompany’s own records for more information. The [...]

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  • She’s my final fantasy: G4’s ‘Girl at the Video Game Store’ music video is unexpectedly really good

    She’s my final fantasy: G4’s ‘Girl at the Video Game Store’ music video is unexpectedly really good

    Posted on July 10, 2009 | No Comments
    Oh, how I wanted to hate this video. Yesterday was the thousandth episode of Attack of the Show—how did you celebrate?—and while I only caught about two minutes in between commercials of whatever else I was watching (I think it was a documentary about salt; I'm not joking), I did manage to catch the tail end of this video. It's “The Girl at the Video Game Store,” a song written by Parry Gripp; the video was directed by Michael W. Shaw, of G4.

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  • You can buy gold from a vending machine in Germany

    You can buy gold from a vending machine in Germany

    Posted on June 18, 2009 | No Comments
    You'd usually find the best vending machines in Japan... until now! There are plans to introduce vending machines in Germany that sell gold. That's right: 100 percent pure gold.

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