Verizon Wireless is the new playground bully. (BIU EPISODE 1.5)

WOW! I’m three days late to post the episode. I usually post episodes on Friday, but unfortunately, I was busy the whole week and weekend. Let’s hope that the following days will be much easier.

Now to the episode: the title says it all. Since the Motorola Droid smartphone came out recently, Verizon’s been attacking AT&T and the iPhone with many silly commercials. Here’s one of the them that made me laugh:

Just look at that toy elephant! His voice and the way he speaks sounds hilarious! He reminds me of the Sesame Street episodes I used to watch when I was really young. And what in the world is up with that airplane in the end? He or she (to be honest, I don’t know what it is) just suddenly starts laughing after making a statement that wasn’t funny at all, jumps around in circles and falls down. That’s total randomness, Verizon.

I love the iPhone and iPod touch, its physical features, and its software and apps. I even own and iPod Touch. However, also, to be honest, I kind of like the Droid. I’m a huge fan of Google and all its products. Heck, I love Google so much that I use it as my secondary or tertiary word processing suite when I’m not on my base computer. If I had an iPhone, I wouldn’t let it go for the Droid. I’m just not…used to other types of phones, except my Samsung SLYDE.

As many of you know, I live in the Pacific Coast of Canada where Telus, Rogers and Bell are the most popular phone providers. They make many commercials, but they never attack each other in a direct way, like Verizon’s attacking AT&T. And what the funniest part is, is that these Verizon commercials are appearing on some Canadian channels like CBC. Looks like they really want to spread the word. :-/

This is why I called Verizon the playground bully. Though, sadly, this isn’t the only commercial for the Droid campaign.

Here’s a photo of another ad: