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Tablet may be revolutionary, but it sounds like a feminine hygiene product

Given today's instant response to Apple's hotly anticipated, yet inexplicably named "iPad," one would think there are absolutely no women working in the upper echelons in Cupertino. And as a quick click on Apple's executive bios page reveals, one would be right. Still, as technology-entrenched as Apple's male monopoly may be, at least one guy must know a woman.

So why, Apple? Why? Why did you go with "iPad?" How could you not have seen this coming? "MADtv" saw it a couple of years ago when it satirized your MP3 player commercials — and that show's totally canceled! Maybe if a single employee, from Apple CEO Steve Jobs to the guy who fetches his lattes, was familiar with the former Fox sketch comedy show, the joke wouldn't be on Apple. But it is.

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[Dragonfly]

"Apple's iPad becomes big fat ‘intimate’ joke
Tablet may be revolutionary, but it sounds like a feminine hygiene product"
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So much baloney-the product will advance, or fail on demand, i.e., practicality/usefulness,when compared to the competitiveness of other producers/manufacturers, and their products. Think this is more of an advertisement gimmick to float the product, and keep the public aware of a new book reader with a few added features. Thanks tb-timely article.

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Thanks David.

Sounds like the gimmicky just like the Slap Chop, with Vince saying "You're going to love my nuts." Ha ha ha. It is no mistake. It is an emotional hook to get your attention, hit more receptor sites in the brain than an emotional neutral/factual statement and once your attention is captured they will keep on jolting you with quick info facts.

Usually two to three a cycle and then using an emotional "up and down" ...... "a discriminating consumer would value this product, you're a discriminating consumer aren't you?" Ha ha ha.
A lot of tricks and emotional manipulation, appeals to intellect, vanity, fear, ego and status all rolled into todays commercials. *sigh*

Quite tedious when one knows some of their tricks.

The best ones to me are always ones involving animals (baby/yooung animals even more so,) humour and especially both (also babies/and children always catch folks attention and bring out their nuturing/protective instincts.) I especially like the Bud Light commercial with the talking chimp. "I do more than talk. Why don't we go upstairs and ....."

That commercial totally cracks me up. A lot of the best commercials are brilliant and sheer genius. The worst ones "almost" compel me to murder and mayhem.