Is Casio Aiming For The Sexter Market With Its Latest Phone?
from the serious-questions dept
"Sexting," or kids taking nude or provocative photos of themselves and sending them around, is one of the moral panics du jour. While some people are working themselves into a lather over it, one can't help but wonder if Casio is trying to pitch its latest mobile handset to the teen sexter market with a couple of YouTube videos called "Sexy girl in the shower" and "Money shot." The videos have since been yanked, but the former touted the handset's waterproofing and 5-megapixel camera by showing -- no prizes for guessing -- a girl using it in the shower to talk and take a photo of herself. We won't get in to the content of the second ad, but suffice to say it's not something very many companies would be too comfortable with. Sure, showing somebody using a phone in the shower sounds like a great way to promote a waterproof handset, but given the sexting uproar, perhaps Casio's timing (and/or judgment) was a little off.
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Oh, these crazy Japanese
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videos
Couldn't find the money shot one.
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viral advertising
"pulled" commercials are incredibly popular amongst those that have surplus of expendable cash.
This was genius marketing.
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Nah, that won't ever happen. Ban cell phones for anyone under 18. Quick congress, get on it.
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Re: viral advertising
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Damn you all to HELL!!!
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you write this article
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Not Just Kids
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Why were they pulled?
This seems like standard advertising, like a shampoo commercial where the users seem to get off on it. Sex sells.
And that linked to article, the informationweek one, says this post has been removed.
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Jesus also receives these text messages
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I don't think jesus really cares ...
Does that make God a pedophile??
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Quick dissemble all motor cars teens cold have sex in them
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Isnt this good?
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So God knew someday there would be sexting. He took the time to write some rules down.....None of them say anything about sex or sexting! Hmmmmmmmmmmm............
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Timing off?
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Silly Americans is more like it
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Only teens?
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Bosna Hersek Havayollari
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