Apple today launched three new iPhone ads on U.S. network television:
Never Been an iPod:
How To:
Calamari:
Higher quality versions via Apple.com:
• Never Been an iPod
• How To
• Calamari
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Thats it…..Apple has officially taken over the world….
Completely insane….
Im getting two.
Hey anyone see the FINE PRINT???
use requires NEW TWO YEAR AGREEMENT???
looks like AT&T is going to try and rope all iphone users into a two year contract….
DAMN! I HATE APPLE! I just watched all 3 ads ( a few times) and I’m thinking I won’t be able to wait for the second gen. version. Now, thanks to their lust inducing, reality distortion field, I will, like an APPLE Zombie, walk into a store on June 29 and pay $500 for a device that will be SO limited compared to the 2nd gen version that I won’t be able to afford because I’ll still be paying for the oh so limited first gen. one that I just HAD to have! Damn you Apple! Someone help me. I told myself I would not get it until it had GPS and more memory at the very least. HELP! Anyone want to buy a first gen. 5gb iPod that I bought 5 yrs ago? ARRRGH!
I wonder how many phone companys are shitting their pants now?
Man! that keyboard is slick!
Nice ads but I still don’t need one.
2 years is that all, because it will mostly pleasure, it will seem like 6months with a usual crap company
Apple’s iPhone “iPod” ad is just stupid.
An 8GB iPhone can’t hold even 1/4 of my music collection, so there’s no point in knifing the Goose that Laid the Golden Egg.
Seems that even Apple doesn’t “get it”?
iPhone and iPod are in different markets, and no one needing a replacement ‘Pod is going to rush out and buy the phone.
Gimmie a touch screen iPod, and I’ll give Apple my money.
Bob. Uh… yeah.
Most iPods are 2-8Gigs. You get that most people aren’t like you, right?
You’ll get your touch-screen iPod at some point. After you get your new velvet rendition of dogs gambling, I suppose…
“use requires NEW TWO YEAR AGREEMENT???”
Yup. So much for the rumor about being able to get it with a month-to-month contract. So I guess I won’t be getting one.
I’d point out, R, that the reason most iPods are 2-8 Gigs is that that’s also the price point of the cheaper iPods. Those are the ones that don’t play video, either.
I agree that the iPhone is slick. Personally, though, I’m still not interested. I’ll let the initial suckers–excuse me, trailblazers–find the problems, thanks.
I had a need to share semi-irrelevant opinions. Once.
Great ads for sure, but the iPhone is frustratingly out of reach till the last possible second, which is consistent with Apple these days. When in the hell are they going to give us something tangible to buy?
I won’t be getting one because my attic insulation is only rated at about RF19 and I need to get it up to RF49, which will cost about $400.
Anyone else notice that when the camera zooms in there are 4 icons on the bottom of the list, but before the zoom there are only 3? An added app, possibly?
Actually, looking at them again, it’s only the second video showing 4 icons on the bottom of the list: Clock, Calculator, Notes, Settings. The rest of them only show 3: Calculator, Notes, and Settings.
One feature that has been added to Google maps
a little under the radar is an automatic call feature.
You can search for a business, then next to its
address and phone number you simply click call.
If you have previously put in your phone number,
google calls you, you pick up, then you hear a
voice say, “connecting,” then you hear the phone
ring the business you are calling. It works just like
JahJa, only you don’t have to have Jahja.
This feature would make it very easy to use the
iPhone for VOIP.
I wonder if this is one of those features that was
created for iPhone like h.264 will be implemented
for TV.
Brilliant!
The best is yet to come.
Love the iPhone and the ads… but… how long did it take to perfectly crop and centre the photos on the photo album – or does the iPhone do that automatically?
REMEMBER: it doen’t even have a keyboard – Steve “monkey boy” Ballmer
Meh, I prefer Cisco’s iPhone!
I was going to buy a new Mac but I guess my PB 550 is going to have to last me a little bit longer as I’m going to buy myself and my girlfriend an iPhone.
This is the real “The wow starts now.”
I think the ads are great, I did fear that Apple might put out silly ads like they did with iPod.
“does it have gps? how did it know that the seafood restaurant was closest? I can see if it keys off of your home zip, but it’s a MOBILE phone… Either it has gps or there was a bit o’ fudging the accuracy in the ad – we missed the part where a location was set.”
Google Maps must be able to find your handset’s location through the aGPS feature that’s now required in all American handsets.
It’s the E-911 stuff that allows the police to locate your handset in case of an emergency. The iPhone definitely MUST at least have this form of GPS.
I’m just guessing, can’t confirm it yet but if this isn’t the case then the ads are misleading as you said.