Remember the
popcorn video clip we posted earlier this week, in which a trio of cellphones arranged in a circle supposedly caused a handful of kernels to pop? We knew the vids were fake, and speculated that they were part of some sort of marketing scheme. Now we have confirmation: The clips are indeed
part of a viral advertising campaign, put together by a company called Cardo Systems, which markets a
Bluetooth headset designed to "reduce power output by up to 99 percent."
So, no real surprise there, nor is there any surprise that these videos have spawned a series of knockoffs and parodies. Our favorite is above, which shows an
iPhone surrounded by kernels that cause the iPhone itself to pop! Still fake, but funny at least. [Source:
The Underwire]
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