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If you’ve been following the latest buzz on the next potential “iPhone killer,” you’ll know that the Palm Pre will be launching with Sprint this Saturday. With the new launch is the launch of a new ad campaign, which highlights the feature that you can control an army of Asian dancers.
While the headline in VentureBeat is pretty funny, the commercial reminds me of part of the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. On the Palm Pre’s Facebook page, Palm has a behind-the-scenes and making of the commercial video, showing the 1,000 kung fu students from the Shaolin Martial Arts School practicing for the commercial. The background was filmed in Luoping, China, the white girl filmed in a studio elsewhere. The reviews so far of the Palm Pre on Sprint are pretty good – Gizmodo has a nice matrix overview of a lot of major reviews of the phone done so far.
If Palm ever launches the Pre in China, would they have a TV commercial with a Chinese girl commanding an army of white male dancers instead? Because that would help sell a bunch of Pre’s in China.
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The ability to command a private army of Shaolin students with a smartphone is a huge draw for me, personally. : )
To be honest, I didn't notice the race/ethnicity of the dancers in this ad; in reviewing it here I note that I can't get a good look at anyone's faces. And to be honest, there will be such a shortage of Pres in America that I hope they aren't marketing to China too aggressively.
Speaking as a Sprint/Palm Centro user who, like most gadget geeks, has been looking forward to the Pre's release, I wish Sprint didn't require the $99/month Simply Everything plan with the phone. It's the main reason I'll be sitting out this time around. I've had data service with Sprint long enough to be grandfathered under the $15/month unlimited data plan, so picking up a Pre would double my monthly bill!
The ability to command a private army of Shaolin students with a smartphone is a huge draw for me, personally. : )
To be honest, I didn't notice the race/ethnicity of the dancers in this ad; in reviewing it here I note that I can't get a good look at anyone's faces. And to be honest, there will be such a shortage of Pres in America that I hope they aren't marketing to China too aggressively.
Speaking as a Sprint/Palm Centro user who, like most gadget geeks, has been looking forward to the Pre's release, I wish Sprint didn't require the $99/month Simply Everything plan with the phone. It's the main reason I'll be sitting out this time around. I've had data service with Sprint long enough to be grandfathered under the $15/month unlimited data plan, so picking up a Pre would double my monthly bill!
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