Video: Latest Palm Pre ad makes poppies seem brutish
By Thomas Ricker 
posted June 4th 2009 1:06AM
posted June 4th 2009 1:06AM
posted June 4th 2009 1:06AM
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ha ha ha - you see more of the girl and the athletes and less of the phone :)
Ok, they just copied everything from the Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremony!
I like the phone and all, but that commercial creeped me out a little. Palm need to figure out it main demographic. Is it for fun? Is it for business? Is it for networking?
Figure it out Palm, this could be your last chance.
Reminded me of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ynHGxyDWII
Only for the music of course.... :)
they've made it clear outside this ad that athey are targeting women. and this ad just confrims that position.
Its actually a very smart move on their part. I think it could work. But I'm A guy I don't kow what 18- 45 female market thinks.
"they've made it clear outside this ad that athey are targeting women"
Is that how you interpret the term 'fat middle'? :D
This commercial = coolness overload... It looks even cooler than those Apple/iPhone commercials they air all the time.
Palm, please send some Pres to Telus ASAP!!!
that in no way made me want to buy a palm pre, dumb commercial, so abstract for the average consumer.
Best part is the last 2 secs when they show the phone. Man thats one pretty device...
This ad completely contradicts the genius of its product.
Highly unoriginal concept.
Did I mention white person in center of asian masses IS racist?
What's the odds she gets 5 bars of G3 reception out there?
ugly baby ftw!
That made the stoner in me very happy, however the penis in me was very much unimpressed.
"...the penis in me..."
um...
This just in:
If you wave the Pre over a single loaf of bread and one fish, it'll multiply the loaf and fish 100X. Also, if you touch the touchstone, all of your maladies will be instantly healed.
-and-
According to the Book of Pre:
"The Pre is my Shepherd; I shall not want.
Pre maketh me to lie down in green pastures,
Pre leadeth me beside the still waters.
Touchstone restoreth my Pre,
Pre shall leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for Palm's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of iPhone,
I will fear no evil, for iTunes art with me;
Thy touchstone and thy WebOS, they comfort me.
Palm preparest a table before me in the presence of Android;
Pre annointest my head with Sprint; My minutes runneth over."
Are those guys Philippine prisoners?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMnk7lh9M3o
lmfao!!!
yes sir, they are, all of them. And the girl in the video keeps trying to get a signal to call for help.
That was easily as boring as the opening for the Beijing olympics. (And I mean boring.)
That's what I thought as well, but the shapes that the monks are taking is what confused me.
I would have expected better "symbols" for family, work, etc. As it is right now, it's just random shapes.
I have to recheck to see if the "symbols" make any sense!
Don't get me wrong, I like the Pre and wish it much success, but is that video what they mean by:
"the Pre is the iPhone for ladies"
I mean, who's the target audience in this ad?
What I realized after watching the videos: It's always 12:00 on the clock in the Pre, lunch starts at 2pm, it's probably cheaper to film the ad in China (imagine what the labor rates would be in the US), concentric circles imply multi-tasking, and they don't have a symbol for damn-my-battery-is-draining-really-fast.
Anyway, I hope the Pre lives up to the hype it is generating.
Wow, I'm suprised they didn't just take cheap potshots at the competition. That's what most advertising campaigns are all about these days.
Pre Sucks!!! get a next gen iPhone instead!
It kind of gives me the same vibe as the first Infiniti car ads. You know, the ones where they showed nothing but trees and rocks and things. It didn't leave me curious... just annoyed.
BTW... I didn't see any use of those sound stage sets seen in those recently leaked pictures. Is there a more Facebook oriented ad coming?
does anyone know what this song is called?
i cant remember the artist or the title!
"Lower Your Eyelids to Die With the Sun" by M83
The write up by Thomas Ricker cracked me up this morning. "approaches gently upon the pads of kittens"..Hilarious.
You guys obviously know nothing about marketing. This ad is clearly geared toward the "So You Think You Can Dance" crowd.
You know, I think you're right. I know I'm not part of that group. In fact, how the hell can anyone watch that crap!? I just don't get it.
I feel so...fresh.
test
What about connection with pc / mac?
Palm Desktop has to be thrown in the basket?
These dancing monks remind me of Guantanamo detainees.
it was like avatar without the fire.
Why is her life made up of a bunch of asian monks in robes?
When she turns the phone on, it doesn't even look like it sits in her hand. Bodgy job.
They made it at a Shaolin school where there were 1,000 already-trained people accustomed to coordinated movement. Imagine trying to get 1,000 strangers to do that routine in less than, like, a month.
I found it riveting, kept thinking it was CGI. I went to the trouble of tracking down info, seeing the youtube and freezing it so I could really look at it. Actual people!
Just gorgeous. I can't claim I have any interest in the phone whatsoever, but I now definitely know its name and will notice it again. So it accomplished something.
I AM female and probably 20 years older than most of you, so a few of you called it!
that was like the most racist tech company ad i've ever seen! all those ppl bowing down to the white chick were all asian! so random lol