Clever iPod advertising in South Africa

Don't they mean Fresh PodCorn?

@1 It is not a matter of size of the market I would venture, the incremental cost for Apple would be minimal, they would like to make them available worldwide. It all about the local laws and negotiations with the studios about the markets. Things must have worked out well in the negotiations in South Africa.

A tiny trailer on a movie screen sounds like a completely dumb idea. It just reinforces the idea that watching movies on an iPod is a substandard experience that you have to squint to even see.

They're novel and attention-grabbing, but don't these miniature trailers underscore the absurdity of watching movies designed for a theater setting on a device that fits in your pocket?

i would have to say that is pretty dang clever.



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While Apple may have great advertising, it is completely wasted because we don't even have an Apple store in South Africa. Granted you can buy (or download) software to rip movies to your iPod but even that is unlawful in this country (I don't believe our version of fair use extends to this sort of thing).

So, yes, 5 points to Apple for cool ads and minus 10 points for not bothering to open some sort of Apple store in this country and for misleading South African iPod users.

Apple is the best when it comes to advertising.


Jenny
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Wait - so the iTunes Store sells movies in South Africa? Did I miss something? I don't think so... Germany has the third biggest market in the world and still doesn't has movies.

I want movies!!

So - I don't thinks it's very clever to announce video functionality when you actually can't buy them... actually you had to rip them... pretty much steal them in order to play them on an iPod..