Oh. No. They. Didn't! Verizon puts the iPhone in the land of the misfit toys with latest ad
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Verizon ads label iPhone a "misfit toy"
Electronista | The Macintosh News Network — Verizon this weekend stepped up the pressure in its anti-AT campaign with three new ads (viewable below). The lead ad, "Misfit Toys," attacks the iPhone's attachment to AT and says it belongs on Rudolph 's Island of Misfit Toys for running on a network with relatively low 3G coverage. Unlike the recent Droid ads, the new commercials take care to praise the phone but attack the network, suggesting Verizon is backing away from direct criticism of Apple. The other two ads, "Blue Christmas" and "Elves," are less direct but still show logoless iPhones 'ruining' Christmas through their inability to get a good signal. All three spots echo ...

Verizon Wireless Launches Three More Anti-AT&T 3G Network Commercials [Verizon Wireless]
Gizmodo — Today Verizon responded to AT&T;'s "There's a Map For That" commercials lawsuit by releasing a slew of new commercials with similar themes and messaging. The battle continues, this time on the infamous Island of Misfit Toys. The first commercial, which I saw air for the first time during the New England Patriots game this afternoon, is called Verizon Blue Christmas (above). As Elvis croons, a man depressingly makes his way home with no cell coverage. He's utterly sad until he sees that a wrapped, red present might just contain the phone he's really looking for. The second commercial, ...

Verizon Attacks iPhone and AT&T… with Toys, Elves, and Xmas Blues?!
The iPhone Blog — We have to admit, Verizon’s latest, Xmas-themed iPhone and AT&T attack ads bring the funny. Continuing the savvy “map for that” (rather than silly DroidDoes), the first shows the land of misfit toys where an iPhone-looking device is condemned for its poor AT&T 3G coverage. After the break, we have elves giving Verizon devices, with robust 3G coverage, to nice children and an iPhone with poor AT&T coverage to the naughty. And, lastly, a father has a blue Xmas when his iPhone can’t reach his family (though a Verizon present awaits him when ...

New Verizon Ads Hint At Verizon iPhone?
I4U News — New Verizon Ads Hint At Verizon iPhone? Topic: Mobile Phones Posted on Sun, 8 Nov 2009 16:27:32 CST | by Robert Evans Christmas is coming up, and Verizon's launched a whole new bevy of ads in order to push their new smartphone line-up this holiday season. If you haven't already seen it on television, you can check out any of the ads on Verizon's YouTube stream. Most of the ads are your normal fare, but one of them has got me thinking. The ad is set in the isle of misfit toys, and features the iPhone as a newcomer to the island. The interesting thing about this is that Verizon isn't attacking the iPhone itself in this ad. In ...

New Verizon ad calls iPhone 'misfit toy'
iPhone Atlas — Verizon has decided to take the spirit of Christmas and shove it into the part of iPhone users' chimneys where Santa would need a pick ax. Some who viewed the first Droid teaser ad , just a couple of weeks ago, were stunned to see Verizon so baldly declare that the Apple uber-machine was, in some ways, deficient. Rumor had it that this was an isolated attempt at leveraging publicity for the new Motorola device. However, this new ad shows that the iPhone is firmly on Verizon's list. And it's not Verizon's Christmas list. The ad places the iPhone on the mythical Island of Misfit Toys. It's an island inhabited solely by those things you ...

Rumor Has It: Verizon iPhone in Q3 2010
TheAppleBlog — Even as Verizon continues attacking AT&T’s comparatively poor network with new ads, and by proxy the iPhone, the latest rumor has Apple developing a “worldmode” iPhone capable of running on any network. The three holiday-themed ads, “Blue Christmas,” “Elves,” ...

