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May 8, 2007

Introducing ... The OFone!

Spoof videos, as a general rule, are hard to do well. Capturing the right tone of the thing you're spoofing - without being too obvious, too mean, too weak, or too "me too" (see: 99% of the "Get A Mac" parodies out there) is a challenge.

So I'm pleased to report that this latest spoof - the "Microsoft OFone" is fantastic - just a perfect blend of breathless product-launch video and clueless crappy-tech product. The marketing guy, in particular, is genius:

This is more than thinking outside the box. We're nowhere near the box! The box is on Saturn ... or Jupiter ... whichever is farther away.

We showed this, apparently, at the Mobile and Embedded Developer Conference in Vegas. Do yourself a favor and check it out.

(Tip 'o the hat to Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog.)

Posted by Gavin Shearer at May 8, 2007 9:53 AM. Posted to Entertainment | MSFT.

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