Not quite camping
May 13, 2010 8:17 am TelevisionIt’s that time again: I’m going to hammer another television commercial. This is becoming a recurring theme…
Anyway, take a look at Sprint’s “4G Anthem” spot:
While Sprint promoting all of the different ways you can use their 4G service is fine, I take issue with the final demonstration. It shows the spokesman sharing his Internet connection with others in order to play a round of Mario Kart DS during a camping trip.
What’s wrong with this picture?
If you’re on a camping trip…you should be camping, not playing video games! Furthermore, you shouldn’t even have a cellphone with you. Don’t give me that “in case of emergencies” nonsense, either; camping trips aren’t horror films. Leave your goddamned devices at home, and enjoy the great outdoors the way it was meant to be.
And if you come across any other campers playing video games, punch them.
May 13th, 2010 at 9:03 AM
I heartily agree! Ok maybe not the punching part, but that last bit is ridiculous for all the reasons you mention, and for the exaggeration about the coverage too. WiMax 4G is meant for cities, airports and the like, not the middle of the woods. So unless they are camping in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia (a city with great Clearwire coverage) they wouldn’t have the option to ruin the camping trip with DS games. Seriously, the only battery operated device that should be considered for a camping trip is an iPad, I mean a flashlight.