What's up with those creepy Palm Pre commercials?

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yeah, wow. that was…clever. no, it’s pretty much universally accepted that those commercials are rubbish. i think they thought the ads would be like the iPhone ads, but with a face. But the creepy Borg Queen faced lady was their first mistake (with the ads).

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