As the hype around the iPhone launch gets to a fever pitch, a big question remains–who’s going to buy it? Mistakenly lumped into status phone category, the iPhone is actually aimed at a more savvy consumer.
Luxury phones are the latest status symbols. Big name brands in fashion came out with exclusive handsets such as Prada’s […]
Entries from June 2007
Is the iPhone a Luxury?
June 29th, 2007 by Laura
Tags: Wireless World
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Thursday’s NGT News Roundup
June 28th, 2007 by NGT
Outcome of an Ad Contest Starts and Uproar on YouTube [New York Times]
Looks like transparency in campaigns IS really important. Contestants in a UGC contest looking for ads to promote Malibu Caribbean Rum have claimed that the contest was rigged, and they’re ticked about the time they wasted.
Nielson Adds to Cellphone Tracking [New York Times]
The […]
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Internetworking
June 27th, 2007 by Allison
The new mindset among youth is a group mentality. When a teen subscribes to a collection of feeds, publishes a blog, puts a tag on a post, tells a friend about a video they are functioning as a network. Since the internet is fueling these connections, we’ll call it internetworking (because the world needs […]
Tags: Social Networking · Sphere of Influence · Youth Trends
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Tuesday’s NGT News Roundup
June 26th, 2007 by NGT
Video Games Outselling Music. Globally. [PSFK]
Sales of video games are increasing, and Pricewaterhouse Coopers predicts that they will overtake music sales by the end of the year. Of course, you could just combine the two.
Social Networking Reaches Near Full Penetration Among Teens and ‘Tweens [Advertising Age]
A new study from Alloy showed that 96% of […]
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Wiimbledon!
June 25th, 2007 by Allison
Wii madness is in full swing. This weekend, Wiimbledon–the first ever organized Wii tennis tournament–was held at Barcade. Unlike other game systems, the Wii gets people off the couch and in this case, to Brooklyn. We made the trek to check it out.
The online sign-up closed earlier in the week, but many people turned […]
Tags: Gaming
