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Posted by biohaz Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 610 days ago

one of the ugliest and most stupid commercial i have ever seen for a blackberry. Which idiot said it was ok to broadcast this. And i'm the First one to comment.

 
 
Posted by Rob.Elliott Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 610 days ago

Well I liked it, it's very jolly which makes a nice change from all the other cellphone adverts out there.

 
 
Posted by 3Dee Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 610 days ago

Wow, that has to be one of the worst adverts I've ever seen. For anything.

 
 
Posted by Newfangled Gizmo Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 610 days ago

I'm glad to see something on CrackBerry that actually makes me smile. There's been little else but frowns here recently.

 
 
Posted by arundc Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 609 days ago

The Ad campaign is designed by one of the largest agencies in the world... http://www.ogilvy.com/ and like a user here pointed out, what works there may not work here.

I think the Ad is cheerful and is appealing to the non-business type versus the predictable.

It's hardly ugly or stupid as you point out.

 
 
Posted by Nesquik Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 609 days ago

You think its so easy to please everyone and get people to buy a product? Then i dare you to make your own commercial mr. know-it-all.

didnt think so.

edit: i think this commercial is pretty sweet.. +1!

 
 
Posted by bashconsole Friday, Sep 24, 2010 608 days ago

This is the stupid Vodafone with its funky gays.

You didn't see egyptian vodafone. High prices and low quality service. They still think I will play their f...ing games and tariff plans...

 
 
Posted by bodi1 Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 610 days ago

LOve it hehe

 
 
Posted by Filth.Injector Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 610 days ago

Hahaha !! What an awesm ad !!!! Dam frkin catchny as hell.. I like =) all u haters.. U jst hav bad taste..

 
 
Posted by jstirtzinger Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 610 days ago

@biohaz - from a marketing perspective you need to remember that there are big differences in what is catchy/effective...you can't place a North American centric template on the rest of the world. I actually think it's rather clever and catchy. :-)

 
 
Posted by biohaz Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 610 days ago

You are right but i'm actually south asian and still it leaves a bad taste. They could have done better.

 
 
Posted by pineypl Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 610 days ago

And I would prefer to see more of that in the USA than the usual "smart/clever/risqué" type of things advertising drones try to push on us. I am actually quite tired of the American style of ads, almost every ad assaults my brain and sensibilities. This ad is just simple, happy, and good.

 
 
Posted by hsharief Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 610 days ago

That's less than $10 per month. When will we have these prices here in the US ?

 
 
Posted by L_Boogie820 Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 610 days ago

it was pretty funny. lighten up people. make a better more sophisticated commercial for Rim and BB, reap the rewards, and then laugh/complain about this commercial.

 
 
Posted by visualryan Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 610 days ago

Where can I get this song? I like the catchy tune so much that I want to set it as my ringtone =D

 
 
Posted by kalpeshaparmar Saturday, Sep 25, 2010 608 days ago

http://www.vodafone.in/blackberryboys/Pages/blackberry_downloads.aspx

 
 
Posted by scouts36 Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 610 days ago

Fantastic video! It really reflects very well how BB devices are now used by people that do other things than just work!!

 
 
Posted by scouts36 Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 610 days ago

Fantastic video! It really reflects very well how BB devices are now used by people that do other things than just work!!

 
 
Posted by omi10468 Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 610 days ago

Man that was great!!!!

 
 
Posted by shahriyar Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 610 days ago

:D (y)

 
 
Posted by 07thking Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 610 days ago

Super catchy, gotta love it.

 
 
Posted by tumer Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 610 days ago

Honestly they should play that hear everyone would talk about it good or bad its all good

 
 
Posted by maddymic Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 610 days ago

Superb \m/

 
 
Posted by venukb Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 610 days ago

This Ad was launched quite some time back :)

Had sent a tip to tips@crackberry.com 10 days back - not sure if things are picked from that mailbox :)

 
 
Posted by dboy54 Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 609 days ago

Actually a pretty smart commercial. Put a tick in the liked it box for me

 
 
Posted by abtjason Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 609 days ago

Me want to puke.

 
 
Posted by bkebrian Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 609 days ago

Father Bob is the man!

 
 
Posted by jorGeorge Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 609 days ago

Haha that's some good marketing by RIM. Glad to see they're actually using their heads.

 
 
Posted by madcat23 Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 609 days ago

@venukb i sent it to editorial@crackberry.com 5 days ago

 
 
Posted by venukb Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 609 days ago

There is an MP3 of this song on this link:
http://bbindia.net/general-discussion/blackberry-vodafone-ad.htm

 
 
Posted by eternal76 Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 609 days ago

That video made me smile, I thought it was very light-hearted and fun.

 
 
Posted by Dinadiva Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 609 days ago

wow, So Creative And Funny,
Right, bb ISnt Only for boy.,..."
welldone

 
 
Posted by stick2e Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 609 days ago

OMG... this is crazy and almost puke

 
 
Posted by eagle007 Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 609 days ago

This is a great commercial...you techno guys need to get your heads out of the sand and appreciate humor. This is better than the pyscho crap we get in North America (with the exception of BB ads of course!)

i can decide my own phone...humor me and I will remember your commercial.

 
 
Posted by IndePanda Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 609 days ago

Loosen up, folks. I loved it.

 
 
Posted by Derwent Graphite Friday, Sep 24, 2010 609 days ago

RIM should take some pointers from it :)

 
 
Posted by iamajim Friday, Sep 24, 2010 609 days ago

This is GREAT STUFF!!! As so many others have pointed out we need more ads like this over here, cheerful, fun, lighthearted and gets the point accross. Well Done RIM.

 
 
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Posted by jwmax Friday, Sep 24, 2010 609 days ago

I don't understand all the negativity. I was pretty negative about the Storm 2.5 post, but knocking this commercial is really ridiculous. It makes me think people just come here to vent.

If you want to see something that is truly vomit inducing look for Steve Jobs' introduction of the iPad or just about any other apple product. I'll admit I've owned just about every apple product (except the iPad, but including the iPhone {mistake!}) but these creepy cult-like product introductions and the equally creepy Mr. Jobs have turned me against the company. Going forward I refuse to buy any product made by that company.

 
 
Posted by zensen Friday, Sep 24, 2010 608 days ago

haha yeah. check out those ipad magical adverts... vomit inducing indeed!

 
 
Posted by iamajim Saturday, Sep 25, 2010 607 days ago

and all your children and grandchildren. I couldn't agree more with you, can't stand crApple.

 
 
Posted by jhardy33 Friday, Sep 24, 2010 609 days ago

I'm sure you'll want to watch it more than once! Thanks Ravidhu!

Thanks, but once is plenty. Good premise but hardly cutting edge and the song is annoying. Every smart phone out there is trying to let you know they're not just for business. As a loyal 5 year BB user, it's discouraging to see that even the adverts are legging behind.

 
 
Posted by zensen Friday, Sep 24, 2010 608 days ago

Cool advert. its simple, a little bit catchy and shows us that isn't just for suits anymore. It's for everyone - prepaid. I like this more than the moby dick advert i saw not to long ago.

 
 
Posted by djnick Friday, Sep 24, 2010 608 days ago

did they pay some kid off youtube to make this?