Comments on: iPhone 3G ad banned in the UK by Advertising Standards Authority

By: ruben

ruben — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:06:39 +0000

does anyone know how or if there is a flash player for the iphone without jailbreaking?????????????

By: backbeat

backbeat — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:18:50 +0000

A couple of trolls don’t like me? Boo-fuckin-Hoo! Nice dodge of the central subject, geniuses. Typical!

By: jimmykicks

jimmykicks — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:15:35 +0000

Paying lawyers to oversee consumer protection is cheaper (and more effective) than paying a government agency? I doubt it. Both systems have their merits and fallbacks.

By: Dtest54

Dtest54 — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:36:03 +0000

@backbeat – what is wise is not universal, free country = no universal truths. so yeah listen to tony and shut up…

By: tony

tony — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:25:48 +0000

@backbeat

can you shut the hell up please? i really hate when people babel on about shit and try to sound smart.

By: backbeat

backbeat — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:10:56 +0000

Those who uniformly subscribe to the school of religion that we’re a nation of laws, yet whine for tort reform, are the bottom of the barrel. Laws are solely reactionary, which only lines the pockets of the legal system. When the US legal system incorporates forward-thinking, _proactive_ stances of not whether something is right or wrong, but whether it is wise, we’ll finally have our “more perfect union”. But not one moment earlier.

By: keymaker

keymaker — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:50:38 +0000

There’s no problems with our laws cause the iphone is capable of the speeds on the ads, that AT&T networks is being slow is a different Story, that’s why it also says clearly coverage and reception may vary by area. People sometimes make no sense, People wish they could download podcast & iTunes music over 3G not knowing it will F*ck up the network for everyone around you, Use your F*cking minds, the network your on is being share by other people too you know

By: Berdon Magnus

Berdon Magnus — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:04:14 +0000

Anyone have a link to the commercial? I just bought an iPod Touch and for me, on WiFi, the internet is blazing but that is using WiFi, so maybe not the greatest of comparisons.

By: zargon

zargon — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:51:51 +0000

We need something like that here in the US, it may prevent us from seeing a lot of stupid commercials.

I also would not be apposed to never having to see a Apple commercial again, that would be awesome!

By: ndONLINE

ndONLINE — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:40:16 +0000

I agree that ads that embellish to the point of lying should be pulled, but a system where only 17 people can affect an entire ad campaign really scares me! Anyone else?

By: Dtest54

Dtest54 — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:38:44 +0000

i guess this is ok but all of the ads of this type have disclaimers that state the its simulated. either way its ok but i would rather not have another fcc type agency to oversee ads.

By: j

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:26:10 +0000

i wonder how at&t would fair in the U.K. they’ve had some of the most misleading ads ever!!!!!!!!!!

By: backbeat

backbeat — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:15:38 +0000

Scott’s whitewash of who ‘pays’ and who does not notwithstanding, your dollar is not your ‘vote’ nor your free speech. It is just your temporary buck until a monolithic industry requires it from you. Those monoliths who are self-regulated, and self-policing, are an incredulous insult to any rational person’s intellect. You are simply a payment conduit from their perspective, which also subsidizes their legal defense budget.

By: Michael Bettiol

Michael Bettiol — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:09:28 +0000

Whatever happened to the invitation to treat?

By: Tande

Tande — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:45:07 +0000

Huh and here I was going to say that you should be a responsible consumer and do your own research, read the fine print, and make decisions based on facts instead of snappy marketing.

All of the iPhone/touch ads are misleading. Have you ever had any game load in the fraction of a second that you see on the ad? No but apple is trying to compress it into a TV, not give an accurate portrail of how it works in the real world.

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:35:52 +0000

……….sue their behinds…..I agree

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:17:48 +0000

“We don’t complain to an ad-watching organization here in the States, we sue”

Which is a MUCH BETTER SYSTEM because we tax payers don’t have to pay for an entity like the ASA (and additionally do not have state run/controlled content) and companies are held accountable in court.

By: mingkee

mingkee — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:07:51 +0000

twice as fast
that’s was a lie over 9999x times!

By: [RM]

[RM] — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:07:06 +0000

That’s how it works all over the world, but not US as usual, the only country where they can say whatever they want in their commercials and get away with it, and especially Apple, just works my ass.