First iPad Commercial Airs During Oscars
Here’s the very first iPad commercial, which aired during last night’s Oscars. If you’ve been following the device on the blogs then it’s nothing new, but it’s still an entertaining, well put together commercial.
It also explains why Steve Jobs was seen on the red carpet, which is pictured below:
In other Oscar news, the techno-tastic Avatar walked away with Oscars for Achievement in Art Direction, Achievement in Visual Effects and Achievement in Cinematography. All these awards make sense – especially Visual Effects, as James Cameron essentially created new 3D cameras and technology from the ground up.
The computer animated tearjerker Up won for Best Animated Feature, which led to a heartfelt, genuine speech by director Pete Doctor, who remarked, “Boy, never did I dream that making a flip-book out of my 3rd grade math book would lead to this.”
Stirring stuff!
