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- lordtyros, on 10/30/2007, -3/+116Are you commenting during a police chase or something?
- sanj0hn, on 10/31/2007, -4/+92No, from an iPod touch.
- simplenation, on 10/30/2007, -7/+88it's great that apple gave credit to this kid and didn't try to sue him and steal it. they can if they wanted because they own the rights to their logo and product. i wonder how much he got paid.
- chuckpenzone, on 10/30/2007, -9/+89That agency owes this kid a job! Ad is awesome.
- rabidbob, on 10/30/2007, -16/+76If the ad had of been for the Zune then Steve Balimer would be throwing a chair at him at this moment instead of using the advert ...
- doc99, on 10/30/2007, -12/+68turn out alrite ddnt it!
- reallydigginit, on 10/30/2007, -5/+54Hate to be a dick, but I kinda like the original better.
Nevertheless: The ad rules. The song is catchy as hell and the pacing is damn near perfect. Goes by so quickly it seems like a 15sec spot rather than a 30. Makes you wanna see it again. - Xanthan, on 10/30/2007, -0/+42They didn't just revamp the original, they flew the student in to recreate a HD version of his YouTube vid to use for their commercial. I'm sure he got paid and/or free products.
- Tivor, on 11/03/2007, -1/+42I heard about it a few days ago, and I saw it on TV today during the World Series broadcast.
Regardless of what one may think of Apple, that is a pretty sweet move by a big corporation. - Shorties, on 10/30/2007, -1/+41I saw the original on Youtube and thought it was OK, but I assumed apple was going to completely revamp it and just use the idea, but wow they just took everything he did and touched it up a little and it looks great along with being completely true to his original, I give both Apple and the guy who created it props on this one.
- icarussmicarus, on 11/05/2007, -1/+36For those wondering, the song is 'Music Is My Hot Hot Sex' by Cansei de Ser Sexy (aka CSS)
- Saiing, on 10/30/2007, -2/+32Err... because the whole point was to give credit to the student and not take his work and completely change it into some vaguely recognizable, corporate-produced ad. Me thinks you've completely missed the point.
- cozmoz365, on 10/30/2007, -3/+30It was a school project therefore not for profit, you can't sue unless someone is trying to make money from using your branding, design, etc...
- mercurysquad, on 10/31/2007, -0/+24Cannot cure cancer.
- Zzone, on 10/30/2007, -0/+22The Archos looks great if you enjoy carrying a ***** phone book in your pocket.
- Crispuk, on 10/30/2007, -1/+22Get a blog.
- macwac, on 10/30/2007, -1/+20Great stunt by Apple.. now they will get 10,000 people creating Apple ads and spam digg, youtube and their personal blogs!
- Invalice, on 10/29/2007, -1/+16works for me mate. I'm on firefox.
- placidified, on 10/30/2007, -0/+15im just really wondering, how much did the student get for his work?
- lordtyros, on 10/30/2007, -2/+16lol CSS was one of the preloaded artists on the Zune. They were destined to be immediately deleted.
- JerMe, on 10/30/2007, -0/+14This is the official Apple advertisement, not the original by Haley.
- geuis2, on 10/30/2007, -0/+14reflects apple's style pretty well. Good for this guy, hopefully leads to more success for him later. Awesome on his resume, "Sold my commercial to Apple, Inc."
- Philluminati, on 10/30/2007, -0/+13*****! I want one
- daizaru, on 11/12/2007, -0/+13I think he was making a joke based off #2
- comradeTJH, on 10/30/2007, -3/+15You're right with your points. The only problem with that archos thing is - it's f***ing ugly. And huge.
- HUKI365, on 10/30/2007, -1/+11I hate the "fade" to white. Its attention grabbing - but way to "jerky".
- Falldog, on 10/30/2007, -1/+10They gave him a gift card and told him to go buy an iphone for his hard work.
- fultonla, on 10/29/2007, -0/+8I'm on firefox...works here
- cyssero, on 04/18/2009, -2/+10Well it slaps its services all over startup, which is almost as bad. The amount of things you need to disable after an iTunes install is stupid. Thank God for Floola. Shame it doesn't work with the new generations, thanks Apple..
