HP rolls out ‘Let’s Do Amazing’ ad campaign

Continue reading HP rolls out ‘Let’s Do Amazing’ ad campaign

HP rolls out ‘Let’s Do Amazing’ ad campaign originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink   |  HP YouTube Channel, HP  | Email this | Comments

Stihl’s autumn calendar automatically rips through to tomorrow

Unless they’re incredibly quiet or potentially explosive, you won’t find us waxing poetic (or even prosaic) about leaf blowers. But if a company that produced leaf blowers made a motorized calendar that tore off its own pages? We’d tell you about that in a heartbeat — even if the wonderfully wasteful contraption turned out to be a viral ad by agency Euro RSCG rather than an actual household organizer, and even if its pages aren’t nearly as saucy as Stihl’s usual NSFW fare. Believe it or not, there’s no blade inside that brushed aluminum shell; the process works by ripping out the bookbinding thread along the calendar’s spine using a motorized reel. Join us in celebrating the wonder of pressed dead wood floating to earth all by its lonesome with a short video after the break.

Continue reading Stihl’s autumn calendar automatically rips through to tomorrow

Stihl’s autumn calendar automatically rips through to tomorrow originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink   |  DirectDaily  | Email this | Comments

HP ropes in Dr. Dre for ‘Lets Do Amazing’ personality makeover

When you think about HP, do you think about printers or maybe IT outsourcing? How about HP smartphones, ever think of them? You do know that HP still sells iPAQs right? That’s ok, we have to remind ourselves too, occasionally, and therein lies the problem: most consumers don’t have any idea what HP’s 300,000 employees are up to… or even care (ever encountered a rabid HP fanboy before?). While the enthusiast community is certainly anticipating the release of HP’s Slate or next Voodoo device, you’d be hard pressed to find any “normal people” who have even heard of them. So what’s HP to do?

Starting this weekend, HP will be blitzing the airwaves with its first advertising campaign in more than five years. The $40 million, eight-week “Lets Do Amazing” campaign features a number of celebs like “zany” comedian Rhys Darby and photographer Annie Leibovitz in pitches meant to give the very serious company a lighthearted makeover while explaining what it does. Hell, even HP fave Dr. Dre was convinced to shill, though knowing HP they’ll probably use his given name of Andre Romelle Young.

HP ropes in Dr. Dre for ‘Lets Do Amazing’ personality makeover originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink   |  Wall Street Journal  | Email this | Comments

HP Slate makes an appearance to show off Flash, stays for a rock concert

digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/gadgets/HP_Slate_makes_an_appearance_to_show_off_Flash’; It shouldn’t be any surprise that the HP Slate supports Flash, since it runs Windows 7, but we’ve seen so little of the device since Steve Ballmer first waved it around at CES that we’re still totally intrigued by this video from Adobe showing it in action. Yep, there it is, playing video, running casual Flash games, and using AIR applications. We also get a quick shot of the on-screen keyboard, which looks like a mildly tweaked version of the standard Windows 7 keyboard. We can’t say until we use it, but it certainly doesn’t look like it’ll be fun to type on. Interestingly, Flash is said to be hardware-accelerated on the Slate, which suggests something other than a bone-stock Atom setup in there — we’d guess it’s an Atom plus a Broadcom Crystal HD Accelerator, but there’s a chance it’s something else entirely. HP’s also posted up a new marketing video, which bears a striking resemblance to last night’s iPad commercial — until the end, which frankly makes no sense. Check ‘em both after the break.

[Thanks, Rick]

Continue reading HP Slate makes an appearance to show off Flash, stays for a rock concert

HP Slate makes an appearance to show off Flash, stays for a rock concert originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink   |  YouTube  | Email this | Comments

First iPad ad premieres during the Oscars

digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/apple/First_iPad_ad_premieres_during_the_Oscars’; Apple’s doing the Oscars up right tonight — not only was Steve Jobs making friends on the red carpet, but the company ran the first iPad ad just now during the broadcast. It’s pretty much what you’d expect out of an Apple ad, but, you know, more magical. Get ready for a blitz of these as we lead up to April 3. Video after the break.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Continue reading First iPad ad premieres during the Oscars

First iPad ad premieres during the Oscars originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink   |  Apple  | Email this | Comments

LG’s Feeney robot mascot sells air conditioners… with style

Continue reading LG’s Feeney robot mascot sells air conditioners… with style

LG’s Feeney robot mascot sells air conditioners… with style originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink   |  Plasticpals  | Email this | Comments

Verizon ‘vampire’ ad rips off Twilight, sticks it to AT&T

Hey, remember how all the lawsuits got dropped over the holiday period and we thought AT&T and Verizon would finally start to coexist like mature entities engaged in a civilized industry? Yeah, that didn’t last very long. Verizon is back with a biting ad campaign that continues poking fun at AT&T’s 3G coverage. The consumer is appropriately a vampire, whereas the young maiden keen on being consumed turns out to be… well, it’s more fun if we just let you watch it without any more spoilers. Needless to say, it’s some of Verizon’s funniest work yet. Head on past the break to see it.

