I think HTC is an awesome company. I have had many of their phones including a TyTN with front facing cam. This is pretty close to the ugliest thing they've ever made.

Aside from that first AT&T 3g phone (cingular 2125) which I also had/have [if anybody wants it]. That 3g hump was hideous just like the bottom part of this thing. Yick!

mensrea

@badhatharry: He DID eated the purple berries after all...

strider_mt2k

That's why nerds shouldn't make commercials. I'm surprised they left out the LOL cats.

bluSCALE4

Sexierer.

FatalFlaw

Oh calm down, kids. It's not a bad ad at all.

Voyou_Charmant

I'm glad that Ralph Wiggum has found some work writing copy while the Simpsons is on haitus.

badhatharry

Phone still looks so generic...the OS...the phone...The hinge/spring loaded pop up screen is cool though.

CutePuppyz

@DaiWalka:

get me condi!!!!!!

godwhacker

That was painful to watch.

Sean Robertson

@godwhacker:
Aide: "Mr. President, we still haven't found any weapons of mass destruction"
GW: "You have found weapons of mass destruction." *waves hand*
Aide: "Uhh, hi." *waves back* "We haven't."
GW: "You haaaave." *waves hand longer*
Aide: *sigh* "I don't know what you're doing."
GW: "Bring me a taco." *more hand waving"
Aide: "Yes sir!" *leaves the Oval Office*
GW: "hehe, tacos rule."

======================================

I honestly feel closer to Google now than I ever have. Thank you, Google, for showing me I'm not alone.

DaiWalka

i like their advertising strategery

tonyn84

Aide: "Mr. President, we still haven't found any weapons of mass destruction"
GW: "You have found weapons of mass destruction." *waves hand*
Aide: "Uhh, hi." *waves back* "We haven't."
GW: "You haaaave." *waves hand longer*
Aide: *sigh* "I don't know what you're doing."
GW: "Bring me a taco." *more hand waving"
Aide: "Yes sir!" *leaves the Oval Office*
GW: "hehe, tacos rule."

======================================

I honestly feel closer to Google now than I ever have. Thank you, Google, for showing me I'm not alone.

DaiWalka

No more syntax no more books,
No more sintacks no m0r3 b00x
No mre sntx no mre bx
nmsnmb
=)

Kaiser-Machead on the Edge

that-er is-er one-er great-er commercial-er. er ftw-er

jkr's bold comment

@ThaiGrocer:

For the G2, that would be HTC's turf, and HTC certainly has no intentions of stopping now. Plus there are other handset makers ready to jump in. And Apple isn't due to launch their next iPhone for another 9 months, which will give Android plenty of time to really push the Google brand.

terebakashi

I will defend the use of funner ([grammar.quickanddirtytips.com]), but did they actually use the term "connecteder"?

rndmideas

I think it was supposed to be a jab at Apple, which called the latest iPods the "funnest ever".

gokieks

It's the Google-phone and it's Super Mega Extra Superlative-er! Take that simple iPhone commercials.

CYST!

MAN THAT HAT IS FUNKY, BRO!

MIKEAWESOME

The phone clearly transcends mere fun, it has elevated to funnerer.

Odd_Thomas

Most Excitingest or More Excitingest? -you choose.

CYST!

i like funnerer, blue leds, and tacos.

godwhacker

Dumberer.

But seriously, It's a good start for Google. As long as they get a lot of feedback before the G2, I'm hoping they can keep Apple on their feet.

ThaiGrocer

Grammar is for the stablishmint!

MMMMMMM Mint...

strider_mt2k

Does anyone recognize the animation of the guy running through the woods and hitting a tree?

Aaron Martin-Colby

@gokieks: Yeah it was definitely a jab at Apple. Engadget caught it...way to go Gizmodo.

aqtrans

@badhatharry: Dammit. I was trying to reply to rndmideas. No idea how I screwed that up.

badhatharry

@rndmideas: It's a prefectly cromulent word.

badhatharry

"Think different" worked for iPhone.
"Smarterer" will work for Google.

It's only evolutionary.

I think the next catch phrase will be "banana phone", but that may be just me.

"...Just I"? "...Just my thinking"? OMG, what have they done?

Pretolo

This ad is like watching the opening scene of "Saving Private Ryan" and then having that segue into a Mad TV skit.

The viewer is left confused and unsure.

It would be one thing if they used a word from pop culture, but "smarterer" is not something that is common enough for people to connect with.

Absolute FAIL..erer.

IKEACAR

Plainerer.

sharmanova

@IKEACAR:
Mind you, after the first half-hour of Saving Private Ryan, the film sucks big time.

xThadd

I think I'm gonna shoot myself for staying on Verizon and getting a Dare...
*sigh*
Hopefully T-Mobile service still stays crappier so I don't get even more depressed.

Mr_LaZy

While I'm definitely excited for Android-- and I think it will be a tremendous success-- this advertisement gives me little, if any, hope that Google has the right marketing people behind this thing. Apple, no matter how you feel about them, have set the bar for advertising mobile devices. This attempt by Google and T-Mobile just feels incredibly amateurish. I was cringing by the halfway mark, and was fortunate to be able to blame my tears on laughter.

At least Microsoft can take solace in the fact their new ads, while utter crap, aren't so bad as this.

wild homes loves you but chooses darkness!

Googly-er. Google-rer. Googliererderermeister

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

@gokieks: I gasped in horror at the site of the word "Funnest" in big letters on Apple's home page a couple weeks ago.

superjanna

Hold on!! Only if this had come from Steve the Devil Job's mouth, this would have become a new word in the dictionary.

Com'on Giz. what do you look for when hiring your bloggers? "Have everyone, but apple!"

hellomms

fatterer.

Seriously, ditch the keyboard half of this phone and it might fit in my pocket.

dougiec29

Man that hat is funky bro!
haha look 43sec in

Kartune

Did they actually dare use the word connecteder for a device that can't connect (sync) with my exchange or local outlook?

For shame!

papaguru

Wow. We can all talk as much shit as we want about this piece as much of the criticism is warranted. But c'mon, guys: This is not an ad for the G1. Least of all a TV ad. TV spots are 15, 30, or 60 seconds in length. This video is 1min and 12sec. You'd never see this thing on TV. This is most likely NOT an ad campaign, but rather an internal piece or an in-store display video that some smart cookie somewhere has mistaken as part of Google's advertising campaign for the G1. Video is weak in concept? Yes. Video is first ad? No.

LatimerCinyras