Verizon ads call the iPhone a “misfit toy”
SlipperyBrick.com — Verizon layed the smack down this weekend in its anti-AT&T campaign with three new ads. The first ad, “Misfit Toys,” attacks the iPhone’s attachment to AT&T and says it belongs on Rudolph’s Island of Misfit Toys for running on a network with low 3G coverage. The new commercials make a point to praise the phone, but attack the network, making it seem like Verizon is backing away from direct criticisms. The “Blue Christmas” and “Elves,” ads are less direct but show iPhones with no logos ruining Christmas because they can’t ...

Verizon Wireless: The iPhone is a Misfit Toy
Technologizer — Once again, Verizon is bashing away at the iPhone in a commercial–one that places an animated iPhone lookalike on the Island of Misfit Toys from the classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer TV special: For entertainment value and diligent recreation of the Rankin-Bass studio’s ...

Verizon gets into the Christmas spirit by bashing AT&T and the iPhone
Boy Genius Report — A few days ago AT&T filed suit against Verizon for its “There’s an App for That” ad campaign. Verizon’s response? Welcoming the iPhone to the Island of Misfit Toys in new commercial that embodies the Christmas Spirit. Hit the break to check out the main attraction as well as two side shows.

Verizon lays into AT&T with new 3G ads
Gadget Teaser — AT&T might have done well to keep quiet about Verizon’s “map for that” ads. Since bringing a lawsuit concerning the original commercial, Verizon has launched three more ads, all bearing the same message: AT&T’s network sucks. It’s not that the message is anything new, but AT&T has made it clear that network quality is a pressure point, and now Verizon’s going to squeeze. The new ads will likely air all through the holidays since they’re all about Christmas. In one the iPhone ends up on the island of misfit toys, not fitting in until it shows its new friends the AT&T 3G coverage map. That one works on ...

Verizon’s New Commercial Still Talking Smack To Att
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Is the iPhone a Misfit?
Mobilewhack.com — Verizon has taken the first jab at the iPhone calling it a misfit. Well technically that is as it unveiled its new commercial to jack up the Holiday season promotions for its Motorola Droid phones. Making use of the “Misfits Toys” from the classic Christmas animation Rudolf the Red-nosed Reindeer, Verizon has added the iPhone to the list of misfits to leverage some publicity. Will Apple throw a second jab? Wait and see! Here is the commercial: ( Source ) Cnet Tags: Apple , Cell Phones , christmas animation , classic christmas , commercial source , Droid , ...

Verizon continues assault on AT&T with series of holiday ads
AppleInsider — By Brian Garner Published: 09:25 PM EST Verizon has released three ads which continue to highlight the disparity between its 3G network coverage and AT 's. The ads, titled "Naughty Nice," Misfit Toys," and "Blue Christmas" prominently feature the coverage maps first introduced in the "There's a Map for That" commercial . These maps were a point of contention between Verizon and AT , causing AT to bring a lawsuit against Verizon for misrepresenting AT 's 3G coverage areas. The lawsuit claimed that the ads mislead consumers into believing that AT 's customers have no coverage whatsoever and cannot use their devices when they ...

Verizon ads mock AT&T's 3G network
iPhone J.D. — Verizon has a new series of ads that assert that people should get a phone from Verizon instead of AT&T because Verizon's 3G network provides "5X more 3G coverage."  Small print on the ads states:  "Comparison based on square miles covered with 3G.  Voice & data services available outside 3G coverage area."  While the ads may ...

Verizon Commercial calls iPhone misfit toy
textually.org — Verizon makes fun of AT&T;'s 3G coverage. The ad places the iPhone on the mythical Island of Misfit Toys. It's an island inhabited solely by those things you don't need, don't want and don't work. Because of AT&T;'s poor 3G coverage, the ad claims the iPhone will fit right in. [via News.com] ...

