Funny new commercial

ardeegee · 09-12-2010, 08:20 PM

carld · 09-12-2010, 08:29 PM

Thanks for that. A friend told me about it, but I missed it when it was on.

Oh, and I vote for truthful and funny, not that I have anything against iPads.

soondai · 09-12-2010, 08:41 PM

I saw that last night during SNL and told my wife it made me glad I went with a clearance Sony over a Kindle.

It's like the old Grey Poupon commercials w/o the tongue-in-cheek quality

Boston · 09-12-2010, 09:49 PM

I think it effectively brings home a benefit of e-ink that many are not aware of.

The irony is that there are reports that the K3 page turns slow down significantly in the heat (while this may have always been the case, it seems this is more pronounced). I wonder if the new Sony's will have the same problem.

jhempel24 · 09-12-2010, 09:51 PM

Glad to see Kindle is comparing apples to oranges...BUT people that don't know the difference will see that kindle is better for reading, but iPad is better for everything else...BECAUSE IT'S NOT AN EREADER!!

Dopedangel · 09-12-2010, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by jhempel24

Glad to see Kindle is comparing apples to oranges...BUT people that don't know the difference will see that kindle is better for reading, but iPad is better for everything else...BECAUSE IT'S NOT AN EREADER!!

Apple taught the competition about such advertising with the way they promoted their own products previously now everyone is doing it to them from Verizon and Motorola and their droid ads and now Amazon with this.

HistoryWes · 09-12-2010, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by jhempel24

BECAUSE IT'S NOT AN EREADER!!

?????

kindlekitten · 09-13-2010, 01:41 AM

hahahahaha AWESOME!

m-reader · 09-13-2010, 01:54 AM

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Originally Posted by jhempel24

Glad to see Kindle is comparing apples to oranges...BUT people that don't know the difference will see that kindle is better for reading, but iPad is better for everything else...BECAUSE IT'S NOT A DEDICATED EREADER!!

There, I fixed that for ya. Of course you can read e-books on iPad, please let us not open that particular can of worms again

FizzyWater · 09-13-2010, 02:27 AM

Yeah, I'm no fan of the Apple collective, but I can certainly picture the ad from Apple:

Same two actors in the waiting queue for the resort restaurant that evening. Guy has his iPad, woman has her Kindle. She's reading as she waits. He pulls out the iPad and...

...checks his reservation status
...checks his email
...discovers that there are still tickets available for a show/movie/whatever and orders them immediately

"So, good book?"

Richey79 · 09-13-2010, 04:01 AM

Amazon should rise above Apple and get a sense of humour.

Are the kind of people who read books likely to get a kick out of being able to

? Those in the market for a tech device, sure.

Maybe Sony should try an ad with three gardeners:

'The walls of my orchard have stronger cement than yours.'

'The walls of my match-wood garden are much higher than yours.'

'My garden doesn't have any walls, so I grow whatever I like.'

fjtorres · 09-13-2010, 06:41 AM

What goes around comes around.
Not that there is anything to get excited over; the guy could be reading on any LCD tablet device. Nobody is called out by name or portrayed by a dumpy clueless guy.
To me the ad is just saying "yes, you can read outdoors in it."

Sweetpea · 09-13-2010, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by FizzyWater

Yeah, I'm no fan of the Apple collective, but I can certainly picture the ad from Apple:

Same two actors in the waiting queue for the resort restaurant that evening. Guy has his iPad, woman has her Kindle. She's reading as she waits. He pulls out the iPad and...

...checks his reservation status
...checks his email
...discovers that there are still tickets available for a show/movie/whatever and orders them immediately

"So, good book?"

I personally like ads like that. It shows the advantages and disadvantages of both devices...

Solicitous · 09-13-2010, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Boston

I think it effectively brings home a benefit of e-ink that many are not aware of.

The irony is that there are reports that the K3 page turns slow down significantly in the heat (while this may have always been the case, it seems this is more pronounced). I wonder if the new Sony's will have the same problem.

The iPad had a lot of publicity over it auto shutting down when it got hot, then very quickly reports seemed to fade away. We'll see the same with the Kindle.

Not sure about the Sony.

Psykhe · 09-13-2010, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by FizzyWater

Yeah, I'm no fan of the Apple collective, but I can certainly picture the ad from Apple:

Same two actors in the waiting queue for the resort restaurant that evening. Guy has his iPad, woman has her Kindle. She's reading as she waits. He pulls out the iPad and...

...checks his reservation status
...checks his email
...discovers that there are still tickets available for a show/movie/whatever and orders them immediately

"So, good book?"

Considering the 3g Kindle can do this as well (in the US at least) it wouldn't really be accurate.

09-12-2010, 08:20 PM	#1
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carld Wizard Posts: 2,698 Karma: 4748723 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Thanks for that. A friend told me about it, but I missed it when it was on. Oh, and I vote for truthful and funny, not that I have anything against iPads.

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soondai Guru Posts: 672 Karma: 1109784 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Paperwhite	I saw that last night during SNL and told my wife it made me glad I went with a clearance Sony over a Kindle. It's like the old Grey Poupon commercials w/o the tongue-in-cheek quality

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Boston Fanatic Posts: 555 Karma: 40032 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Boston :) Device: Kindle, Kobo Aura H20, Pixel XL	I think it effectively brings home a benefit of e-ink that many are not aware of. The irony is that there are reports that the K3 page turns slow down significantly in the heat (while this may have always been the case, it seems this is more pronounced). I wonder if the new Sony's will have the same problem.

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jhempel24 Wizard Posts: 2,157 Karma: 7068605 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, B&N Nook Colro	Glad to see Kindle is comparing apples to oranges...BUT people that don't know the difference will see that kindle is better for reading, but iPad is better for everything else...BECAUSE IT'S NOT AN EREADER!!

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kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	hahahahaha AWESOME!

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FizzyWater You kids get off my lawn! Posts: 4,220 Karma: 73492664 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Columbus, Ohio Device: Oasis 2 and Libra H2O and half a dozen older models I can't let go of	Yeah, I'm no fan of the Apple collective, but I can certainly picture the ad from Apple: Same two actors in the waiting queue for the resort restaurant that evening. Guy has his iPad, woman has her Kindle. She's reading as she waits. He pulls out the iPad and... ...checks his reservation status ...checks his email ...discovers that there are still tickets available for a show/movie/whatever and orders them immediately "So, good book?"

09-13-2010, 04:01 AM	#11
Richey79 mrkrgnao Posts: 241 Karma: 237248 Join Date: May 2010 Device: PRS650, K3 Wireless, Galaxy S3, iPad 3.	Amazon should rise above Apple and get a sense of humour. Are the kind of people who read books likely to get a kick out of being able to ? Those in the market for a tech device, sure. Maybe Sony should try an ad with three gardeners: 'The walls of my orchard have stronger cement than yours.' 'The walls of my match-wood garden are much higher than yours.' 'My garden doesn't have any walls, so I grow whatever I like.'

09-13-2010, 06:41 AM	#12
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	What goes around comes around. Not that there is anything to get excited over; the guy could be reading on any LCD tablet device. Nobody is called out by name or portrayed by a dumpy clueless guy. To me the ad is just saying "yes, you can read outdoors in it."