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When Apple decides to do “man-on-the-street” ads, it doesn’t fool around. “Meredith,” one of three new spots for the iPhone, features a Gen Y-type guy actually standing in a crosswalk.

And this is the one for which my enthusiasm is the most, well, curbed. The guy is a yuppie in training, uttering the words “fiancée” and “wedding Web site” in the same breath. (He explains that he and his girlfriend were waiting in a restaurant for her boss and his fiancée, when they realize they can’t remember the woman’s name.

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