I know every child is embarrassed by their parents at one point in their life, hell I was most of high school.  Don’t deny it, you were the same way too.  Now that I think back, my mom was probably the coolest mom ever, besides that, I’m just glad she never did anything like this!  I say good job to Verizon on this one, they definitely put together a pretty damn good commercial.

Check out some older Verizon spots that we’ve put out:

Verizon Wireless Opens Network | We Add The Pony Commercial– This got some insanely funny commentary, worth a look-see

Verizon AC/DC

Victoria’s Secret | Wireless

I had no idea what or why this commercial existed but in the end really like the concept.

I first thought it was a United, British Airways or some other commercial airlines commercial but it ended up being a computer ad for Lenovo, for obvious reasons.

I personally think that Apple is not ready and has not been prepared for mass success. Even the kill-switch and 3G connection problems will piss off the most zealot Apple fan boys and girls:

From the Slate (full story here):

The half-price fib has been obvious for some time: When you add the price of AT&T’s required two-year contract, the new phone costs slightly more than the old phone. In a lawsuit filed last week, an iPhone owner named Jessica Alena Smith argues that Apple hasn’t been honest about the phone’s speed, either. Smith, echoing thousands of complaints logged on Apple’s Web site, says that her iPhone rarely connects to AT&T’s fast 3G network, instead staying fixed to the pokey EDGE service that was the bane of the first iPhone. Smith’s iPhone doesn’t just fail on tasks like downloading e-mail and surfing the Web, she says. It also drops many of her voice calls.

Smith lives in Birmingham, Ala., but I’ve had the same problem with my iPhone 3G in cell-tower-rich San Francisco—more dropped calls than I’ve ever had on a cell phone (including on the original iPhone) and terribly spotty 3G service. Last month, I raved about the great third-party programs available on the iPhone’s fantastic built-in App Store. But I’ve since soured on that system, too. As many iPhone owners have noticed, the phone often mysteriously refuses to load these apps, rendering them useless. Smith is asking a judge to grant her lawsuit class-action status. I hope it’s approved. Apple has reluctantly acknowledged flaws in the iPhone and has , but there’s no sign that it’s taking the complaints very seriously. The lawsuit might be just the kick it needs to fix the world’s broken iPhones.

But the company’s troubles go beyond the iPhone. Last month, Apple launched MobileMe, a $100-per-year online service that aimed to sync documents and e-mail across computers and Internet devices. MobileMe failed spectacularly in its opening weeks, with some users reporting losing years of saved e-mail. In a widely circulated post, Techcrunch’s Michael Arrington claimed last week that Apple’s PCs aren’t doing so well either. Arrington, a longtime Apple fan, says he’s had four new Macs break in different ways—one refused to connect to Wi-Fi networks, one suffered a keyboard flaw, and two shut down mysteriously…

Do go read it all, it is an interesting POV.

Come on Samsung Instinct, it’s time for a “I’m a iPhone and I’m Instinct” commercial parody.

I have not been a fan of Sprint commercials but this one is pretty good.

Sprint is really pushing the Samsung Instinct for good reason. It’s a great mobile device (via Gizmodo) and they need to get some traction against AT&T and iPhone 3G release.

With the new 3G iPhone having issues connection to the AT&T network and the recently release Apple “kill switch” Sprint and others should attack while the press is a little sketchy on the iPhone, which I’m sure they will figure out shortly.

Here is another story that went out today:

The Best Sprint Commercial

I think this one was Nextel first, before the merger.

It’s not new but I think it’s still the best even if it’s a borrowed spot.

I know we have posted it before, here on DHADM or Transbuddha. I don’t care, it’s that good.

This is one of the simplest and best commercials I have seen in a long time.

Based on a logic tree of options, the commercial jumps to the different stills almost like a story board. I thinks it’s brilliant.

More on ACR Electronics, the site really sucks and it’s too bad they don’t leverage this inexpensive but clever idea on the web site…maybe into the manual etc.

ACR, you should leverage this in all your communications.

I’m not going to write much about this one, I still like phones that make good phone calls…which seems to be a problem with all mobile devices. So below is a copy and paste from what I found on How Stuff Works?

Dubbed the Anycall Haptic, the phone features a large touch-screen display just like the iPhone. But it does Apple’s revolutionary gadget one better, at least for now: It enables users to feel clicks, vibrations and other tactile input. In all, it provides the user with 22 kinds of touch sensations.

