I was somewhat relieved to find out that I wasn’t the only one who would describe the Palm Pre commercials as odd, but neither did I think others would describe feelings of “happiness” and “inspiration” when viewing them. Surprise, surprise:
A nationwide study of 305 viewers looked at response to the new Palm Pre ads. While comments at our site and others seem to have an overwhelmingly negative response to the ads, that was not the case with the study group. In fact, half of the viewers chose inspiration or happiness as the emotions they felt while viewing the ad.
The report didn’t specify whether any of the study participants noted the commercials were “vaguely creepy.”
The Palm Pre looks sweet and will probably be the next phone I get, but those ads are pretty creepy.
I used to have a Palm Treo and I loved it, and I think the Palm Pre looks very cool. If I were still on Sprint, I’d be all over it.
Unfortunately that woman from the ads haunts my dreams, but I can’t really hold that against the phone.