Video: New Palm Pre ad takes serene approach, just goes with the flow

When we last saw this fair-faced Pre spokesperson, she was sitting on a rock in an otherwise open field playing choreographer to a sea of robed individuals encircling her. This latest ad takes a decidedly simpler approach reminiscent of the vibe set in the Meet the Pre series, though we can't say for sure her if her followers aren't just waiting off-camera for the next directive. Also, interesting choice of onomatopoeia for sliding through the webOS cards, we imagine there's a certain, Redmond-based company out there delighted by the subtle (and probably unintentional) reference. See the ad for yourself after the break -- and in case you're wondering, that song that'll be stuck in your head all day is "Doot Doot" by Freur.

[Via Pre Central]

[mere @ Jul 13th 2009 5:20PM]

palm / microsoft merger hints sprinkled all over this 1

[sacapuntas @ Jul 13th 2009 5:37PM]

wow, I actually understand your reference....

[Return of Jackson...whoo! @ Jul 13th 2009 5:39PM]

THey should have used one of my songs...

I have so many #1's

a hee hee hee!

[Quix @ Jul 13th 2009 5:55PM]

YEP, this is just as bad as the Microsoft Gates/Seinfeld ads and the husband porn/wife vomit video. I too smell the pungent stink of a Microsoft purchase of Palm.

When you can't innovate, ACQUIRE!

[Look_Around_You @ Jul 13th 2009 6:07PM]

@Quix

Wow, great post. Slams on Apple's competitors. How innovative.

I suppose you will be the first to bitch about "Apple haters" when someone pulls the same stunt about Apple, right?

[Quix @ Jul 13th 2009 6:12PM]

@ Look_Around_You:

You *do* pull the same stunt about Apple - you don't think I know your comment history? Get real.

Look around you.

[Look_Around_You @ Jul 13th 2009 6:38PM]

"You *do* pull the same stunt about Apple - you don't think I know your comment history? Get real."

Actually I dont. But thanks for lying anyway. It goes so well with your trolling.

Oh, and if anyone really has that much time to waste, you can read all of my I'm sure riveting musings by just clicking on my name.

[VanillaSpice @ Jul 14th 2009 12:09AM]

@ Look_Around_You -

Oh no - I'm not falling for that! I'm not going to read your comments again when they were bad enough the first time around.

Are you seriously suggesting to us that you have never made a bitchy anti-Apple comment on a non-Apple article? For the record, I can remember at least half a dozen times that you have troll-slammed Apple on a non-Apple article.

So, yes, you do, and therefore, no, Quix wasn't lying.

[Garrett @ Jul 14th 2009 12:22AM]

They aren't even trying to hide it anymore... look at that Windows XP background!

[Newone @ Jul 14th 2009 6:57AM]

Its 1700s oilpainting portrait meme, not windows. Theres a well known painting of woman with sky that this add takes ques from.

Lighting is a real giveaway.

[TomTom2007 @ Jul 13th 2009 5:21PM]

She's high, yep.

[bublik @ Jul 13th 2009 5:24PM]

she sure is....

[Jim @ Jul 13th 2009 5:50PM]

.....and in need of iron. Is this supposed to be the role model for Pre owners? The anemic, whiter than white, ballet prima donna demographic is a niche of a niche of a niche. Much preferred the first advert.

[allislost @ Jul 13th 2009 11:49PM]

@Jim

it's just a good commercial you dumbfuck... WAA WAA IS DAT WHAT PRE PEOPLES SHOULD LOOK LIKE DURRRR!!!!!!

[Adam @ Jul 14th 2009 4:01AM]

Dude, shut it, it was terrible and you know it.

[10minutehobo @ Jul 14th 2009 9:36AM]

Allislost:

Just go with the flow, man. The ad sucks so bad.

And I'm a Pre fan.

[treats! @ Jul 13th 2009 5:23PM]

I hope MS buys them and puts that OS on a Zune HD with Tegra.

[Steveorevo @ Jul 13th 2009 5:59PM]

Microsoft only aquires companies to kill their technology from seeing the light of day.

[bucorraba @ Jul 13th 2009 6:17PM]

... And see Web OS thrashed like Banjo and Kazooie? No thanks, Microsoft doesn't like software. (Yeah i know, devices / OS

But, does microsoft like palm? I hope not.

[Dralite @ Jul 13th 2009 7:36PM]

Banjo & Kazooie... god I love that game...

[Quikboy @ Jul 14th 2009 12:26AM]

@steveorevo: "Microsoft only aquires companies to kill their technology from seeing the light of day"

Well not all the time. Actually most companies that I remember Microsoft acquiring get their products/services rebranded to fit somewhere in Microsoft's business models. It's just that sometimes, Microsoft doesn't really support it that much, and it ends up dying or who knows what.