Those sensations explain the use of the term haptic in the name. Haptic is from the Greek “haptesthai,” meaning to touch. As an adjective, it means relating to or based on the sense of touch. As a noun, usually used in a plural form (haptics), it means the science and physiology of the sense of touch. Scientists have studied haptics for decades, and they know quite a bit about the biology of touch. They know, for example, what kind of receptors are in the skin and how nerves shuttle information back and forth between the central nervous system and the point of contact.

Read more here: How Stuff Works? 

This goes in the WTF category. When I lived in Kansas City, I got to go to a few games and the crowd was “energized” but not out of control. The standing up fans was not an issue at all.

Unless something happened in the last 3 years, I really don’t see what the problem is that needs a code-of-conduct. This is not tennis, it’s American Football.

Even better, they are using the stealthy technology of text-tattle on “Fan Code of Conduct”. So you can enjoy the game and rat on anyone that breaks the code. Now that screams sportsmanship and something the fans will love to embrace.

Next they will ask if you believe in evolution before entering the stadium…come on KC Chiefs, let the fans stay standing but textdrunk the bad seeds.

Read the full story on .

Other KC Chiefs posts:

Chief’s running back denies his rap.
Hard Knocks: Kelli Croyle or October Gonzales
October Gonzalez Photos
Kansas City Chiefs Home Field Advantage
Hard Knocks: KC Chiefs Tony & October Gonzalez

This is by far the most interesting technology I have seen in a while. Although, this Bluetooth technology is not new, this started out for single amputees. The Bluetooth technology is there to mimic the other leg, Marine Lance Cpl. Joshua Bleill’s double Bluetoothed legs mimic each other.

On October 15th, 2006 a bomb exploded under Bleill’s Humvee while on patrol in Iraq. The explosion caused him to lose both of his legs above his knee, now he has 32 pins in his hip and a 6-inch screw holding his pelvis together.

This new generation of prosthetic technology was originally conceived to help amputees who had lost only one leg. But it’s working for Bleill and Army Lt.Col. Gregory Gadson, who is also using the Bluetooth devices in his legs.

“They’re the latest and greatest,” Bleill said, referring to his groundbreaking artificial legs.

Bleill is one of the two Iraq war veterans, both double leg amputees, to be able to use the Bluetooth prosthetics. To keep the prosthetic legs moving in a coordinated fashion, computer chips were installed in each leg to send signals to motors in the artificial joints.

Bleill’s set of prosthetics have Bluetooth receivers strapped to the ankle area. The Bluetooth device on each leg tells the other leg what it’s doing, how it’s moving, whether walking, standing or climbing steps, for example.

With him having this technology he also spends less time in a wheelchair. Since it has built-in motors, Bleill’s legs allow him to walk longer before he tires. He uses canes to walk with them for now, but he is hoping that one day he will be able to ween off the canes and walk without them. He said, “I can walk without canes, but it’s not real pretty”

“It’s only going to react to how I move,” Bleill said. “Unfortunately, sometimes I don’t know those reactions, I don’t know what I’m doing to make it react. So sometimes the leg kicks harder than I want it to, or farther, and then I start perpetuating, and I start moving faster than I really want to.”

Aside from the Bluetooth technology, Bleill’s legs have one other thing in common with a cell phone. They need to be charged overnight. Currently, there are no spare batteries available.

Do you have one of those fancy smancy LCD TVs that you hang on your wall?  Or possibly just a TV on one of those stands and don’t want extra wires running from the floor on up?

Well, Panasonic has just announced that they have come up with an new product that will “allowing consumers to send high-definition video to a television from a video player or gaming console without cables.”

If you are worried about compromising quality then you can stop, apparently it won’t jack up the quality.

Users of the new technology could hang a high-definition television on a wall, far from a digital video recorder or disc player, without running wires between the products.

Panasonic did not give details on which of its products would be fitted with the technology, or when it would be widely available. The announcement was made at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

Companies including Panasonic, Intel Corp, LG Electronics Inc , Sony Corp, Samsung Electronics and SiBEAM Inc have been working together to develop the WirelessHD platform, hoping that it will become an industry standard.

Read the rest of this article .

I have posted several of the new iPhone commercials over the past two or three weeks, so here is another one.  This one involves an impatient pilot who did not want to sit and wait for a storm that had already passed their location.  Agreeable, I hate waiting for flights too, so thank you Mr. Pilot for whipping out your iPhone in a time of crisis.

iPhone Street Commerical | Blogger; The Winger

iPhone Street Commerical | Internet

iPhone Street Commercial | Visual Voicemail