Sunday, March 12, 2006 4:21 PM
Erwyn van der Meer
Microsoft Re-Designs the iPod Packaging
[
Update 2006-03-24: The
Microsoft iPod Packaging video can now be found on Google Video]
If you are a regular reader of my blog you know a recurring theme is me complaining about Microsoft product branding: overly long product names and names causing confusion amongst different products.
Of course there are other people doing the same thing. It is also a recurring theme on the
Microsoft Monitor weblog. For example,
this entry about how confusing the name Office Live is. Through
another entry on this blog I found the
Microsoft iPod packaging video on YouTube. This is a spoof that was leaked from Microsoft. It is a hilarious take on what happens if you let Microsoft name and package the iPod.
Here is a still from the video to get an idea what this leads to:
Hopefully the makers of this video and other Microsofties that feel the same, will gain a foothold inside Microsoft.
Maybe someday Microsoft will resist the temptation to slam things like "Home Premium" to the otherwise cool name "
Windows Vista" (beautiful page by the way). I do like the name "Windows Vista Ultimate" but I fear it's just an excuse to get extra $$$$$ from customers. Let's hope it is included in my
MSDN Premium Subscription for Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Developers and I don't need to upgrade it to
MSDN Extra Premium Subscription for Visual Studio 2005 Team System with Windows Vista Ultimate.
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