Registered: Dec 1999
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anyone in nyc can now see the new avantgo campaign starring the orange visor deluxe.

the print ad campaign is on subway platforms, showing an OVDx adorned with two pieces of sushi and chopsticks, with fodor's restaraunt guide on the screen...

OVDx owners, stand tall, and be counted. We're everywhere!

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matty
i like bananas.

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Orange? ORANGE? What must they have been thinking!

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Originally posted by SherylKing:
Orange? ORANGE? What must they have been thinking!

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Registered: Dec 1999
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umm...

(he says, replacing carefully the shattered pieces of his visor's heart and ego).

maybe you should ask the same question of marcus (i.e.: why is it an orange visor in all of the button gifs?)

maybe you should ask donna and jeff why they built it in the first place.

ask macintosh why blue and orange were the original colors for the [portable] ibook.

maybe you should look deep into your soul and ask why you didn't let your inner child have an orange visor. this perhaps will help you deal with the harshness of your view toward these helpless, inanimate objects that must bear the brunt of your rage and confusion.

maybe you should take a look at the ad, (or the many other 3rd party ads that use visors - they're out there, you've seen 'em) and ask yourself why you're so entranced by the sheer, simple beauty of it.

in a word, the answer to all of these questions is...

aesthetics.

it just looks better than a boring old graphite one. especially for a display involving food - a food for which presentation is as important as taste or quality.

it is also distinctive. no one else makes an orange pda. perhaps avantgo and handspring have entered into a partnership for these ads ("visor" and the handspring logo are quite prominent on the device in the ad).

orange visors, tho' perhaps the least popular in the consumer base (anyone seen that visor received log lately - or the color poll?), seem to be be the most popular among the advertising base. i think its a matter of stand-out appeal, and just plain looks.

but maybe that's me. i'm proud of my orange visor. it never fails to get a response from anyone who sees it (and the response 99% of the time is how much cooler it is than the average black or grey palm, in case you're wondering). and it works. for me, and the advertisers. and, most importantly, it makes me happy: it brightens my day rather than darkening it. it's arefreshing color rather than a gloomy one, it doesn't make want to scream at other, unsuspecting pdas, who for want of pretty colors have enough problems already.

my $.02. maybe $.03.




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matty
i like bananas.

Registered: Nov 1999
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hey, don't yell at me...i've got a blue one and had to fight (and lost) for the orange stylus...i ended up with the blue one...SHE ended up with the orange one.

I like the blue/orange combo. hmm..i'm not a bronco's fan, i can't think of any other blue/orange combo products or teams....

I just like that combo.

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oh hoser,

you must know i would never yell at you. in point of fact, i never yelled (symbolically capitalizing, nor actually raising my voice talking to the computer screen), just responded to ms. king's symbolic use of capital letters and the therein implicit insult of orange visors.

although i must admit, your blue comment verges on making you an accomplice .


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matty
i like bananas.

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Originally posted by matty:
nor actually raising my voice talking to the computer screen

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i thought I was the only one who did that!

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Originally posted by Hoser_in_USA:

I like the blue/orange combo. hmm..i'm not a bronco's fan, i can't think of any other blue/orange combo products or teams....

I just like that combo.

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Originally posted by tiassa:
NY Knicks & Mets.

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I like the blue/orange combo. hmm..i'm not a bronco's fan, i can't think of any other blue/orange combo products or teams....

I just like that combo.

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Location: SW Virginia
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Originally posted by Hoser_in_USA:
I like the blue/orange combo. hmm..i'm not a bronco's fan, i can't think of any other blue/orange combo products or teams....

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Cough ... Cough ... University of Virginia Wahoos ... Cough ... Cough. Try Maroon and Orange.


[Edited by potter on 10-03-2000 at 10:37 AM]

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this thread has gotten so far off topic i almost can't believe it.

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matty
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Matty:

We seem to have very short attention spans

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there was a topic?!?!

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topic??? hmmm... ummm... well, I DID see an ORANGE Visor on several of the screens at www.peanutpress.com

I didn't really care for the color Visors that much - probably because there was no purple - so my Visor is Graphite. But if I *had* to choose one of the colors, it would probably be orange... maybe...

[This message has been edited by narnia_77 (edited 06-09-2000).]

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Originally posted by Hoser_in_USA:
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I like the blue/orange combo. hmm..i'm not a bronco's fan, i can't think of any other blue/orange combo products or teams....

I just like that combo.

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The Fighting Illini (University of Illinois Football) wear Orange and Blue.

GO ILLINI!!!

(Sorry, I just couldn't resist... )

Later,

mc9