Key Bank has several of them running right now.

From the Slate (full story here):

The half-price fib has been obvious for some time: When you add the price of AT&T’s required two-year contract, the new phone costs slightly more than the old phone. In a lawsuit filed last week, an iPhone owner named Jessica Alena Smith argues that Apple hasn’t been honest about the phone’s speed, either. Smith, echoing thousands of complaints logged on Apple’s Web site, says that her iPhone rarely connects to AT&T’s fast 3G network, instead staying fixed to the pokey EDGE service that was the bane of the first iPhone. Smith’s iPhone doesn’t just fail on tasks like downloading e-mail and surfing the Web, she says. It also drops many of her voice calls.

Smith lives in Birmingham, Ala., but I’ve had the same problem with my iPhone 3G in cell-tower-rich San Francisco—more dropped calls than I’ve ever had on a cell phone (including on the original iPhone) and terribly spotty 3G service. Last month, I raved about the great third-party programs available on the iPhone’s fantastic built-in App Store. But I’ve since soured on that system, too. As many iPhone owners have noticed, the phone often mysteriously refuses to load these apps, rendering them useless. Smith is asking a judge to grant her lawsuit class-action status. I hope it’s approved. Apple has reluctantly acknowledged flaws in the iPhone and has quietly promised to correct them, but there’s no sign that it’s taking the complaints very seriously. The lawsuit might be just the kick it needs to fix the world’s broken iPhones.

But the company’s troubles go beyond the iPhone. Last month, Apple launched MobileMe, a $100-per-year online service that aimed to sync documents and e-mail across computers and Internet devices. MobileMe failed spectacularly in its opening weeks, with some users reporting losing years of saved e-mail. In a widely circulated post, Techcrunch’s Michael Arrington claimed last week that Apple’s PCs aren’t doing so well either. Arrington, a longtime Apple fan, says he’s had four new Macs break in different ways—one refused to connect to Wi-Fi networks, one suffered a keyboard flaw, and two shut down mysteriously…

Do go read it all, it is an interesting POV.

Come on Samsung Instinct, it’s time for a “I’m a iPhone and I’m Instinct” commercial parody.

Here is my quick story:

I used to play racquetball 2 times a week at the Bally’s in Overland Park, KS. After playing I would take a shower and sit on the bench to dry off and change, typical after exercise stuff.

Almost every time I played, some super hair guy (makes Robin Williams look hairless) would stand right next completely naked and lift his leg up on the bench. This was disgusting enough but to make matters even worse, he would pull out a bottle of baby oil and begin his ritual rub down. Toe to inner thigh and then back down again. Switch leg, repeat. Move to chest and cover every part of his fur.

I was shocked and stunned. I kept moving into different areas of the locker room and he found me every time.

When I saw this commercial, those images came back. I thought I had blocked them forever but it did make me laugh and reminded me that some people actually behave like that.

I like the animation style a lot in this commercial.

I think it’s a clever phanatic Phelps phan perspective of the phone network not working.

The room is plastered with images, memorabilia but didn’t get the call that Michael Phelps was just down the street signing autographs, taking pictures and eating Chinese food. So, a good Olympic tie in and a successful commercial.

Tylenol has delivered a great concept, music score is dead on and visuals are beautiful.

They have also taken the Feel Better online, even part of the Tylenol logo treatment.

The Breakfast Club was an iconic movie from 1995 and seeing a commercial that mimics it is just proving the lack of imagination of the brand.

This is a really interesting video from BBC America. They are focused on the Barack Obama web movement.

The year that the Internet changed American politics is a big statement but I think it is valid.

It’s a long clip but worth watching.

DHADM posted a quick story about the Obama VP pick here, Barack Obama Will Tell His VP Pick By Text and Email

This commercial from GM shows the progression of innovation that leads up to the Volt release.

The music is good, the copy and visuals are good, I just hope that GM can deliver.

In 2 years time can I buy a Volt (motortrend)? I hope I have that option.

BTW- www.gm.com is one of the best URLs, so please use it.