What The Banned iPhone Ad Should Really Look Like

Barence writes "To demonstrate just how misleading the latest (and now banned) iPhone television ad really is, PC Pro has recreated it using an iPhone 3G and a Wi-Fi connection — with laughable results. Apple was forced to pull the advert today after the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) decided it exaggerated the speed of mobile browsing. 'In the 30-second clip the iPhone is shown loading a webpage, finding its current location in Google Maps, opening a PDF from an email and finally taking a phone call. The ASA concluded that the iPhone cannot do what was shown in the mere 29 seconds afforded in the advert, ruling that it was misleading.' Try it for yourself and you'll undoubtedly agree."

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This is why Open Source is Awesome

[Requiem18th]

This is what I love about linux, ubuntu and the whole community, honestly. They don't do much adverts instead we rely on blogs where products are filmed operating in real time and even if it crashes so be it. This should be our motto:

    Open Source, not out to get you.

  I can't believe fanboys are still defending Apple in case.

Re:No, this is typical for virtually anyone sellin

[oldspewey]

If i went to wendys and got a 1/16th pounder i'd be pretty pissed.

My very first summer job was working at a Wendy's. There were various "stations" where you could work (with the guy on the grill being pretty much the pinnacle unless you were one of the managers), one of which was the sandwich area - which involved putting together the burgers with patties, condiments, and whatever specific toppings the customer ordered.

Sometimes when I was feeling particularly bitter about the fast food industry, I'd deliberately put together one of the drive-thru orders with no meat on the buns ... I'd be very careful in getting everything else about the order right but no patties. It amazed me how many people didn't come back to complain when they opened their meatless burger somewhere down the road.