Comments on: Innovative advertising or annoying advertising?

By: Mr. Lu

Mr. Lu — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:56:00 +0000

This is very typical feature of Chinese: lack of tact, of proportion. In other words, “quality”. Chinese do not waste time and momentum asking philosophical questions *themselves*, they simply effectively try to push *the others.* In my long-term opinion (my first time in China was some 16 yrs ago) this difference in their perception will bring even more troubles in future. At the practical level, I can understand your tactful approach, however, after all these years in China, I accomodated to these ways and if someone treats me like this, he just gets back only the same caliber from me. Every electrical gadget on this planet still *must* have a cable to it, right, and actually, we do not need hotel phones in these days anymore, right? Yes, sounds little bit stupid when being a civilised guest in a classy hotel, but what can you do if you do not want to be brutally exploited by someone whose main feature is nothing but a lack of any civility and a sense of proportion?

By: Sam Flemming

Sam Flemming — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:32:00 +0000

I will add this to my list of “Examples in China of media in places where there shouldn’t be media”

http://www.seeisee.com/sam/2008/07/11/p572

By: Marc van der Chijs

Marc van der Chijs — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:47:00 +0000

Did the Austrian phone have video ads on it as well? That was the special thing about it for me, and the reason I blogged about it (special in a negative sense!).

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:14:00 +0000

oh, I used a similar looking phone about 10 years ago in a skiing resort in austria. it was a bosch phone but the big plus: it was ready for isdn internet. a good idea and I loved to check my emails with it 10 years ago a really good solution.

By: Marc van der Chijs

Marc van der Chijs — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:47:00 +0000

First time I saw it in a Beijing hotel, we probably stay in different hotels.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:00:00 +0000

You’ll see this sort of phone almost in every hotel you go! (in Beijing)

By: Timen

Timen — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:51:00 +0000

I agree; just cut the f*cker.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:28:00 +0000

Solution – Scissors.

By: Yannick

Yannick — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:22:00 +0000

Amazing. There is really absolutely NO end to where we’ll find advertising next. It seems to me in China there’s no grasp of the fact that you may be reaching a NEGATIVE effect if you’re too insistant… but hey, everyone’s trying their luck…