IPad Commercial - Noooo make it stop!

[Bert]

Please Apple surely you can afford to make another commercial by now..

LoL just seems like everything I watch plays this commercial atleast 5 times.

 

[Gee!]

I can honestly say I have never seen that commercial.. Although the music for it sounds familar.. Do they use that music for other apple products?

 

[Brian in Mesa]

First time I've seen it either.

Maybe you need to watch another channel.

 

[Bert]

I can honestly say I have never seen that commercial.. Although the music for it sounds familar.. Do they use that music for other apple products?

LoL yeah Gee it's pretty much the Apple theme song right now. There are about 10 different versions of this one. All of them are like this one.


IPad is..... (fill in the blank) Thats the theme of the commercials. They are everywhere BIM I know you've seen one dont lie to Bert!

Anyways just playing around that song gets stuck in my head though! lol

 

[Shane]

Never seen it either. I'm buying one this month however

 

[AzStevenCal]

Never seen it either. I'm buying one this month however

For why? How do you fall prey to their advertising campaign without having watched their commercial? Take a bite out of evil, leave the Apple on the tree (or the shelf).

BTW, the above is a completely uninformed, knee jerk reaction from someone that doesn't know a single thing about the tech involved. I'm just mad at them for having taken the E-book format war to the next level.

Steve

 

[Bert]

If you guys watched the Orange Bowl tonight you saw it atleast 3 times.

 

[Shane]

For why? How do you fall prey to their advertising campaign without having watched their commercial? Take a bite out of evil, leave the Apple on the tree (or the shelf).

BTW, the above is a completely uninformed, knee jerk reaction from someone that doesn't know a single thing about the tech involved. I'm just mad at them for having taken the E-book format war to the next level.

Steve

Because my son got one for Christmas. I cant put the damn thing down and he is getting annoyed with me

 

[AzStevenCal]

Because my son got one for Christmas. I cant put the damn thing down and he is getting annoyed with me

Aah! That's pretty much how I ended up with a Kindle (and a mad-on about APPLE). My wife has wanted a Kindle since they came out and I finally gave in and bought her one for her birthday (November). Every time she turned around her stupid husband had glommed on to it so she made me buy her another to make up for the one that kept disappearing.

Steve

 

[Shane]

Aah! That's pretty much how I ended up with a Kindle (and a mad-on about APPLE). My wife has wanted a Kindle since they came out and I finally gave in and bought her one for her birthday (November). Every time she turned around her stupid husband had glommed on to it so she made me buy her another to make up for the one that kept disappearing.

Steve

Did I mention I get my rebate checks from AMEX and Costco as well for last years purchases? yea it will basically be free. Will come out of pocket about 80.00

 

[AzStevenCal]

Did I mention I get my rebate checks from AMEX and Costco as well for last years purchases? yea it will basically be free. Will come out of pocket about 80.00

That's pretty cool. You're actually getting it at cost.

Steve

 

[Chaplin]

Aah! That's pretty much how I ended up with a Kindle (and a mad-on about APPLE). My wife has wanted a Kindle since they came out and I finally gave in and bought her one for her birthday (November). Every time she turned around her stupid husband had glommed on to it so she made me buy her another to make up for the one that kept disappearing.

Steve

Since I only vaguely follow your opinion, what do you think of the Kindle? I got a couple gift cards for Christmas and I'd like to get an e-reader (I have a huge collection of ebooks but nothing to read them on except the computer). Kindle seems to be the best one, although the one thing I don't like about it is that it doesn't read LIT files (those are Microsoft proprietary).

The iPad is too damn expensive.

 

[AzStevenCal]

Since I only vaguely follow your opinion, what do you think of the Kindle? I got a couple gift cards for Christmas and I'd like to get an e-reader (I have a huge collection of ebooks but nothing to read them on except the computer). Kindle seems to be the best one, although the one thing I don't like about it is that it doesn't read LIT files (those are Microsoft proprietary).

The iPad is too damn expensive.

That's okay, I only vaguely follow my opinion also. As for the Kindle, I absolutely love it. I had hesitated buying one for a few years because I had been anticipating buying the iPad when it came out and figured I could use it for books and comic books (silver age mostly-it's an age thing). However, the ipad's lack of connectivity (and price) scared me away and as the price of Kindle dropped all the way to 139 dollars, it was too cheap to pass up.

It holds up to it's reputation. I can read it easily in just about any light and it doesn't take more than a few minutes to forget you're not holding a book. It's easy to sit back in almost any environment and read one-handed. It's light enough that your hand won't tire and page turning is very functional.

It's everything I hoped it would be with one exception. Apple's foray into the market has muddied the waters and a lot of books are no longer available for any reader. To be fair, I did not do a lot of personal research on this product. I took the work others did in comparing the various e-readers and as I'm sure you've discovered, Kindle wins or at least ties in just about every study.

In the end, I'd say go with Kindle if you're looking for a dedicated e-reader. If you're on the move and you just want one device to handle a multitude of apps, I'd wait for the ipad 2 which has promised some connectivity and a rear camera amongst other improvements. Actually, those things are rumored not promised but I take a good rumor as a promise anyway.

Steve

 

[Stout]

Boo! Save your eyes and read a real damn book

 

[Mulli]

Did I mention I get my rebate checks from AMEX and Costco as well for last years purchases? yea it will basically be free. Will come out of pocket about 80.00

Not free.

 

[AzStevenCal]

Boo! Save your eyes and read a real damn book

Boo! Save your planet and read a real damn e-reader

Steve

 

[Shane]

Not free.

Not free. "basically free" compared to what I'm coming out of pocket and their cost to buy.

No stupid coupon involved either.

 

[Shane]

Boo! Save your eyes and read a real damn book

Ive read a 1000's of books. Will take the reader every time!

 

[Shane]

That's pretty cool. You're actually getting it at cost.

Steve

 

[DemsMyBoys]

LoL yeah Gee it's pretty much the Apple theme song right now. There are about 10 different versions of this one. All of them are like this one.

I'm hopelessly obsessed with this commercial. The first few time I heard it, the tune drove me nuts. Then I realised the piano didn't start on the downbeat. (A ploy they obviously put in to catch the attention of people like me who actually notice these things.) The percussion has changed as has the piano arrangement as the footbal season has gone by. I couldn't even tell you what they're doing on the pad itself.