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For today\u2019s launch of the iPad 2 in the USA, here is the \u201cBanned iPad 2 Promo Video\u201d \u2013 almost exclusively. To be honest, I did not find the clip particularly funny at first. Only on a second viewing did I discover the charm of this near-real satire. The creator\u2019s YouTube channel<\/a> contains more \u201cBanned Promo Videos\u201d, including one for the iPhone 4.<\/p>\n\n

With these videos, JLE Productions regularly points out that Apple sells innovations to its customers as revolutionary even though some of them have long been standard among competitors. Put differently, the \u201cBanned Promo Videos\u201d show an unpolished view of Apple\u2019s latest innovations.<\/p>\n\n

JLE Productions is actually a Los Angeles production company<\/a> specialising, among other things, in commercials. Its clients include FedEx, Volkswagen and Heinz Ketchup. Looking at the YouTube viewing figures for the \u201cApple Banned Promo\u201d videos, the result is ultimately a successful viral video campaign …<\/p>\n\n

VIA: Banned Apple iPad 2 Promo Video: FaceTime for Video Sex! \u00bb Apfeleimer.de<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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