[trico @ Jul 13th 2009 5:24PM]

I kind of hate this commercial... I think it's the turning around awkwardly when she needs to display the device. I think I hate her too.

[aabones @ Jul 13th 2009 6:57PM]

confirmed, i hate her

[Phil @ Jul 14th 2009 3:18AM]

Yep, this commercial is terrible. I'm a fan of the pre, and it makes me want to place the device on a small table and smash it. It actually makes me long for the days of "can you hear me now?"

[Rob @ Jul 14th 2009 10:33AM]

Agreed. Terrible. Creepy. I get the feeling her bleach-white jaws unhinge, too.

[bublik @ Jul 13th 2009 5:25PM]

BING LOL))

[bluestriker @ Jul 14th 2009 6:17AM]

Great, well thought out comment. I just couldn't stop laughing. This is the kind of stuff that keeps me returning to Engadget. Thank you.

[rab0402 @ Jul 13th 2009 5:26PM]

Creeps me out every time I see this. It's been on the air for about 2-3 weeks though. What's with the slow uptake?

[creagas @ Jul 13th 2009 5:26PM]

Bing, Bing, Bing....

[gsd @ Jul 13th 2009 6:01PM]

It's like you're not even trying...

[DanielT @ Jul 13th 2009 6:40PM]

Bing-go!

[Dayne @ Jul 13th 2009 5:26PM]

Does Macaulay Culkin have a sister?

Doot Doot.

[Freakin Ijit @ Jul 13th 2009 5:31PM]

Ah, yes, THAT'S where I've seen "her"!

[pedantic @ Jul 13th 2009 5:47PM]

I believe that is Tamara Hope.

[Andir3.0 @ Jul 13th 2009 5:48PM]

Scary resemblance. I wouldn't be surprised if they were related.

[Dayne @ Jul 13th 2009 6:22PM]

@pedantic
From 10.5: Apocalypse! Yes, I remember her now!

[DAATMAN @ Jul 14th 2009 5:33AM]

Holy crap, I thought the exact same thing

[Airworthy @ Jul 13th 2009 5:27PM]

I really find these advertisments annoying. I find it hard to understand how this advertises Pre or any of Sprints services

[Freakin Ijit @ Jul 13th 2009 5:32PM]

I would assume the KEY result of the ad (good or bad) is whether or not "you", stranger to Palm and Pres, remember the ad was about the Pre an hour later...

If not...well...it wasn't a good ad.

[gsd @ Jul 13th 2009 6:04PM]

Here's an ad that'd be great.

Copy Apple's There's an App for That series. "Just like the iPhone, there's an app for that here too."

And then at the end of the commercial, be like, "So what makes the Palm Pre different?"

And then have it slide out the keyboard. And then mention the cheaper plans.

That'd be a great commercial. Not these stupid, vague, confusing, creepy ones. Seriously Palm, these commercials are horrible.

[Look_Around_You @ Jul 13th 2009 6:10PM]

"Copy Apple's There's an App for That series. "Just like the iPhone, there's an app for that here too."

And then at the end of the commercial, be like, "So what makes the Palm Pre different?"

And then have it slide out the keyboard. And then mention the cheaper plans.

That'd be a great commercial. Not these stupid, vague, confusing, creepy ones. Seriously Palm, these commercials are horrible."


You really dont read this site often enough.

First response from the same people:

"Wow, that put me to sleep! Reading rate plans is soooo boring! Apple never had to do that! Not creative at all!!!"

Second response:

"HOW DARE THEY ATTACK APPLE IN THEIR AD!!!"

[mvp @ Jul 13th 2009 5:26PM]

creepy

[JayVe @ Jul 13th 2009 8:05PM]

What is creepy is you both wrote 'creepy' at the same time. :)

[slayermd @ Jul 13th 2009 5:26PM]

Creepy.

[KRIS_C_123 @ Jul 14th 2009 6:35AM]

creepy like a tampon commercial.

[styrofoam09 @ Jul 13th 2009 5:27PM]

that song is in vanilla sky, an awesome movie, and now it's in this commercial, a lousy one.

[Steve @ Jul 13th 2009 7:18PM]

There's no way a movie called "Vanilla Sky" could be awesome.

[Chief @ Aug 4th 2009 11:17AM]

You're saying this commercial is a lousy movie? That's not even wrong.

Bing you.

[TitaniumMan @ Jul 13th 2009 5:28PM]

bing ... bing ... bing ...
like you don't even try .....
just ....
going with the flow ....

[Sisyphus @ Jul 13th 2009 5:29PM]

At least its not "going with the FLO"