Beside a DIGG article on how 4G is a load of rubbish there is an ad for the new HTC EVO 4G phone
I just thought this was pretty funny… and an example of targeted ad placement gone wrong!
The article title is: “4G in America: Lies, Lies, and more God Damn Lies”. Then there are two banner ads for the new HTC EVO 4G handset.
Quotes from article on www.intomobile.com…
Listen up America, by the end of this year, and most definitely during 2011, you’re going to be bombarded with advertisements that stretch across all forms of media, tempting you to hop on board a 4G network. Let’s get this out of the way right now: 4G, as the word is currently being used, is nothing but a marketing term...
…Back to the International Telecommunication Union, they’ve said that they’re not going to name which technologies are going to get the prestigious “4G” moniker until October 2010, so from a semantics point of view, any operator saying that they’re building a 4G network is being deceitful and are driven by a bunch of asshole marketers…
…Devices like the HTC EVO 4G are going to be incredibly niche. That device in particular has a 3G CDMA radio that it will use for voice and text messaging, and a WiMAX radio that it will use for data…
Another article… same problem!
The article title is: “Don’t Buy ’4G’ Phones for 4G Features – Yet”. With the same two banner ads for the new HTC EVO 4G handset.
Read the full article at PCMAG.COM
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