microsoft ads

Attachment 11664

I confess I'm not always kind to Microsoft.

They stumble and bumble and often make bad decisions, and as such make a great target for a blogger like me, but looking back at the announcements they've made over the last couple of weeks, when you add it all up, they at least seem to be trying to move forward.

Yesterday Microsoft launched the long-awaited Zune HD.

By all reports, this is a pretty nice device with a large 3.3 inch OLED screen with HD video and HD radio playback.

As a media player, it offers access to a limited App Store and a very nice $15 all-you-can-eat monthly music subscription service.

It looks like Microsoft put a lot of thought into the design, and at the very least, I wanted to get my hands on one at Best Buy and take it for a spin.

Over the last year, Microsoft ads have been simply bad on one end of the spectrum and horrible on the other.

It's really time for the company to reconsider their ad agency choices and their overall strategy because right now they are throwing good money after bad.

I had one friend who described the ads aptly when he said, "It's strange how tone deaf they remain." Let's review (in the words of Genesis), the grand parade of lifeless packaging: Puking Women The latest in the series of disasters that have been Microsoft ads was pulled last week because people were offended by a woman...