http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/ Engadget Comments for iPhone, Wii guests on stage at this year's Oscars http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Feb 25th 2008 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Mar 27th 2008 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Feb 25th 2008 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Feb 25th 2008 12:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Feb 25th 2008 12:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Feb 25th 2008 12:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Feb 25th 2008 12:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/
Great work guys, absolutely hilarious.]]>Feb 25th 2008 2:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Feb 25th 2008 7:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Feb 25th 2008 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Feb 25th 2008 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Feb 25th 2008 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Feb 25th 2008 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Feb 25th 2008 12:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Feb 25th 2008 3:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Feb 25th 2008 9:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Feb 25th 2008 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Feb 25th 2008 9:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Feb 25th 2008 12:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Feb 25th 2008 12:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Feb 25th 2008 12:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Feb 25th 2008 12:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Feb 25th 2008 12:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/
Then don't watch it.

>> Broadcasters have every right to put as much advertising as they like in their programming.
>> You have every right as a viewer to chose not to watch.

Quit complaining. ABC is a company that needs to make money, they don't just put out programming for free out of the goodness of their hearts.]]>Feb 25th 2008 12:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Feb 25th 2008 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/
I too get an uneasy feeling when product placement is so fricken obvious that it comes off as awkward and crude - like some kids hour cigarette commercial from the 1950s.]]>Feb 25th 2008 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Feb 25th 2008 1:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/
um, no.

I'm sure your fanboy instincts make you say that, but those of us who study advertising know full well that products DO NOT just appear during an event like the Oscars, where the going rate for a 30-second ad is a shift-load of cash, for of some BS reason like some "take on pop culture".

From the dresses the stars wear, to any logo or product you see, there were lots of cash to change hands to get that face time. You just cant put this stuff on screen without the permission of the company that made it.]]>Feb 25th 2008 7:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Feb 25th 2008 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/
Except that this was not a positive mention of the iPhone. He was clearly making fun of the experience of watching movies on it. He was invoking this David Lynch video that made the rounds in film circles a few months ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKiIroiCvZ0

No, there's no such thing as bad publicity, but if Apple were *paying* for this, you don't think they would have expected a little more positive of a message?
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Jon Stewart is a comic and was going for laughs, not money.

The gowns and clothing the stars wore was product placement, though... which everyone knows that.]]>Feb 25th 2008 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Feb 25th 2008 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Feb 25th 2008 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Feb 26th 2008 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Feb 25th 2008 12:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Feb 25th 2008 12:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/
bit slow eh ryan? lol. jk.]]>Feb 25th 2008 12:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/
And the Wii Tennis was great, your right, you know your TV is the right size when your characters are as big as you are]]>Feb 25th 2008 12:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Feb 25th 2008 12:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Feb 25th 2008 12:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Feb 25th 2008 1:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/]]>Feb 25th 2008 1:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Feb 25th 2008 9:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Feb 25th 2008 9:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Feb 25th 2008 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Feb 25th 2008 1:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Feb 25th 2008 1:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Feb 25th 2008 1:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/Palm didnt invent nor define the entire handheld category, Apple came out with the Newton in 1993 - a full 3 years before Palm.
If anything Apple is responsible for much or the inventing and defining. What they were able to do was push it into mass market - but thats more of a result of Palms compatibility with PCs than anything else.

By the way the only reason Palm is even around anymore is because of the smart people at Handspring - they actually innovated and combined the Palm OS with a cell phone. Palm later bought out Handspring and their Treo cell phone and guess what - haven't done much with it since.

I can have much respect for Palm when they have basically given up in the marketplace. Handspring made it clear that there were some very smart and imaginative people working on the Palm platform - the fact that nothing has come from Palm since shows how poorly the company is run.


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Do a little bit of research first will you. The Newton was light years ahead of its time. Which some say was the cause of its demise. Too much technology for the time. People could not assimilate to a new type of computing platform, specially that advanced.]]>Feb 25th 2008 10:17AM