Making iPod commercials ain’t that hard

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The phrase “teen fanboy” fills me with dread, so I was already on the defensive when I began reading Gizmodo’s item about Apple running an ad by … a teen fanboy for the iPod Touch. And lo and behold, the ad is a glorified YouTube video backed by the world’s most annoying song. It’s not even demonstrably unlike something you’d see from a trendy ad agency these days. But it could have been worse. The teen fangirl contribution would have shown the Mac and PC guys making out for 10 minutes.

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