Palm's bodhisattva says something meaningful in latest Pre ad

Having created an aura of surreal creepiness around its handset, Palm seems ready to talk about the Pre's features (not just its feelings) in its latest video ad. Whether the change is in response to viewer unrest or a natural progression of the advertising campaign is unknown. But if princess waiffy pants could send a calendar late notification while pulling into a downward facing dog, well, that would be an ad worth watching. Maybe next time. Check the latest after the break.

[gerrrg Posted Aug 18th 2009 9:26AM]

Apparently, Palm is desperate. 200K units sold in June, 100K sold in July. At that rate, they'll take forever to sell a million units, which pretty much makes the Pre a loser.

[Ed T Posted Aug 18th 2009 9:55AM]

Great, that means I can pick one up at BigLots right next to the $8 Trac Phones. The Pre will likely fetch a premium though, maybe $15.

Too bad, so sad, all that money and effort wasted. The iPhone made it look so easy...

[freediverdude Posted Aug 18th 2009 9:32AM]

Is their target market women who want to live in a dreamy world, sort of the like the Dasani commercials? Weird.

[Shenzhov Posted Aug 18th 2009 10:14AM]

By this time next year we will all be saying...

Remember those creepy Palm ads?
Palm ads?
Oh, wasn't Palm some company that made those little PDA things back in the 90's?

[mithritades Posted Aug 18th 2009 10:37AM]

all i took away from these comments were "closeted Macauley Culkin fetishist"

but these ads aren't bad at all...and yes she do resemble....

[Michael Eskin Posted Aug 18th 2009 11:02AM]

She reminds me of the Borg queen...

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 18th 2009 11:56AM]

lol.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 18th 2009 12:10PM]

Um, they're giving people way to much credit....... they should really stop being so vague about the features they're trying to emphasize.

[Wwhat Posted Aug 18th 2009 1:20PM]

I cannot for the life of me imagine anything clearer 'if you're running late you should let them know' she presses a button, 'pre with calendar notification', if that's too complex for people then they could not use a cellphone at all, nor hold a job to gather the funds to afford it.

But perhaps you were employing sarcasm and I could not tell in the context of the internet and you being a stranger?

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 18th 2009 1:46PM]

I wish I was lol.
In my line of work i've learned not to give people too much credit when it comes to tech. I once got in trouble for not telling 1 of the bosses that after porting his number from Sprint to Verizon he had to re-record his VM, and got accused of being condescending when I kinda hinted that I thought it was common knowledge, true story. And um, he lives in a skyrise in the avenue of stars and owns several businesses so he is by no means a dummy.

[Wwhat Posted Aug 18th 2009 2:22PM]

Sigh, I wish you would just keep me naïve and live in a dream :/

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 18th 2009 12:26PM]

kudos on the use of bodhisattva

Reminds me of the faux commercials on scifi movies like Robocop, Blade Runner, and Starship Troopers. Has anyone checked for subliminal messages?

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 18th 2009 4:04PM]

I have a cyber crush on her, she's so cute with her beautiful smooth skin, i'd like to stroke her up and down. the palm pre is awesome, did you pervs think I was talking about that girl? pish posh, she cant multitask like the Pre can, wait, yes she.. nevermind.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 18th 2009 8:50PM]

dumbest ads ever. product is shown for 5 - 10 seconds, with some babbling bimbo speakin' sputnik.

vs.

Here's the iPhone doing this... doing that.. doing it with a whiffle ball bat. Showing me value... the Pre ads don't show any value principles, or how they slay the iPhone in any way...

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 19th 2009 2:47PM]

I have nothing but LOVE for the Pre Creepy Girl.

[jupigare Posted Aug 19th 2009 4:09AM]

Am I the only one who has seen Tamara Hope before these Pre ads?

I admit, I saw her in a Disney Channel made-for-TV movie called "Stepsister from Planet Weird". She played an alien girl named Ariel Cola.

I guess that's why I don't find the Pre ads all that creepy: I already see her as a weird alien with a somewhat unsettling yet ethereal presence.

[Ar3s Posted Aug 20th 2009 12:20PM]

Hmmmmmm.........Macaulay Culkin looks the same as he did 10 years ago o.O