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New Apple iPod Ad?

Let's try to stay on topic folks.

And please, the song in the ad has been asked about and answered several times already - it's "Ride" by The Vines. 🙂
 
the song in the ad has been asked about and answered several times already - it's "Ride" by The Vines.
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yah seriously, all you have to do is pause it and read the very blurry text on the ipod to find this out.

on the topic of ipod ads, my fav is still the orig with the guy dancing to propellerheads

and the best apple music advert is definitely the one with all the artists on the stage, george clinton, wilco, amy mann, ziggy etc.
 
I liked the ad and the music very much. I thought it was funny. 😀 I was about to buy the song but my iTunes free songs expired <lol> I'll buy it when I get 99 cents (which shouldn't be too long)

Good ad Apple! 🙂
 
Similarities with other ads

Am I the only one who thinks this looks like another ad that's been on TV lately. Not an Apple ad, I think it was for Dockers or something.

Anyway, if I remember correctly, it's got a guy getting out of bed and getting dressed and then a bunch of shots of him dressed different ways doing different things, inluding one where he's walking the sidewalk listening to an iPod.

Now, I'm know I'm not crazy. Anyone else know what I'm talking about?
 
dantec said:
Can anyone actually recognize the place of the ad ? Is it in New York ? Can anyone recognize the neighborhood ?
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The first part (where he walks out of the building) probably is around the Little Italy area (based on the Italian flag and the general look of the neighborhood). The second part, based on the Bx15 bus sign, takes place on Madison and East 125th Street, in East Harlem.

You asked 🙂
 
switcheroo said:
yah seriously, all you have to do is pause it and read the very blurry text on the ipod to find this out.[/URL]
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You can't really read it, but if you already know that it says
Ride
The Vines
Winning Days
then you can confirm it.
 

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About this not being a brand new iPod model...

Selling more of the iPods already on the market is a very sensible use of Apple's ad budget.

About the click...

It doesn't matter if a real iPod clicks or not. It was necessary for this one to click so everyone knows it was paused and restarted.
 
Something the ad reminds me of

Good ad, and it reminded me of a certain phenomenon normally associated with Steve Jobs' stage presence: the Reality Distortion Field. 😉
 
I knew when I read it was filmed in NY that it would be great. Keeping with ipod's hip image, avoiding commodification.

Reminds me of that ad from a while ago for some car, where all the people moved in sync with the music the driver was playing. Another classic.

But, altogeather, really nice. I'm a fan. Sad no 4G, but hell, I suppose apple can't keep up w/ demand, anyway 🙂
 
The only iPod improvement I'd like to see is with respect to the battery. Eight hours is simply not long enough, and I don't like the idea of shelling out $60 for a third-party battery pack that a) is overpriced and b) is unwieldy.

Also, new battery with said longer battery life should also be more durable and reliable. My 30 gig iPod has now reached the 1 year point; it's running fine (crosses fingers), but a number of posts on Macrumors have me wondering just how long until the inevitable.
 
musicpyrite said:
I was thinking something along those lines, but another question: when he paused the song, the iPod made a clicking noise, and in the time I have owned my iPod the only 'noise' has been made from the earbuds. Did anybody else notice the 'clicking' noise?
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Thats because you have got your clicker turned off. 3rd Gen iPods have a clicker that you can turn off or on
 
Maybe there will be a new iPod tomorrow?

Has anyone noticed the link at the bottom of the ipod ad page that says "Learn More about the new iPod."?

Is there any significance of this?

Does Apple still refer to its 3G iPods as "new"? If not, that's a good since for the 4G tomorrow, although by the looks of it, still in the same form factor...
 
Borg3of5 said:
How lame.

So the 4G iPod [which is *NOT* the mini Ipod] is where? 😕
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sigh... posts like this are almost as bad as the ones about people being disappointed over no G5 pbooks.
 
hope this hasn't been said yet....

Here's to being far out and extremely psycho...

how about: this is just the edited version of the ipod commercial, and they'll digitally add in the new iPod ala 1985 commercial style? 🙂

Edit: Oh well its been posted online...so much for that idea...
 
This hipster theme is starting to get old. Though it presents a cool image it also excludes those who don't fit such an image. Why not aim advertising at others? How about a trucker playing hours of country music from an iPod with a car stereo adapter? A teacher listening to jazz while grading papers? A window washer listening to classical music while on the outside of a skyscraper? An accountant listening to classic rock while doing paperwork? Broaden the market and Apple will continue to have trouble keeping up with the rapid growth in demand for the iPod.
 
yamabushi said:
How about a trucker playing hours of country music from an iPod with a car stereo adapter? A teacher listening to jazz while grading papers? A window washer listening to classical music while on the outside of a skyscraper? An accountant listening to classic rock while doing paperwork?
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Would this be a risky message to their original target market? If your teacher had an iPod, maybe you wouldn't think it was so cool to have one!

Also, a mainstream TV ad has to be aimed for the mainstream TV audience - more kids than teachers. But let's say they created an ad intended for your jazz-loving teacher in a jazz magazine, or a teacher magazine, or on a jazz radio station. Then they might expand their target population without changing the original message to the original audience.
 
Borg3of5 said:
How lame.

So the 4G iPod [which is *NOT* the mini Ipod] is where? 😕
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Thank you for once again proving the point that some people are never satisfied. Let me guess, you want a G5 PowerBook too? 🙄

I really like the ad myself, and it's nice to see Apple getting away from the "dancing shadows" - it was a cool series of commercials, but I think one more would have been way over the top - the 4th dancing one was pushing it as it was (although I personally liked the remix of that NERD track...)

Edit: Just saw TRiPod's post - guess we think alike... 😎
 
he walks offscreen wearing black shoes...then comes back on screen wearing either white rollerskates (blades...resolution is bad) or white shoes on a skateboard...weird. does anyone know which it is?
 
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