Verizon Takes More Shots at AT&T and the iPhone
Berry Reporter — Last week AT&T filed a lawsuit against Verizon because of its latest “coverage map” advertising campaign.  Clearly they were upset with the way Verizon was depicting their coverage areas and they wanted to put an end to it.  So what did Verizon do about this?  They came back with three new holiday themed ads and each feature the weak AT&T coverage map in them. The first one titled “Misfit Toys” is the most intriguing because it includes the iPhone, well not a real iPhone just a cheap replica.  In it the iPhone is sent the land of misfit toys because it doesn’t work properly.  ...

Verizon’s Latest Adverts Call The iPhone A Misfit Toy
Geeky Gadgets — Last week AT&T announced that they were suing Verizon Wireless over their ‘There’s A Map For That’ ad campaign, Verizon’s response is the following adverts which call the iPhone a ‘Misfit Toy’, due to the AT&T coverage. The first advert ‘Misifit Toys’ sees the iPhone banished to Rudolph’s Island of Misifit toys for running on AT&T’s network, the first one is pretty clever and all the adverts praise the iPhone but take a stab at AT&T’s network, check out the videos below. ...

More Verizon Commercials Bash AT&T Service
GeekSugar — Fresh off the heels of the Droid launch last week, Verizon just released its new holiday ads, featuring the same 3G coverage maps that appeared in previous ads. The latest anti-Apple commercial features an iPhone banished to the "land of misfit toys." While Verizon did add a disclaimer at the bottom of the screen ...

Verizon Irritates AT&T Again
Ubergizmo — It seems like a lawsuit from AT&T isn’t enough to deter Verizon Wireless from stepping on AT&T’s toes this holiday season. Verizon has launched a new series of advertisements that poke fun at AT&T’s low 3G coverage, but doesn’t specifically say anything bad about Apple, which might actually give ...

Verizon hits back at AT&T with three new commercials
Newlaunches.com — A lawsuit wasn't enough to stop Verizon mocking at AT the three new commercials poke fun at AT 's low 3G coverage but surprisingly does not bite at Apple. So is an iPhone on the cards for Verizon? Only time will tell, in the meantime check out the other two commercials after the jump. [image] ...

Verizon Banishes iPhone to Island of Misfit Toys
Digital Daily — If AT&T (T) took offense at Verizon’s “There’s a Map for That” ad campaign, wait until it gets a load of its rivals newest ad spots. Unfazed by AT&T’s litigious reply to its first effort, Verizon (VZ) rolled out a trio of new anti-AT&T ads over the weekend and they are brutal in their criticism of the carrier’s network coverage. All are Christmas-themed and all feature Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone, though they are careful to leave it unscathed by Verizon’s criticism of AT&T. The standout among the three, this recreation of the “Island of Misfit Toys” scene from the 1964 Rankin/Bass stop-motion animated ...

Verizon Keeps Swinging At AT&T - Despite recent lawsuit over 3G ads
DSLreports - front page — With last Friday's Motorola Droid launch and a new series of ads that take aim at AT&T;'s incomplete and sometimes sub-par wireless broadband coverage, Verizon's upped the ante in their fight against AT&T.; Why? Verizon clearly wants to do a better job at sopping up wireless subscribers during the traditionally very busy fourth quarter. AT&T;'s not particularly happy, informing us last week they'd be suing to stop several Verizon ads highlighting limited 3G coverage. AT&T; has argued that Verizon's ads intentionally mislead customers that there's no service outside of AT&T;'s 3G coverage zones -- despite the fact the ...

Three Verizon Christmas Ads Attack AT&T’s 3G Coverage
Notebooks.com — Verizon’s launched three new’There’s a Map for That’ commercials, attacking AT&T’s 3G coverage. These three new ads follow a lawsuit filed by AT&T against Verizon that called the original ‘There’s a Map for That’ ad misleading. The new ads are aimed at holiday shoppers. The first Verizon commercial borrows a scene from Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer. An iPhone finds itself on the Island of Misfit Toys. At first, the toys welcome the iPhone, but mock it once its 3G coverage map is revealed. In the below ad, an elf is ...

