{"id":87290,"date":"2009-12-17T17:36:37","date_gmt":"2009-12-17T22:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theappleblog.com\/?p=37734"},"modified":"2009-12-17T17:36:37","modified_gmt":"2009-12-17T22:36:37","slug":"apple-iphone-ad-voice-guy-ruins-christmas-in-new-commercial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/87290","title":{"rendered":"Apple iPhone Ad Voice Guy Ruins Christmas in New Commercial"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='snap_preview'><\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-37764 styled\" title=\"12days\" src=\"http:\/\/gigapple.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/12days.png?w=300&#038;h=262\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"262\" \/>The guy from Apple&#8217;s &#8220;There&#8217;s an App for That&#8221; series of commercials does a fine, upstanding job, don&#8217;t get me wrong. He&#8217;s a credit to his profession, in fact, and has become iconically associated with one of the most successful products ever released. But he&#8217;s seriously ruining Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>A new Apple ad in the series features an app-centric take on the classic &#8220;12 Days of Christmas&#8221; holiday carol, as rendered with uncompromising unmusicality by the voice that smugly informs us about everything there&#8217;s an app for. The apps don&#8217;t correspond to the actual items described in the original tune, but instead highlight various holiday-time activities. <span id=\"more-37734\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theappleblog.com\/2009\/12\/17\/apple-iphone-ad-voice-guy-ruins-christmas-in-new-commercial\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/6YkKmuQRayQ\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how it breaks down (all links direct to iTunes):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>12 Cookies Cooking &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/ca\/app\/the-betty-crocker-mobile-cookbook\/id304132604?mt=8\" >The Betty Crocker Mobile Cookbook<\/a> (free)<\/li>\n<li>11 Cards A Sending &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/ca\/app\/postman\/id320009042?mt=8\" >Postman<\/a> ($2.99)<\/li>\n<li>10 Gifts for Giving &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/ca\/app\/my-gift-list\/id336600956?mt=8\" >My Christmas Gift List<\/a> ($0.99)<\/li>\n<li>9 Songs for Singing &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/ca\/app\/tabtoolkit\/id325946571?mt=8\" >TabToolkit<\/a> ($9.99)<\/li>\n<li>8 Bells for Ringing &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/ca\/app\/holiday-bells\/id300097303?mt=8\" >Holiday Bells<\/a> ($0.99)<\/li>\n<li>7 Slopes A Skiing &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/ca\/app\/snow-reports\/id293658400?mt=8\" >Snow Reports<\/a> ($1.99)<\/li>\n<li>6 Games for Playing &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/ca\/app\/christmas-fever\/id298684298?mt=8\" >Christmas Fever<\/a> ($0.99)<\/li>\n<li>5 Gold Rings &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/ca\/app\/anna-sheffield-jewelry\/id323134514?mt=8\" >Anna Sheffield Jewelry<\/a> (free)<\/li>\n<li>4 Hot Lattes &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/mystarbucks\/id331177714?mt=8\" >myStarbucks<\/a> (free)<\/li>\n<li>3 Flights Home &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/flight-search\/id344210649?mt=8\" >Flight Search<\/a> (free)<\/li>\n<li>2 Feet of Snow &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/weather-pro\/id294631159?mt=8\" >Weather Pro<\/a> ($3.99)<\/li>\n<li>And an app that can light up the tree &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/schlage-link\/id304152695?mt=8\" >Schlage LINK<\/a> (free, but requires additional hardware)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So all told, that&#8217;s $22 for a complete holiday. Is it worth it? Probably not. Actually definitely not. Trust someone who has a whole heap of Christmas-themed apps cluttering up his iTunes library from last year, when the novelty of the device was enough to get me to pay good money for a virtual fireplace I could carry around in my pocket. That said, I wouldn&#8217;t object to some gifted apps turning up in my virtual stocking Christmas morning.<\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/gigapple.wordpress.com\/37734\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/gigapple.wordpress.com\/37734\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godelicious\/gigapple.wordpress.com\/37734\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/delicious\/gigapple.wordpress.com\/37734\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gostumble\/gigapple.wordpress.com\/37734\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/stumble\/gigapple.wordpress.com\/37734\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godigg\/gigapple.wordpress.com\/37734\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/digg\/gigapple.wordpress.com\/37734\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/goreddit\/gigapple.wordpress.com\/37734\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/reddit\/gigapple.wordpress.com\/37734\/\" \/><\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=theappleblog.com&#038;blog=5550580&#038;post=37734&#038;subd=gigapple&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\" \/><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/ads.gigaom.com\/proxy.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fads.gigaom.com%2Fopenx%2Fwww%2Fdelivery%2Fck.php%3Foaparams%3D2__bannerid%3D198__zoneid%3D6__cb%3D446fb2fab5__oadest%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fsalesforce.com%252F' ><img src='http:\/\/ads.gigaom.com\/openx\/www\/images\/882338d114410ec8819c4fb6ad88103c.gif' width='300' height='250' alt='' title='' border='0' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id='beacon_446fb2fab5' style='position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; visibility: hidden;'><img src='http:\/\/ads.gigaom.com\/openx\/www\/delivery\/lg.php?bannerid=198&amp;campaignid=22&amp;zoneid=6&amp;loc=http%3A%2F%2Fads.gigaom.com%2F%3Furl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Ftheappleblog.com%252Ffeed%252F%253Fnoredirect%253D1&amp;cb=446fb2fab5' width='0' height='0' alt='' style='width: 0px; height: 0px;' \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/TheAppleBlog?a=hlk7in9M1ts:6Qz5XSKpwaU:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/TheAppleBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/TheAppleBlog?a=hlk7in9M1ts:6Qz5XSKpwaU:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/TheAppleBlog?i=hlk7in9M1ts:6Qz5XSKpwaU:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/TheAppleBlog?a=hlk7in9M1ts:6Qz5XSKpwaU:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/TheAppleBlog?i=hlk7in9M1ts:6Qz5XSKpwaU:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/TheAppleBlog?a=hlk7in9M1ts:6Qz5XSKpwaU:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/TheAppleBlog?i=hlk7in9M1ts:6Qz5XSKpwaU:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/TheAppleBlog?a=hlk7in9M1ts:6Qz5XSKpwaU:guobEISWfyQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/TheAppleBlog?i=hlk7in9M1ts:6Qz5XSKpwaU:guobEISWfyQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/TheAppleBlog\/~4\/hlk7in9M1ts\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The guy from Apple&#8217;s &#8220;There&#8217;s an App for That&#8221; series of commercials does a fine, upstanding job, don&#8217;t get me wrong. He&#8217;s a credit to his profession, in fact, and has become iconically associated with one of the most successful products ever released. But he&#8217;s seriously ruining Christmas. A new Apple ad in the series [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-software"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87290\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}