Samsung’s ballyhooed ads: are they worth the hype?

It isn’t often that an advertisement is the top story on the tech news aggregators. Usually when it is, there’s an Apple product being advertised.

Samsung scored a big win with a pair of ads they released that take the childhood dreams of millions in the past and associates them with the new Samsung Galaxy Gear, the big time smartwatch that has yet to really impress otherwise. Their ads are impressing people. Will it be enough to sell more of them?

Check out the ads:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2AjPfHTIS4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3qeJKax2CU

Is the Nexus 7 really a Kindle Fire competitor?

Many have billed Google’s Nexus 7 as a clear competitor to the Amazon Kindle Fire. Same price point, same size screen.

The comparisons can really end there, though.

The big difference other than superior aesthetic is in the way the software performs. There were plenty of unboxing videos but we wanted to wait to see how it performed long-term (which, in the tablet world, is a couple of weeks) and so far it has been very impressive. It is more responsive than the Kindle Fire and with the much-larger app store and front-facing camera, Google has created a superior device at the same price as the Fire. As long as the advertising stays strong, Amazon should be in trouble until the next (hopefully improved) version of the Kindle Fire.

This video by marquesbrownlee agrees…

Samsung’s ballyhooed ads: are they worth the hype?

Is the Nexus 7 really a Kindle Fire competitor?

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