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Apple Releases New iPad 2 Ad, 'Now'
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Reeks of desperation? While I'm not crazy about the iPhone commercials either, you're going to have to explain that one to me.
If you don't"get it" now you never will.A tablet is simply not for you.Time to move on.
Consumers don't really care about Specs, just ask Motorola how that worked out with their Xoom.
I though they seemed a little more arrogant then desperate, but is it really arrogance when you have the best mobile phone around and know it?
Apple sure does know how to market. That ad just made me love my iPad more than I did 30 seconds ago. 
Apple sure does know how to market. That ad just made me love my iPad more than I did 30 seconds ago.
In fact, I saw this ad using the YouTube app on my iPad 2.
I love the way the ad shows what the iPad 2 can do, not what's so technically superior about the device in general.
An ad for grownups (of all ages)
Apple is good at figuring out what not to do:
1. no stupid theme or blaring music (Hey RIM, Chrissie Hynde and "Brass in My Pocket" was May 1980; and Motorola, am I a 12-year-old trying to turn into Cyborg?)
2. no specs (I have built electronics, but I don't care)
3. no knocking competition (well there is none, really; just an iPad and a Tablets market)
Dieter Rams and Jonathan Ive got it right.
You are done designing not when you have added everything you can think of, but when you have removed everything you don't need.
Apple is good at figuring out what not to do:
1. no stupid theme or blaring music (Hey RIM, Chrissie Hynde and "Brass in My Pocket" was May 1980; and Motorola, am I a 12-year-old trying to turn into Cyborg?)
2. no specs (I have built electronics, but I don't care)
3. no knocking competition (well there is none, really; just an iPad and a Tablets market)
Dieter Rams and Jonathan Ive got it right.
You are done designing not when you have added everything you can think of, but when you have removed everything you don't need.
Apple has always had a good marketing team- even the more critical of us could agree that it made them think about the product. Now that they have captured a less biased market than the PC/ phone/ (way back when, iPod), it is awesome to see the simple, classy, and effective style. Just as someone above me has said; I don't care about specs or competitors. I care about what THIS product does well, and what practical purpose it'll have in my life.
Really a wonderful add in form and function. If you don't like it, use your media center PC to skip the commercial
Really a wonderful add in form and function. If you don't like it, use your media center PC to skip the commercial
Because Steve prefers the look of the black one on camera.
Do you really think anyone else at Apple makes those sort of decisions?
New Android Ad:
Now... We can enjoy plastic devices that cost more than aluminum and glass devices.
Now... We can wonder why some people actually care about build quality.
Now... We can wait for some decent apps to come our way.
Now... We can purchase these apps from shady developers.
Now... We get to experience the onslaught of viruses and malware coming our way.
Now... We don't have to wait in line to get one, since no one else wants one.
Now... We can wonder why we ever bought one in the first place.
Now... We can try to figure out what to do with it.
Now... We can return it, or give it to a relative.
Now... We can enjoy plastic devices that cost more than aluminum and glass devices.
Now... We can wonder why some people actually care about build quality.
Now... We can wait for some decent apps to come our way.
Now... We can purchase these apps from shady developers.
Now... We get to experience the onslaught of viruses and malware coming our way.
Now... We don't have to wait in line to get one, since no one else wants one.
Now... We can wonder why we ever bought one in the first place.
Now... We can try to figure out what to do with it.
Now... We can return it, or give it to a relative.
Because the white looks cheap and the black looks classy.
I had a white iPad 2 on launch day and sold it for a black after seeing how distracting the color was. A white iPad would ruin these commercials!
Great commercial btw - just classy and it gave me goosebumps
These remain a heck of a lot better it's competitors. The Blackberry Playbook Ad seems in initially funny, until you realise it's aimed at those people who know what flash does without knowing that the majority of the web has caught up with the iPad and put their stuff in an iPad compatible format.
True, but I'd really like to see a summary of how the top 100 sites in different categories perform on ipad.
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I have no use for am iPad ad or not
I have no use for am iPad ad or not
Apple is the definition of simplicity. It's amazing how brave they are to express this in their commercials. No verbal mention of Apple or the device they are advertising at all in the commercial. They are obviously selling what the iPad can do and not what the iPad is. Beautiful, Just beautiful.
I could do all that on a laptop way before the iPad came out
Actually I don't think you could hold your laptop up to the sky and see the star formations in real time in their current location to earth with a single piece of software. So no I don't think you could "all" of that with your personal computer.
