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How Rogers Should Have Marketed the iPhone

It is with a certain amount of cynicism that the geek hordes sized up Rogers‘ newly unveiled teaser campaign for the forthcoming iPhone 3G. Nothing like a teaser for a product that was just announced to the world at the Apple WWDC on Tuesday.

How tragic. True, Rogers is being handed an effective monopoly (i.e. more than usual) for the world’s hottest mobile device, and has even announced what’s going to be released. But that’s no reason to half-ass the marketing. Jobs must be having an aneurysm.

This is what they should have done instead:
How Rogers Should Have Marketed the iPhone

Amateurs.

Vancouver Success Story: Robin Sparkles

Robin SparklesLeave it to the American media to spotlight an obviously overlooked and unsung Canadian (and Vancouver) success story: Robin Sparkles.

(This is a spoof. It appeared on “How I Met Your Mother” tonight. It should not, under any circumstances, be considered an endorsement of schmaltzy 80’s girl softcore hair-rock ballads)