26th February 2007

1 word, 28 actors and one phone to rule them all?

The 2007 Oscar award night teaser trailer of the iPhone cost Apple $1.7 million, possibly the most expensive “hello” in history!

Apple’s iPhone should be termed the Web 2.0 phone really. The iPhone has not even been launched yet, with Apple already working on a new version with added 3G functionality. The Apple, web pitch builds momentum. http://www.apple.com/iphone/

Its interesting to see Apple using “Hello” again to promote the iPhone, a strategy first applied to the 1st generation iMac.

Come on Apple, where is the support for Office apps and “push” email.

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22nd February 2007

A wonderful Web Pitch by Steve Jobs

Its been covered to death by the tech press over the last few weeks. However, Steve Jobs blogged for the first time on his “Thoughts on Music” pitch on Apple.com

Apple has been facing continued criticism from various European countries over the “locked” architecture of the iPod. If you buy music from the iTunes store, you can only play it back on iTunes or on your iPod. The technology is known as “Fairplay” and is Apple’s DRM - Digital Rights Management software.

Apple’s PR and Jobs have done wonders in conveying how Apple is “against” the restrictions of using DRM technologies but are forced to use them by the big four record companies. Jobs making the point that Apple are the “good karma guys” who resist DRM but the “bad guys” are the big music four, who insist on the restrictions.

A nice example of “spin”, good PR and how a blog pitch can force record companies to rethink their strategies on securing digital music.

http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughtsonmusic

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