News: Verizon continues ad attacks on AT&T, iPhone
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond — Verizon is continuing to attack both AT&T and the iPhone with another new wave of TV advertisements. The most scathing spot, “ Misfit Toys ,” is based off the fictional Island of Misfit Toys as seen in the 1964 stop-animation holiday TV special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer , and sees an iPhone-like device arrive on the island to questions of why it was there when it can “download apps and browse the web,” with an AT&T 3G coverage map appearing above its head to explain the situation. Continue reading to view all three ads in embedded form.

Verizon Attacks AT&T 3G Coverage On Its Ads One More Time
iPhone Hacks — Verizon attacks AT&T 3G once again in ads Looks like Verizon is on a mission to make people aware of AT&T's "inferior" 3G coverage. Just days after Ma Bell filed a lawsuit against Verizon for its ' There's a map for that ...

Verizon unfazed by lawsuit, continues with the AT&T 3G bash-fest
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — It’s becoming almost trendy to hate on AT&T (NYSE: T)’s 3G network, and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Wireless is pushing hard to make the trend stick. So hard, in fact, that AT&T filed a lawsuit to stop Big Red’s “theres’ a map for that” TV ad campaign in its tracks. The lawsuit ...

Verizon's AT&T Bashing Holiday Commericals
Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome — This is one in a series of holiday Verizon ads bashing AT&T;'s 3G coverage. I thought they were tacky, particularly since it's not even Thanksgiving yet. ONE HOLIDAY AT A TIME, FOLKS, GEEZ. Where were the Pilgrim and Indian themed ads? Oh, right -- you ran them in July. I only jest, Verizon, and in the spirit of giving thanks let's smoke this peace pipe together. Oh yeah, that's the stuff. Now pass the cornucopia -- I think I saw some chips. Hit the jump for two more.

AT&T Adds New Verizon Ads to Its Map Lawsuit [Cellphones]
Gizmodo — Remember AT&T; whining that Verizon's maps don't look right? Well, more Verizon ads featuring the same accurate-from-where-we're-sitting maps have been added to the original suit. [AllThingsD] ...

AT&T Asks Court to Banish 'Misleading' Verizon iPhone Ads
iPhone Savior — AT&T is seeking a restraining order against a recent round of brutal holiday ads in its expanded federal complaint against rival Verizon Wireless. The ads attack AT&T's data network coverage, depicting iPhone as a 'misfit toy' that's been banished to Misfit Island because of AT&T's poor 3G coverage. The company claims that, "Verizon is running a series of advertisements which falsely communicate that AT&T does not have wireless data coverage throughout much of the United States. Contrary to the image presented in the Verizon ads, our wireless network is ...

AT&T Demands Verizon Stop Airing “Misfit Toys”, Other Attack Ads
The iPhone Blog — Ho-ho-hold on a minute, Verizon — AT&T’s not finding much to laugh about in those new anti-AT&T iPhone “map for that” commercials that show a teensy, tiny blue GSM/HSPA 3G footprint compared the ginormous country painted CDMA/EVDO red. In fact, AT&T amending their original lawsuit to include those new misfit toys, Santa’s workshop, and blue Christmas ads. “Contrary to the image presented in the Verizon ads, our wireless network is pervasive,” said an AT&T spokesman. “It covers over 300 million ...

AT&T Responds To Verizon Advertisements
iPhone Alley - News — AT&T's wireless data coverage reaches 303 million people – or 97% of the U.S. population, where they live and work. Our data coverage consists of 3 different types of technology: AT&T is the #1 network for smartphones, with twice the number of smartphone customers than Verizon, our closest competitor. Some of the reasons include: Most popular smartphones. Unlike Verizon, AT&T offers the most popular smartphones in the industry. More wireless apps. Unlike Verizon, AT&T customers have access to more than 100,000 applications, more than with any other wireless company. Talk and E-mail at the same time. Unlike Verizon, AT&T's 3G network lets wireless ...

