First Windows Phone 7 Ad Hits The Waves

[Nurhisham Hussein]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.tmonews.com/2010/09/microsofts-windows-phone-7-to-bring-a-revolution/' target='_blank'>http://www.tmonews.com/2010/09/micr...g-a-revolution/</a><br /><br /></div><p><object width="600" height="360" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/9ROL2_czpW0&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;ap=%26fmt=18" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9ROL2_czpW0&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;ap=%26fmt=18" /></object></p><p>The symbology is stirking: out of the desert a revolution is coming. The hype is only just beginning, and this one's a good start. Let us know what you think.</p>

[Fritzly]

Interesting: it is very good till 35/40 secs. After that I am not impressed by the progression of the incoming phone; I am talking about the photgraphy here, with their budget they could have aired Tony Scott.

Also the music is wrong: too slow for the action; it would have been good for camels walking in the desert non an approaching "revolution".

Said that better than average MS spots.

[Fellwalker]

When I clicked to link to the page that this was first reported on, namely tmonews, my Norton internet security had a dicky fit, and would not let me see it. It says that tmonews is a bad site.

[virain]

Do they advertise Windows Phone or Jihad?

[Fritzly]

Do they advertise Windows Phone or Jihad?

Both the images and the music is from Lawrence of Arabia; at the time the Jihad was allright and politically correct because it served well Allied interests.
Not my words: T. E. Lawrence states it in " The seven pillars of wisdom: a triumph"...........

[virain]

Both the images and the music is from Lawrence of Arabia; at the time the Jihad was allright and politically correct because it served well Allied interests.
Not my words: T. E. Lawrence states it in " The seven pillars of wisdom: a triumph"...........

Sure, but that was in 1962, today is 2010. Is MS so out of touch?!

[Fritzly]

Sure, but that was in 1962, today is 2010. Is MS so out of touch?!

Nooooooooooo!!! MS is............... vintage.............. LOL

[Jon Westfall]

It says that tmonews is a bad site.

As far as I know, tmonews has never been a 'bad' site, perhaps they posted an article once critical of overpriced software :D

[Fritzly]

When I clicked to link to the page that this was first reported on, namely tmonews, my Norton internet security had a dicky fit, and would not let me see it. It says that tmonews is a bad site.

Interesting: no issues with MS Security Essential.......

[Dyvim]

Google doesn't like it:

What happened when Google visited this site?
Of the 181 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 12 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2010-09-07, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2010-09-06.Malicious software includes 17 exploit(s). Successful infection resulted in an average of 1 new process(es) on the target machine.
Malicious software is hosted on 1 domain(s), including jetztvorun.net/ (http://safebrowsing.clients.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?client=Firefox&hl=en-US&site=jetztvorun.net/).
This site was hosted on 3 network(s) including AS21844 (THEPLANET) (http://safebrowsing.clients.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?client=Firefox&hl=en-US&site=AS:21844), AS14618 (AMAZON) (http://safebrowsing.clients.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?client=Firefox&hl=en-US&site=AS:14618), AS33070 (RMH) (http://safebrowsing.clients.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?client=Firefox&hl=en-US&site=AS:33070).

[Dyvim]

And on topic, I dig the ad. Looking forward to see WP7 in the flesh (so to speak).

[Fritzly]

Google doesn't like it:

This is weird: I tried to go to the site using Google Chrome (5.0.375.127) and I had no issues.....

[Nurhisham Hussein]

Sure, but that was in 1962, today is 2010. Is MS so out of touch?!

The movie covers the Arab (muslim) rebellion against the Turkish Ottoman Empire (also muslim), basically an independence movement - jihad doesn't come into it.

[Nurhisham Hussein]

Guys, if anybody is having trouble with the tmonews site, you can try Engadget (http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/06/windows-phone-7-ad-promises-the-revolution-is-coming-video/) instead. You're not missing much anyway, the tmonews commentary is just a few lines noting the LoA resemblence.

[Jon Westfall]

Google doesn't like it:

What happened when Google visited this site?Of the 181 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 12 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2010-09-07, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2010-09-06.Malicious software includes 17 exploit(s). Successful infection resulted in an average of 1 new process(es) on the target machine.
Malicious software is hosted on 1 domain(s), including jetztvorun.net/ (http://safebrowsing.clients.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?client=Firefox&hl=en-US&site=jetztvorun.net/).
This site was hosted on 3 network(s) including AS21844 (THEPLANET) (http://safebrowsing.clients.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?client=Firefox&hl=en-US&site=AS:21844), AS14618 (AMAZON) (http://safebrowsing.clients.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?client=Firefox&hl=en-US&site=AS:14618), AS33070 (RMH) (http://safebrowsing.clients.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?client=Firefox&hl=en-US&site=AS:33070).


Hmm, that's interesting. So it looks like Norton uses a blanket blacklist of sites that Google (or others) raise concerns about. I wonder if MS Security Essentials actually tests the page vs. using a list, hence no warning.

In general though it's clear MS Security Essentials has some fundamental differences in how it operates vs. other virus scanners.