Google Shows Off Ad-Supported Cell Phone 290
taoman1 writes "Today Google showed off a ad-supported cellphone that the company plans to offer for free to interested parties. The product could reach the marketplace within a year, and will offer Google search, email, and a web browser. 'The move would echo another recent product launched by a phone industry outsider, Apple Inc.'s iPhone. But Google's product would draw its revenue from a sharply different source, relying on commercial advertising dollars instead of the sticker price of at least US$499 for an iPhone and $60 per month for the AT&T Inc. service plan. Negotiating the fairest way to split those advertising revenues with service providers could be a big hurdle for Google, one analyst said. Another problem is the potential that consumers could be scared off by the prospect of listening to advertisements before being able to make phone calls, said Jeff Kagan, a wireless and telecommunications industry analyst in Atlanta.'"
The voice version of AdSense? (Score:5, Funny)
But does it run... (Score:5, Funny)
not scary enough (Score:5, Funny)
you: Increase sales and....the size of your penis with cialis... by reaching out to new demographics....
pointy-haired boss: like women???
Re:listen to ads? (Score:5, Funny)
1. Bail Bondsman
2. Liquor Stores
3. Liquor
4. Beer
5. Prostitution
6. Check Cashing Stores
The list could go on and on. Where there is a consumer, any type of consumer, there is an advertiser just waiting to get their attention.
Re:The voice version of AdSense? (Score:4, Funny)
Irony... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:listen to ads? (Score:5, Funny)
Apply directly to the nearest insane asylum (Score:5, Funny)
(Taps number in).
(Pause).
"Head on! Apply directly to the forehead!"
"Head on! Apply directly to the forehead!"
"Head on! Apply directly to the forehead!"
"Head on! Apply directly to the forehead!"
"Head on! Apply directly to the forehead!"
(Two minutes later)
"Head on! Apply directly to the forehead!"
"Head on! Apply direc.... Hello?"
"If you ever take that long to reply to your phone again, I swear I will kill you."
contextual ads? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:listen to ads? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:listen to ads? (Score:3, Funny)
Phone: brrrring....brrring...brrring
Recorded Ad: "Hello"
Caller: "911! I cut off my finger!!!"
Recorded Ad: "How are you!?"
Caller: "I cut off my farking finger!!!! OMG!"
Recorded Ad: Great!
Caller: "WTF?"br Recorded Ad: "We have the solution just for you. Come on down to Bob's Burgers, Suds and Tractor repair. Remember, our motto is, "if yins tractor costs more dan yours double-wide, well, Bob's is da place".
Re:Pictures? (Score:1, Funny)
ADHD strikes again...
``Useless''? As in, as useless as a blank page?
As in, it cnoveys no information whatsoever? I
think you're lying.
I guess you find books pretty ``useless'' , what
with all that text and no pictures?