AT&T responds to 'false and misleading' Verizon ads
AppleInsider — To Our Customers: As the U.S. market leader in wireless data service, we typically don't respond to competitors' advertising. However, some recent ads from Verizon are so blatantly false and misleading, that we want to set the record straight about AT 's wireless data coverage. The key facts are: AT is the #1 network for smartphones, with twice the number of smartphone customers than Verizon, our closest competitor. Some of the reasons include: Most popular smartphones. Unlike Verizon, AT offers the most popular smartphones in the industry. More wireless apps. Unlike Verizon, AT customers have access to more than 100,000 applications, more than ...

AT&T responds to Verizon ads
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — Today, AT&T issued a response to Verizon's ads which have been getting a lot of attention lately.  The ads show maps of 3G service, which Verizon covers more area.  AT&T thinks that consumers believe that those maps are of overall geographic coverage - which AT&T actually has more of than Verizon.   AT&T is also suing Verizon over the claimed misrepresentation.  AT&T's claim below: ...

AT&T Tries to Set Record Straight w/ Verizon ‘There’s a Map for That’ Ads
Notebooks.com — AT&T is pretty upset about Verizon’s TV commercials that highlight its lackluster 3G coverage. AT&T has posted a response to the Verizon Ads in an attempt to set the record straight. Many iPhone users are very disappointed with AT&T’s 3G coverage. Verizon’s current advertising campaign pokes fun at AT&T’s spotty 3G coverage. AT&T’s response points out that voice and data cover 97% of U.S. residents where they live and work. The problem is that AT&T’s touting statistics that include its slower data networks. ...

Verizon says AT&T's "There's A Map For That" lawsuits prove that AT&T 3G sucks
TECHNOLOGY — No, I'm not sensationalizing. Here's what Verizon Wireless says in its response to AT&T;'s request for a judge to force Verizon to pull its "There's A Map For That" ads: AT&T; did not file this lawsuit because Verizon's "There's A Map For That" advertisements are untrue; AT&T; sued because Verizon's ads are true and the truth hurts. ... The stark truth, as revealed by the concededly accurate coverage maps in Verizon's advertising, is that the geographic reach of AT&T;'s 3G network is far less extensive than AT&T; would have the ...

Verizon to AT&T RE: Lawsuit: “The Truth Hurts”
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — So, you might have heard that AT&T (NYSE: T) is suing Verizon for misrepresenting them in the “There’s a Map for that” ads that attack AT&T’s coverage. AT&T tried to “set the record straight“, but ...

Verizon Tells AT&T That “The Truth Hurts”
Digital Trends — VZ_vs_ATT_3G_coverage Verizon's rebuutle to AT 's ad campaign lawsuit consists of "the truth hurts." AT&T and Verizon, the nation’s second largest and largest telecoms, respectively, are at open war. With Verizon’s new Droid phone looking to challenge the iPhone as the reigning media smartphone , the pair wage battle in the court room over Verizon’s commercials which depict AT&T’s poor 3G coverage. It has been reported that in some areas, such as New York City, that AT&T’s call drop rates are as high as 30 percent — or that it merely has no 3G service at all. However, AT&T does have broad coverage under its older EDGE network, ...

Verizon Replies to AT&T’s Lawsuit Over Attack Ads — “The Truth Hurts”
The iPhone Blog — By now most of you have seen the infamous Verizon “map for that” attack ads against AT&T. It was only a matter of time before we heard Verizon’s response to the lawsuit [Full document PDF link] that AT&T recently slapped them with and respond they did. Verizon’s lawyers put their heads together to come up with the following opening line: AT&T did not file this lawsuit because Verizon’s “There’s A Map For That” advertisements are untrue; AT&T sued because Verizon’s ads are true and the truth ...

Phones are the Face of the Carrier
Android Phone Fans —