“It’s Just The Internet… On Your Phone” – Kinda Sorta…

Let’s play a game…

Here are two great iPhone/iPod Touch ads. See if you can spot the problem…

Here’s the first…

and here’s the second…

Can you spot the problem?

The First ad promises

"this is not a waterdown version of the internet, or the mobile version of the internet, or the, ‘kinda sorta looks like the internet’ internet, it’s just the internet on your phone"

The second is one of the cool new web ads Apple has been running. But don’t try to view these iPhone and Touch ads ON your phone or Touch since the devices can’t play that kind of internet content.

That’s right, the new ads FOR the Touch can’t be viewed ON the Touch thanks to Apple’s continued refusal to cripple the iPhone and Touch’s ability to truly give us the "real web".

Maybe the first ad needs to read-

"this is not a waterdown version of the internet, or the mobile version of the internet, or the, ‘kinda sorta looks like the internet’ internet, it’s just the internet KINDA SORTA BUT CRIPPLED on your phone"