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iPod NEW iPod TV Ads!

maxterpiece said:
ya'll know this isn't a new song right? It came out like four years ago.
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i thought it was new, at least i haven't heard it before this year, their clint eastwood song is older. The official fan site said that song came out this year, so does iTMS
 
getting sick of this style of ads...

should've reached its peak with U2, then should have gotten other celebrities... or just give it a rest.

i think it could have become a phenomenon... everyone would have loved to get silhouette-ed.
 
crawdad62 said:
I'm surprised that they haven't tried it. There's probably quite a lot of people that haven't even seen an Apple computer or OSX and would probably be blown away.

But I guess they're doing something right.
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well, lets face it - the consumer macs apple builds arent really anything that blows you away. Prices are not exactly an eye catcher as well.
The only thing i could easily get someone to buy is a mac mini - but thats not exactly a power maschine. for the same price, anyone can build a pc with much more bang - plus anybody knows someone that knows how to tinker with pc's. but once youve got a mac problem and no internet....
 
you gotta give apple credit for how well made the ad is. but i really don't think the feel good inc track suits the video, plus the silouhette style is getting old now.
 
Is there still many people who uses rollerskates? I thought rollerblades would be more recent. Anyway, coupled with the song. This ad looks rather retro IMO.
 
macdaddy121 said:
I personally like them. No one skates anymore so it was fun to watch people that know how to do it well. I also liked the music.
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Completely agree!

Nice to see some real roller skating vice the inline type stunts.

Brings back fond memories of many years ago.

Sushi
 
I love the Gorillaz! I'm ready for Demon Dayz to be released. So I may be a bit biased when i say this song/ad rocks hardcore.
 
I really like the silouette ads. I am glad apple is sticking with them and adding a new twist. :D
 
Comon people- apple puts a ton of money into researching these ads to see if they work. They wouldnt't do it if it wasn't having an effect.
 
maxterpiece said:
ya'll know this isn't a new song right? It came out like four years ago.
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Um, I don't know where you heard that, but it's not remotely true. The Gorillaz last album came out about four years ago, but this song wasn't on it. This song is the single on their upcoming album, "Demon Days," which comes out May 24th.
 
joshua_msu said:
BORING. Same old same old.
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Yeah, pretty much. Maybe a different product being advertised, of maybe some sort of twist to the ads. Rollerskates did add an interesting dimension, though
 
MacFan782040 said:
Comon people- apple puts a ton of money into researching these ads to see if they work. They wouldnt't do it if it wasn't having an effect.
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i agree. also, the previous mac ads they were running probably weren't doing too well, or making much of a difference. it'll be hard for them to make a new ad campaign as well-received as this for macs. but i'm sure they'll do it sooner or later.
 
anyone notice it doesn't say mac or pc at the end? just ipod+itunes, the green dancers then ?
strange. i wonder why they would intentionally leave that out?
all in all good, just a little old. where's the mac ads for chrissakes? there i had to say that. they have freakin 58% of the market for the shuffle within 3 months and they can't break 2 percent of computers? tons of ads for shuffle, none for mac. see a correlation? the ads are working now put a mac in there. like someone dancing around with a powermac in their pocket and headphones coming out the front jack! and a power cord o' course! lol "mac+linux starting at 1499"
 
yeah I'm pretty sure everyone and their mom's dog knows about the iPod by now and have seen the silloette ads. Heck there's a tiny industry of graphic artist selling custom iPod "ads" made from any photo.

Really apple, the sillioette ads have peaked.
 
Bah. The iPod ads are obviously working, and Mac sales have been going up at a manageable pace (what, you wanted Mac sales to grow exponentially so you could watch QA go down the drain?)

Hey, it could be worse: it's been 45 years and the silly rabbit still hasn't figured out that Trix are for kids.
 
not impressed...

Anybody else tired of these ads? Actually, I know some of you are by reading your responses. But I was really hoping the next line of advertisements that came from apple would be showcasing some of their other hardware (iMac, Powerbook, etc.) or even Tiger. Shucks....

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O yeah, the song on the Shuffle ad was better than this one as well.
 
tech4all said:
I have to disagree with that. They're not so much advertising the product, but rather the thing you get from the product. I mean people don't want an iPod because "it's an iPod" (ok well maybe some do :D), they want it because it plays music, and the ads show people having fun listening to music and if you get an iPod, you can do that to. This is really with most products. You don't buy a BMW because it's a "BMW" you buy it because of the quality and style, etc. It's not so much the product we want, it's use of the product and what it can do for us is what we want. Thus I think Apple's iPod ads are very useful and effective, if they weren't the iPod line probably wouldn't be as successful as it is now. So the ads must be working to some degree.

That's just the way I see it.

EDIT: And I would agree with you if the iPod were a new product. But most people already know what the iPod looks like, they don't need ads to tell them that. Concentrating on how the iPod can make you feel and what it can make you do is more effective now.
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Wow, someone that finally understands marketing. They need to APPEAL to the consumer. They could really care less what we thought about their adds, because we will by regardless. They are setting a trend for the younger people such as myself. Everyone around campus had iPods. Why... becuase it's the "in" thing, plus they are very good products.
 
iMeowbot said:
Bah. The iPod ads are obviously working, and Mac sales have been going up at a manageable pace (what, you wanted Mac sales to grow exponentially so you could watch QA go down the drain?)

Hey, it could be worse: it's been 45 years and the silly rabbit still hasn't figured out that Trix are for kids.
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The funniest things I've heard all day, by far!

I'm a little sick of the iPod ads, and I really wish they would do more Mac ads. This is one of my least favorite iPod ads. It just, doesn't, flow.

However, the iPod is still really strong, at least here in So. Cal. It's like everyone at my high school wants an iPod, even the kids that were originally against the iPod. Nice going Apple. :D
-Chase
 
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