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yoMAMA
06-25-2006, 09:39 PM
Cellphone Company Makes A Call: Korean Americans
Firm Targets Tech-Savvy Population

By Sara Kehaulani Goo
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, June 26, 2006; A01

When Helio LLC wanted to market a new $250 ultra-high-tech cellphone this year, it targeted three distinct groups: spoiled teens, tech geeks and Korean Americans.

Korean Americans make up less than 1 percent of the U.S. population, but U.S. telecommunications firms take note of them because their kin across the Pacific are among the most tech-savvy people on the planet.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/25/AR2006062500763.html

TB4000
07-25-2006, 09:45 PM
Seen the new commercial about ten minutes ago. Konnichiwa.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=dwQkU7jLXRY&search=helio%20commercial

yoMAMA
07-25-2006, 09:59 PM
LOL

thats a funny ad.

lethal
07-25-2006, 10:00 PM
Saw the ad about 2 weeks ago on TV. Was waiting for it to be psoted on youtube.

KcYmH92
07-28-2006, 11:49 PM
lol, that commercial is hilarious, but i could see how some people might find it racist.

n3bulous
07-29-2006, 01:06 AM
"chappelle-ish" racial satire? yes. racist? not at all.