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.
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Verizon advertising says Droid is for men, Pre is for women (video)
If you ask us, the Palm Pre Plus pretty much sells itself. So if we were working out a promo campaign for it, we’d just display the competitive pricing front and center and get the hell out of the product’s way. But that just wouldn’t do for Verizon. After all the machismo it attached to the Droid, the wireless provider is back with a set of ads for the Pre Plus targeted at the modern lady. We’re not told why two slabs of plastic and silicon with comparable sliding keyboards and similar internals must be compartmentalized by gender, but we don’t really care. The new ads are crazy enough in themselves, so just go see ‘em after the break.
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Verizon advertising says Droid is for men, Pre is for women (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Nokia mounts huge Ovi Maps signpost on a crane in London (video)
We’re generally reluctant to cover purely promotional stunts like these, but when you decide to jack up a house-sized arrow on a crane and hang it next to London’s Thames river, well, exceptions can be made. Nokia’s big push to inform the world that Ovi Maps is free — now and forever — has culminated in the above sign, whose most appealing feature must be that it allows commoners like you and us to control it. People can send in a missive and coordinates via text or email, and then watch as the giant pointer rotates to the given direction and displays their wisdom to the world. See it in action after the break.
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Intel fires employees out of cannons, flirts with supervillainy
If you had to play a five-note jingle in the most extravagant way possible, how would you go about it? Intel’s answer is to propel five “engineers” through the air and into specially prepared jumbo-sized tubular bells. The result is the familiar “Intel Inside” tune, and for extra flair points the big bad monopolist also throws in a countdown done in Finnish which you’ll definitely want to see and hear. The video lies after the break and yes, of course it’s a fake — even the engineers are just hired actors.
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Intel fires employees out of cannons, flirts with supervillainy originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Best Buy goes 3D, even augmented reality isn’t safe from advertising
In its never-ending quest to sell you more things, Best Buy has added augmented reality to its Sunday ads. The printed missives can now be used, in conjunction with a webcam and a purpose-built website, to create 3D representations of the latest product being pimped. Yes, it’s probably easier to walk to a store and handle the goods in person, but that’s hardly the point of AR now, is it? We’re not sure where to rank this effort in the pantheon of quirky promotional ideas, but we’ll give credit to the big box retailer for stepping outside itself and trying something new to separate you from your hard-earned cash.
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Best Buy goes 3D, even augmented reality isn’t safe from advertising originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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