Hello again everyone,
Sony Ericsson are now letting us pre book the new Vivaz, a new phone with a great HD 8.1 mega pixel camera. But have you seen the advert they are going to launch it with? A young man is walking to meet friends and just starts filming random strangers, a women with a baby and a lady with a pet dog and to me it all seems a little strange! I think it is fair enough to try and show off how good the new HD camera and video is on the phone (which by the way is brilliant!!) but a little wrong to depict someone filming strangers in a rather creepy way!
What I am trying to say is do not let the poor advert put you off from the phone itself, I have always been a big Blackberry and Nokia fan but this phone has got me thinking, and I am sure it will you too!
So until next time people keep recycling!
Sony Ericsson Vivaz - Great Phone, Poor Advert.
I'm holding out for a HTC HERO 'til the end of the night!!!!
Hello again everyone,
The GSMA mobile awards ends tomorrow and a couple of my good friends here at mopay have been attending enjoying the fresh air, sun and Rioja! (Oh and they went to the 15th GSMA awards!!)
I think it is great to see that the HTC hero won the handset of the year award as HTC have only fairly recently hit the market as a brand themselves not just producing handsets for partners.
I hope this is a sign of things to come as more competition on smartphones can only mean one thing, cheaper phones with more gadgets for us!!!! BUT, don't forget to recycle your old phone it replaces.
So until next time people keep recycling.
Don't count your geese until they have been driven through London!
Hello again everyone,
According to marketingmagazine this week, T- Mobile's new TV advert will feature a flock of geese being driven through the city of London and is based on challenging outdated thinking within the Mobile phone industry akin to the old law that allows Freemen to drive livestock across bridges within the square mile.
This got me to thinking what other outdated laws there are out there that T-Mobile could use in follow up adverts, and it turns out plenty!!!
One such law is that you can drive away noisy brass bands from your street, not only that you can fine them 40 shillings if they refuse to move. Probably not a good choice following on from their last advert for joining a super band.
Another such law is that it is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside-down. Considering treason is still punishable by death I suggest you get this right!
If they wished to move away from London for the next advert perhaps they could go to Edinburgh, Glasgow or any other part of Scotland where if someone knocks on your door and requires the use of your toilet, you must let them enter. Very helpful!
Sticking with the Scottish theme, In York it is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow, Again though probably not a good choice for an advert!
My favourite that I would like to put forward is that a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants, including in a policeman’s helmet which you are not normally legally allowed to touch.
What an advert that would make!
So until the advert comes out on the 15th Febuary we will just have to speculate on what it's follow up might be.
So until next time people, keep recycling!