[Thanks, Jay]

Continue reading Verizon ‘vampire’ ad rips off Twilight, sticks it to AT&T

Verizon ‘vampire’ ad rips off Twilight, sticks it to AT&T originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink   |  YouTube  | Email this | Comments

How many oranges does it take to charge an Apple? (video)

We’ve seen lemons power a digital clock, and we’ve seen an Orange tent energize a gaggle of Apples. But have you ever wondered how many oranges it would take to charge just a single Apple? Name games aside, we have to hand it to Imperial Leisure, the company that executed a new iPhone-centered advertisement aimed at raising awareness for Jaffa oranges. We won’t spoil the whole thing for you, but we will say that you’ll be far hungrier after watching than you are right now. Video’s past the break, per usual.

[Thanks, forumz]

Continue reading How many oranges does it take to charge an Apple? (video)

How many oranges does it take to charge an Apple? (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink Daily iPhone Blog  |  Imperial Leisure  | Email this | Comments

DirecTV suing Dish Network over Why Pay More ads, says there’s plenty of reasons

While we settle our disputes the old fashioned way (Judge Judy appearances) DirecTV’s taking its beef with recent Dish Network ads to a slightly different courtroom. The “Why Pay More” ad campaign has been running for the last year but it appears the latest “Man on the Street” spot (embedded after the break) is what has really upset DirecTV, claiming that its package costs around $20 a month more than Dish. The lawsuit filed Thursday claims the DirecTV services offers more, and higher quality channels than the one it’s being compared to, and according to Multichannel News, the company mentions many of the channels this ad is airing on aren’t a part of the Dish lineup being advertised. Of course, as long as it’s adding customers we don’t see Dish backing off the comparisons on its own anytime soon and you can just ask TiVo about how long it’s willing to take the heat in court.

DirecTV suing Dish Network over Why Pay More ads, says there’s plenty of reasons originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink Yahoo  |  YouTube  | Email this | Comments

VIZIO Super Bowl ad pushes internet connected HDTVs in a big way

We weren’t sure exactly what Beyonce, David Goes to the Dentist and Chocolate Rain all had in common, but VIZIO squeezed them all into its Super Bowl ad. Still striving to remake its reputation from being merely a cheap HDTV manufacturer to a premium one offering lots of features, the ad (embedded after the break) shows how it’s bringing “the best of the internet” with VIZIO Internet Apps. We still need to see if its picture quality will measure up and whether the widget experience has gotten any better (read: faster) in 2010 to be truly convinced, but a slick ad never hurt.

Continue reading VIZIO Super Bowl ad pushes internet connected HDTVs in a big way

VIZIO Super Bowl ad pushes internet connected HDTVs in a big way originally appeared on Engadget HD on Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments

• Recent Posts

  • Stanford develops safer lithium-sulfur batteries with four times the charge of lithium-ion cells
  • Tesla switches gears, plans to keep Roadster till 2012
  • Origin PC offers overclocked 4.3GHz Core i7-980X Extreme Edition on Genesis desktop
  • Jaxbot’s Windows Phone 7 Series Theme now available in beta (video)
  • Lego-borne BlackBerry Tour probably still lacks WiFi
  • Dell introduces $339 G2410H 24-inch 1080p LCD monitor, we go hands-on
  • Another optical wireless experiment shows us that LEDs will beam your future downloads
  • Engadget Podcast 187 – 03.13.2010
  • TomTom iPhone app hits 1.3, gains real-time traffic and Google local search
  • Dead iPad battery? Never mind replacing it, Apple just sends another iPad for $99

• Categories

  • Uncategorized

• Archives

  • March 2010
  • February 2010
  • January 2010
  • December 2009
  • November 2009
  • October 2009
  • September 2009
  • August 2009
  • July 2009

• Blogroll

  • Development Blog
  • Documentation
  • Engadget - Engadget
  • - PK with PHP!
  • - PK with PHP!
  • Plugins
  • Suggest Ideas
  • Support Forum
  • Themes
  • WordPress Planet

• Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries RSS
  • Comments RSS

Installed by SimpleScripts