Ironically, it was just our last post where we griped that the great music sharing site, grooveshark, could not be used on iPhone because it does not have flash capability. And today we hear that Apple have had their wrists slapped for claiming in a UK ad that:
“all the parts of the internet are on the iPhone”
Check the “offending ad” out in this video!
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=8sPVfFXC6AY[/youtube]
Apparently this ad sparked a lot of hostile objections, with UK consumers claiming that the ad will totally mislead potential buyers as to the iPhone’s capability (we wonder why the Apple promoters think this is necessary?) Enough so that it got investigated by the Advertising Standards Authority in the UK and they banned the ad!
And that was despite Apple’s best attempt to argue that their statement was – in ‘some sense’ -true!
Hmmm… Another dark mark against the once seemingly highly ethical company? What was that old saying about absolute power…?
What do you think?