Motorola pulls a Seinfeld with its new Megan Fox ad campaign
Not since the bizarre casting of infamous Mac-head Jerry Seinfeld as Microsoft’s pitchman has there been such a “What the F?” advertising moment as seeing Megan Fox appear in Motorola’s new Devour Super Bowl commercial.
As anyone who’s ever stalked Megan knows, she’s a die-hard iPhone user. It will be interesting to see if she has to start walking around with the Devour as part of her contract, or if she only sold her body, not her soul.
New study says fewer people thinking of buying an iPad now that they actually know what it is
Filed under: Apple Bashing, Apple Fanboyism, Polls, iPad
Retrevo, everyone’s favorite tech polling site, has published a comparison between its customer’s desire to buy an Apple tablet both pre- and post iPad keynote. The results show a marked decrease in interest in the new Apple product, with half of all respondents now saying they have NO desire to buy an iPad, down from 26% before the announcement.
I kind of find this poll interesting in that I had the exact OPPOSITE reaction to the iPad unveiling. For years I had said I would never want to buy an Apple tablet, but each day I find I am more and more interested in buy an iPad. Why? Because it ISN’T an Apple tablet.
Sitting here typing on my MacBook Pro while watching the Super Bowl, I can’t imagine sitting in the same position and typing as easily on a tablet. Sure, tablets look great for reading eBooks and webpages, but for actual computing tasks they would suck. I would have to have my knees raised an extra 15-20 degrees, and my arms bent in, uncomfortably close to my body in order to type, and I would have to give up my ability to have my screen tilted to a comfortable viewing angle. But aside from typing, I primarily use my laptop for editing photos in iPhoto, editing video in Final Cut, and creating Photoshop, After Effects, or Flash graphics, none of which I would want to do on a 10-inch touch screen.
What I WOULD want to do would be surf the web, e-mail, play games, and watch SlingBox and (hopefully) Netflix content on it. It also might be a cool way to control Airtunes and the Apple TV. But I was never looking to replace my laptop or tower with a tablet. The idea that carrying a 5lb computer is such a chore over carrying a 1 lb computer has always seemed ridiculous to me. You would still buy a bag for it, likely with a shoulder strap. Unless you walk more than 2 miles while carrying your laptop each day, you’re not going to convince me that carrying a MacBook Pro is a burden vs an iPad.
Sure, I don’t NEED an iPad – no one who owns an iPhone and MacBook DOES– but it isn’t as hard to justify buying decision as a true Apple Tablet would have been.
Man, is there anything that DOESN’T set Hitler off?
Filed under: Apple Bashing, Apple Fanboyism, Humor, iPad
First we saw Hitler get upset when his car got stolen, then about the lack of camera in the iPod touch, and again when he got banned from xBox live. Well, surprise surprise, Hitler’s not exactly thrilled with the iPad either.
Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Matt and the rest of you who sent this in.
Obama’s stable of Mac Chicks
Faithful Macenstein reader Brad writes: “Check out Obama’s Mac Chicks of the Month!”
“White House staff and others use laptop computers to monitor President Barack Obama’s live interview on YouTube in the Library of the White House Feb. 1, 2010. ”
(Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton)”
[via WhiteHouse.gov]
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