http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/ Engadget Comments for Bell's Palm Pre commercial couldn't be more Apple if it had an Orba Squara soundtrack 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/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/Aug 21st 2009 12:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/Aug 21st 2009 12:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/Aug 21st 2009 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/
Keep drinking the kool-aid, fatkid]]>Aug 21st 2009 1:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/and there won't be any more commercial add after that! :)
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WATS A PRE LOLOL

PLAM WIL GO BANKRUPET IN 2 MONTS]]>Aug 21st 2009 2:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/Aug 21st 2009 2:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/Aug 21st 2009 6:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, even if you add a keyboard.]]>Aug 21st 2009 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/Aug 21st 2009 12:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/
Seriously.

You have to type CreePyAdz each time and then it will rotate. ]]>Aug 21st 2009 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/Aug 21st 2009 12:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt333/SluttyMcNugget/iPre3.png]]>Aug 21st 2009 2:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/Aug 21st 2009 12:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/
http://www.prethinking.com/home/2009/8/21/new-palm-pre-ad-from-bell-looks-identical-to-the-iphone-ads.html]]>Aug 21st 2009 12:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/Aug 21st 2009 12:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/Aug 21st 2009 12:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/Aug 21st 2009 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/Aug 21st 2009 1:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/Aug 21st 2009 1:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/Aug 21st 2009 2:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/
To me this and iphone commercials both look weird as nobody can hold the phone as still as that, not even a eyesurgeon.

I rather like the creepy adds more than this. At least they aren't same old script with slight variations weve seen hundreds of times.]]>Aug 21st 2009 6:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/Aug 21st 2009 12:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/Aug 21st 2009 12:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/Aug 21st 2009 12:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/
http://www.webos-internals.org/wiki/On_Screen_Keyboard

try again next time, may not be official but it works and is on its way to perfection]]>Aug 21st 2009 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/Aug 21st 2009 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/Aug 21st 2009 12:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/Aug 21st 2009 12:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/Aug 21st 2009 12:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/
Crap, they're gonna copyright breathing soon.]]>Aug 21st 2009 12:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/
This is a bit sad and disgusting to watch, coming from the company that nearly single-handedly created the consumer PDA market.]]>Aug 21st 2009 12:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/Aug 21st 2009 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/
clean background: check. someone holding a phone and showing off what it can do: check. popular music for a popular phone: check.
I think that it's a pretty common ad.

@Jason: give them a couple years like apple's had... I'm sure that they'll have their own fair share of apps (and maybe not with the same nazi application approval approach that cupertino's taken). as for saying that it's sad and disgusting... they're innovating just like they've done in the past. a commercial that follows a popular formula is disgusting? ....sigh....

and I'm a proud owner of a new iphone 3G-s.... so you can't be calling me a fanboy of the pre camp. I just think that you're being a little asinine. don't knock something until you've tried it. it's an excellent first foray into a totally new OS and the hardware is decent for a first-gen device.]]>Aug 21st 2009 1:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/
And for the record, Andrew - show me how, exactly, Apple "DOES copyright just about anything and everything they can get their hands on" ...

Show me how Apple copyrights more than other companies do, or copyrights things other companies do not, or indeed, copyrights more than an average person would think is reasonable. Show me any published criticism of the number of Apple copyrights, show me any analysis that demonstrates your claim, show me anything that suggests that your claim is not a pile of steaming, smelly poo.]]>Aug 21st 2009 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/
Homebrew already chucked out over 130 apps within a few months after release. I can't say the same for apple's iPhone during their first launch. BTW: This is a new platform they brewed up, it's not written in their traditional Palm OS, therefore all apps are going to have to be done by scratch.]]>Aug 21st 2009 3:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DP89iMe0BY

So no, Apple didn't invent these types of commercials.]]>Aug 21st 2009 3:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/Aug 21st 2009 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/Aug 21st 2009 12:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/Aug 21st 2009 12:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/
"Jesus! What the hell are we doing? Who approved this?!?!"

"Calm down, Jim... we've already got a new commercial that's just a phone and a finger... just like the other guy..."

"Oh good... now can I get that albino chick's phone number?"]]>Aug 21st 2009 12:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/Aug 21st 2009 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/
understand now, peabrain?]]>Aug 21st 2009 3:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/
Tard... Dumbass... Peabrain? Lighten up.

I don't care who made the commercial... I just wanted to post the joke.

But here's something that is not a joke. Every time you see someone holding a cell phone today... I want you to think of me... the guy on Engadget that you called names. Yes, think of me, and ask yourself... "why did I call some random person on the internet names like tard, dumbass and peabrain? What am I trying to prove?" Enjoy having that little thought rattling through your brain.

You just shouldn't have said anything at all. But you did. And now it's too late. You're never gonna forget this little episode. Every time you go to Engadget from now on, you're gonna think of this. Every time you see the Reply link in one of these articles, you will think of this.

You just had to spout off and call people names. And for what? Do you work for Bell? Is it that big of a freaking deal that you had to defend the commercial like this? Well, enjoy thinking about this all day long. Every time you see a Palm Pre... you will think of me too.

And if you reply to me again... it will be even harder for you to forget about this. I can't wait to read what you write back. But if you do... this little episode will be pushed even deeper into your mind. So go ahead... say some more stuff. Drive yourself crazy... ]]>Aug 21st 2009 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/Aug 21st 2009 2:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/
Engadget editors, have you looked at this POS comment system and what these idiots are doing to it? It used to be somewhat enjoyable to have a discussion here. Its like freakin 4chan the MS division owns this site. Expect linux posts to be downranked next.]]>Aug 21st 2009 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/
Yeah, Right.]]>Aug 21st 2009 12:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiEURcbmq-0

Sure, it's not the same kind of "rotation" you're talking about, but which one is more useful?

Secondly, Engadget is simply pointing out that out of all of the smartphone commercials ever made, none have looked as similar as this one and the iPhone's. Did Apple trademark white backgrounds and two hands? No. But that doesn't make the two commercials any less identical.]]>Aug 21st 2009 12:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/Aug 21st 2009 12:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/bells-palm-pre-commercial-couldnt-be-more-apple-if-it-had-an-o/Aug 21st 2009 3:23PM