No Comment: Newsday's iPad TV ad is awfully buggy

HOW COULD HE?!?!!?!?!

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Well, now Steve Jobs knows what new feature is needed on the 2nd gen iPad.

A bug zapper..

Ha ha ha.... this is the best ad ever!

Studies have shown that many people are more afraid of loss than the chance of gain.

To put this ad into perspective: What does a base level iPad cost? A couple hundred bucks?

Ad agencies are often paid thousands of dollars *just for the brainstorming session around a white board*. They could save all that money just by spending a couple hundred bucks and smashing an item that people are emotionally tied to.

The ad, in turn, causes people to freak out over the loss of the ipad ("What a waste!"), which they can relate to emotionally, and the video ends up going viral as they show it to all their friends.

Whoever came up with this ad campaign was a freaking genius, regardless of whether or not the app actually works or not.

Another example of this type of advertising is the "Can it Blend" campaign, which was a brilliant way to make millions of dollars on sales of a blender, for the comparatively minuscule cost of shredding household items and gadgets such as the iphone, which people are emotionally tied to.

Where is the disclaimer saying no ipads were harmed in the making of this app?

Predictable...but still funny ad.

I thought you were referring to 0:06 when the app doesn't respond to the touch.

I don't think the glass would shatter like that.

still funny though.

I guess that's what happens when you let the kid who mows your grass, do a video for you!