- luag, on 10/29/2007, -6/+14Is this the same one that was on digg's front page a couple of days ago?
http://digg.com/apple/Student_s_Ad_to_be_used_by_A ... - betterth, on 10/30/2007, -2/+10@TedHead
Please shut up if you don't actually know what you're talking about.
@Cozmo
You are 100% correct. Nonprofit educational uses of copyrighted material are protected under "Fair Use" claims. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use - tinkerbelle, on 10/29/2007, -0/+7It was moving a little too fast for each scene to register... but not bad work for a budding amateur!
- counterplex, on 10/30/2007, -0/+7Might have been nothing more than recognition - which is still a pretty good deal. When was the last time your work was on national TV?
- Zippo, on 10/29/2007, -0/+7Song fits the ad perfectly... I like it.
- 0xFEEDFACE, on 10/30/2007, -0/+7Why is it pitiful? If anything, the ad agencies that use consumer-created ads are doing their job: they're establishing a connection with the community on behalf of the company employing them.
It's not that Apple's "turning to college students", but rather that Apple is acknowledging that a consumer has created something worth playing on national TV. I'd say that's a pretty effective company to community connection right there... - Khoji, on 10/30/2007, -1/+8There's a serious mistake in the ad, which is a result of the Apple blinkers everybody involved was wearing: The great majority of the potential customers will have no idea what "Safari" is. That text should be replaced with "Web browser".
- HonoredMule, on 10/30/2007, -0/+6Not to mention the legitimacy of derivative works, though I can't say whether that applies here...I can't see the ad.
- mercurysquad, on 10/31/2007, -2/+8he's the kid
- timf, on 10/31/2007, -5/+11What the hell is wrong with you?
- ramsinks.com, on 10/30/2007, -2/+8(msconfig. shhhhh it's secret)
- HonoredMule, on 10/30/2007, -12/+17He's not the only one. If I didn't have an iPod shuffle, the whole chain of Apple-brand malware would never be allowed on my windows box.
- briankeith, on 10/30/2007, -1/+6I'm seriously not an Apple fanboy but, I thought the original was ok. But, oddly enough, this is very close to the original and yet I really, really like this ad. Maybe it's the crisp HD picture, or the Clear sound with bass I can feel (the original I saw was a youtube video, not quite known for video/audio fidelity : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKQUZPqDZb0 )... Just watched it again.. it's the video quality that made all the difference. I'm a sucker for HD.
- antdude, on 10/29/2007, -2/+7I can't wait to see it on TV.
- demodawid, on 10/29/2007, -0/+5http://youtube.com/watch?v=KKQUZPqDZb0
- AndrewWiggin, on 10/29/2007, -0/+5"1080p minimum standard for current HDTVs"
That makes me laugh. Yeah, we all have AT LEAST 1080p, some of us more(??), on our HDTVs.
Oh, and 1/3 of the internet still uses RealPlayer? Or did you write that 8 years ago? - HonoredMule, on 10/30/2007, -0/+5I especially love having to disable a system service AND kill a startup process AND make sure iTunes isn't running so that my shuffle will charge when I plug it in. In Windows, iTunes + Quicktime both are about as efficient and agile as a 747 is at transporting 3 passengers at a time. Then there's the browser plugin, that chokes and kills Firefox if too many instances run, or just for the hell of it.
- mollerade, on 10/29/2007, -0/+5agree original is better - go nick!
- Trax91, on 10/30/2007, -1/+6Cannot record video? I'm surprised that it has a camera, douche. And you obviously been living under the rock. The iPod Touch can be jailbreak and can install many of the missing features you've kindly listed. Oh and by the way, its an iPod not a PDA nor a smartphone, therefore it doesn't need all those PDA features.
- inactive, on 10/30/2007, -0/+4oh, so YOU are the one who saw it! I was wondering who that was!
- uhawl, on 10/29/2007, -0/+4And if you read any of the reviews of the Archos 605 WiFi it seems that they are pretty upset that everything comes at an extra cost... From the AV base station ((99.99) to even the web browser (30.00)... and on top of that, their movie download service cost 3.99 a movie to "rent" it and up to 19.99 to buy a movie (sans any extra content, special features or commentaries). Sounds like a money pit to me.
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