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You want obsessive coverage eh, well here it is: the latest Palm Pre ad just unveiled on Facebook. No smack-talk, no smarmy reference to the competition, just an impassioned plea that approaches gently upon the pads of kittens, gazes in your direction, and then walks away. If we didn’t know better, we’d guess that Pre was a new brand of feminine deodorant. Give it a whiff after the break.

Continue reading Video: Latest Palm Pre ad makes poppies seem brutish

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Video: Latest Palm Pre ad makes poppies seem brutish originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Know what happens in the run-up to a major product launch? Rumors are mongered and advertisements are sold, lots and lots of ads. So we’re not surprised to find the two colliding in the shape of an un-calibrated (not Pre calibrated, it’s not yet in sync with the calendar) countdown timer that’s destined for every tech and consumer oriented website on these here Internets. Since Engadget maintains a strict editorial separation from advertising, there’s no way for us to know for sure if this is legit. However, we reached out to Notebook.com who gave us a very convincing backstory for how they came up with this timer (that we saw working) showing a June 6th launch — smack in the middle of the June 5th and June 7th dates rumored. Still, a Saturday? How very un-Sprint-like. Come on Palm, out with it already — make the date official.

Update: Notebook.com pulled the original story. No worries, we now know it’s true anyway.

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Palm Pre counting down to a June 6th launch? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 May 2009 03:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’ve been wondering when we’d see the next Laptop Hunters ad from Microsoft, but it looks like the company’s throwing a change-up: its latest 30-second spot features Wes Moss, Certified Financial Planner, explaining that iTunes “costs a lot” while Zune Pass “costs a little.” The argument, of course, is that at a buck a song (or more), filling up your iPod costs way more than the $15 / month cost of the Zune subscription service, but we’ve got a feeling that Wes just won’t convince as many people as Lauren and Giampaulo — while we certainly think Zune Pass is a great deal, especially with the 10 free tracks a month now included, most people have plenty of music from all kinds of sources already, and an additional monthly bill in the current economy doesn’t seem all too appealing. Plus, well, this argument has never really worked for services like Yahoo and Rhapsody in the past, so we’re not sure it’s going to work now. But that’s just us — we’re sure you’ve got your own opinions, so check out the vid after the break and sound off.

P.S. If Wes looks familiar it’s because he was a contestant on Donald Trump’s The Apprentice. He was fired.

[Via Ars Technica; thanks Travis and Michael S.]

Continue reading Microsoft’s latest ad: iTunes and the iPod are crazy expensive

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Microsoft’s latest ad: iTunes and the iPod are crazy expensive originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 11 May 2009 18:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Advertisers have finally picked up on what we’ve known all along: nerds are the modern day rock stars.

Video: Intel, we are rock stars originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 07 May 2009 07:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This is a very creative advertisement conveying on a very strong theme of “Think Family”. An effective video can convey the message you intended across to your customers in just 3 minutes. Therefore, an effective sales pitch can be done within this timeframe to capture your target customers!

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