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New iPod Ad in Production?

Macrumors said:
According to an unconfirmed source, Apple is working on a new iPod commercial presently, directed by Spike Jonze.

The new commercial reportedly features characters jumping from one musical to another.

It's unknown if the commercial features a new/revised iPod or simply the current iPod models.
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MUSICALS!!!! WHOOP-EE!!!!

Wish List for the Ad:
Moulin Rouge (PLEASE!!!!! This was a great film in my opinion)
Singing In the Rain (Everyone knows this tune)
8 Mile (just for variety's sake)
Saturday Night Fever (John Travolta with an iPod, what's cooler?)
Wizard of Oz (Dorthy now has a Ruby Red iPod mini)
and For kicks let's go for
The Muppet Movie: Rainbow Connection (A CLASSIC!!!)
The Producers: Springtime For Hitler (Funny, but Risky)

and yeah, i got the list of AFIs top 100 songs from the movies infront of me.
 
WiFiPod can tune in AirPort Express

MarksEvilTwin said:
Ok, just speculating on what this kind of ad concept could represent if indeed it is advertising new iPods, not just being a new campaign...could this represent the next gen ipod having built in 802.11.g for streaming to airport express? Have your ipod on your belt, walk into a party with an airport express, start streaming your playlist without wires or a computer?
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I think you're almost right; it sounds like the WiFiPod can tune in to the Airport Express. Which probably means it can also broadcast and tune in to ad-hoc networks (your buddy's iPod) as well.

If you walked down the street and everybody had an AirportExpress you'd hear something like jumping from Musical to Musical.

I wonder if it'll be like the Janet Jackson Diet Coke commercials where they edit in the dude with the dreads dancing with Maria from West Side Story or whatever. Nah, too corny.
 
I think the jumping will single a airtunes type feature with wireless broadcasting the playlist to a stereo or something. This should mean a G4 Ipod!
 
i wish

i wish for a gazillion jillion dollars!

...Or a rich mac loving generous husband who could buy me each new top end apple product of my choosing every time they release new product for me and my kids. As well as keep my looking pretty til i'm 145 years old (while still claiming 29). He also must be a man who likes Dance Dance revolution and punk rock.
 
nagromme said:
iPod-at-home is a software feature and could be enabled by a later iPod download when Tiger ships, without making the hardware wait until then.
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There is no reason why current G1, G2 and G3 ipods can't utilitize iPod at Home feature... if Apple only allow G4 iPods to do then.. bloody scammers!!

Wireless iPod at Home, would be most excellent!
 
imo

Trowaman said:
MUSICALS!!!! WHOOP-EE!!!!

Wish List for the Ad:
Moulin Rouge (PLEASE!!!!! This was a great film in my opinion)
Singing In the Rain (Everyone knows this tune)
8 Mile (just for variety's sake)
Saturday Night Fever (John Travolta with an iPod, what's cooler?)
Wizard of Oz (Dorthy now has a Ruby Red iPod mini)
and For kicks let's go for
The Muppet Movie: Rainbow Connection (A CLASSIC!!!)
The Producers: Springtime For Hitler (Funny, but Risky)

and yeah, i got the list of AFIs top 100 songs from the movies infront of me.
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i watched that afi special the other day

moulin Rouge was pure crap. #1 worst movie ever. ruining music of all types. the worst part was when everyone broke out in "smells like teen spirit". seeing iPods in that environment would convince me to drop apple for pc's and linux.
 
Stella said:
There is no reason why current G1, G2 and G3 ipods can't utilitize iPod at Home feature... if Apple only allow G4 iPods to do then.. bloody scammers!!

Wireless iPod at Home, would be most excellent!
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Of course iPod at home will work on all iPods, but I bet they will use it as a big selling point for the next generation because of all the enormous capacity. Only some have a music library to fill fifty or sixty gigs, not too many people really pass twenty. So it would make sense for the new pods to come out around the same time as the iPod at home software to justify people's purchases of the fourth generation ipods. I doubt apple would release such a big feature as an update when they have a new OS that they can implement it into coming out in a few months. They'll use it as a selling point.

But the only thing I really care about is that the battery life gets significantly larger.
 
iLilana said:
i watched that afi special the other day

moulin Rouge was pure crap. #1 worst movie ever. ruining music of all types. the worst part was when everyone broke out in "smells like teen spirit". seeing iPods in that environment would convince me to drop apple for pc's and linux.
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I have the soundtrack and the Smells Like team Spirit isn't on it. Nor do I remember it in the movie. Oh well, I still think it was a great film, but you are more than welcome to your opinion.

I guess we all agreed Rainbow Connection would be fun to see. I mean, really? Who hates Kermit the Frog?
 
hokka said:
...and he's the man behind "Adaptation" & "Being John Malkovich".

You should watch this DVD: http://www.directorslabel.com/spike_jonze.html

Apple should get the other 2 direcctor gods - Michel Gondry & Chris Cunningham to do an ad each as well... that'd really rock!
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AND... Don't forget his role as "PFC Conrad Vig" in THREE KINGS, creator of "Jackass" and former husband of Sofia Coppola. Also, heir to the Speigel catalogue fortune.

ALSO... I think I would give a kidney to see a Chris Cunningham Apple ad.
 
Trowaman said:
I have the soundtrack and the Smells Like team Spirit isn't on it. Nor do I remember it in the movie. Oh well, I still think it was a great film, but you are more than welcome to your opinion.
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"Smells Like Teen Spirit" was in the movie during the first big musical number in the Moulin Rouge nightclub. I agree that it was a really good movie, but there was a little too much of those After Effects-type camera moves.
 
3.5 generation?

This may sound stupid, but what do we call the iPod minis in terms of genealogy? I know what to call the first 3 revisions of the iPod, but what do you call the iPod mini? 3.5 generation iPod? It is the 4th kind of the iPod, but it seems too different to be classified with the shiny white iPods.
Well, at least I'm glad Apple FINALLY intergrated iPod minis with the Mini Cooper, (Click on link below, becuase I couldn't find it on Apple's site) that Volkswagen "Pods Unite" thing was SO dumb. By the way, who did that ad? Where the song is like "Reach for the Sun." Yeah okay.
CLICKY!
 
Apple and TBWA\Chiat\Day failed to clinch the Cannes Lions Grand Prix for Film as predicted by AdAge. The "Dance" TVC was awarded with a Bronze.
 
iPod-At-Home?

I watched the keynote and checked out the preview, but what's this iPod-at-Home feature? I guess reading these threads for 2 hours doesn't cut it... ;) J/K
 
nsb3000 said:
We can all agree that the G5 ad sucked a big one. But Apple does not just need better ads, they need more of them, showing on a much larger quantity of spots. With the exception of the ipod ads, I feel that no Apple ad has ever had deep enough penetration that I have ever seen it more than, like once, on TV, just by chance. Apple has a lot of Cash...a small investment in advertising the Mac line would surely pay big dividends..
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no offense, but you are not apples marketing team. they have professionals who know what they are doing much more than you do.
 
hotwire132002 said:
The new ad's out!

See this thread
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Not bad, but I thought at first that you really meant there was a new ad...until I saw your emoticon. ;)

I'm surprised that Apple hasn't advertised more for the 100 million songs...but I suppose that there just isn't enough time to do so between the 95 million and 100 million mark.
 
How come you never see a Mac ad that shows that a Mac will do? I would like to see a iLife or Office 2004 in a 60 second commerical. Or show a "Life at the office' with one person using a Mac and another person using Windows.
That commerical would be very funny. Or show someone hooking up a brand new camera and having to deal with drivers with Windows vs someone with a Mac. And this would be during Christmas or someone's birthday.

I agree that the G5 ad sucked. It reminded me of something Commodore would do with the Commodore Amiga. It seemed like an 80's ad.
 
puckhead193 said:
Good because the one with the guy in the city really suxs. That would not make me buy and ipod. ANd while were on commercials, the BMW one suxs to. Apple needs a new advertising company.....
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:rolleyes:
[sarcasm]
Yeah.
Apple's advertising company sux.
They NEVER get recognized for effective and ground breaking advertising.
If only Apple could have marketed the iPod better it might not have been such a failure.
[/sarcasm]
:rolleyes:
 
Fuchal said:
How about advertising the other products sometime. :p
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Why bother when you can't seem to buy any of them?

In fact why bother advertising the iPod? I remember how long it took for mine to arrive. So long, in fact, that a week after I received my shiny new 30 gig iPod, they upgraded the top-of-the-range iPod to 40 gigs.

B*****ds
 
Dom said:
Why bother when you can't seem to buy any of them?

In fact why bother advertising the iPod? I remember how long it took for mine to arrive. So long, in fact, that a week after I received my shiny new 30 gig iPod, they upgraded the top-of-the-range iPod to 40 gigs.

B*****ds
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If it truly was a week, that's a situation where you should be able to call them up and tell them what happened... at least, if you ordered the iPod from Apple. I'm pretty sure they would either get you $100 back or upgrade you to a 40 gig. It's too late now, but that goes for any future product.

By the way, to everyone else in this thread: having characters jumping from one musical to the next most likely means nothing. No wireless music streaming, none of that. It's just Spike Jonze being creative.
 
virus1 said:
no offense, but you are not apples marketing team. they have professionals who know what they are doing much more than you do.
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Apple's marketing team sucks. If they were any good they would have been able to increase Mac sales. They failed. I think that they are probably too fixated on their current way of advertising, public relations, pricing, and design. I agree with the above posters that Apple should look to outside marketing firms for a fresh approach.
 
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