Samsung BlogMob(ber)
So here's the deal. I'm one of 16 bloggers in the BlogMob programme organised by Samsung and Mobile World (the magazine).
They gave me the Samsung SGH-i450, after I drew a black 7 of spades. Had it been a red card, I would have gotten the SGH-i550 which has GPS, WiFi and a 3.2MP camera. I wanted the latter, but luck is quite a rotten thing.
What do I have to do? I've been asked to use the phone and blog about it, although I am not obliged to (mmm hmm). I think this will be a tough task. For me, the mobile phone = Nokia (remember subsets in Math class?)
This is a form of peer-to-peer marketing. It's great to see brands such as Samsung experiment with these type of initiatives. It takes a little bit of guts, as the average human being (blogger) will always have something negative to say. Multiply that by 1,000 readers, and you might end up with a Marketing Massacre.
For more about the BlogMob, and the other 15 bloggers, check out:
http://blogmob.mobileworld.com.my/
They gave me the Samsung SGH-i450, after I drew a black 7 of spades. Had it been a red card, I would have gotten the SGH-i550 which has GPS, WiFi and a 3.2MP camera. I wanted the latter, but luck is quite a rotten thing.
What do I have to do? I've been asked to use the phone and blog about it, although I am not obliged to (mmm hmm). I think this will be a tough task. For me, the mobile phone = Nokia (remember subsets in Math class?)
This is a form of peer-to-peer marketing. It's great to see brands such as Samsung experiment with these type of initiatives. It takes a little bit of guts, as the average human being (blogger) will always have something negative to say. Multiply that by 1,000 readers, and you might end up with a Marketing Massacre.
For more about the BlogMob, and the other 15 bloggers, check out:
http://blogmob.mobileworld.com.my/
posted by Praveen at
11:13 PM
5 Comments:
How did Samsung get in touch with you in the first place?
And "you're not obliged to blog about it?" Yeah right.
Although, those guys at Samsung probably wouldn't appreciate the Nokia reference.
I like the slideshow!
I just don't quite understand how you need to use another phone (which evidently is your Nokia) or a camera for that matter to take photos of this phone (the Samsung SGH-i450).
In other words, they should have given you two units =)
So, is this post your "review" about the phone?
@ranga: through Mobile World. One of the writers recommended my name.However, unlike the other bloggers, my blog is probably read by 5 people. Hah Hah!
By the way, this SGH-i450 comes with the Symbian OS which is licensed from Nokia. It's a sign of how times have changed. At some point in the near future, I sense that we will be seeing perhaps 2-3 key OS players across a variety of handset brands.
@melissa: Check out one of the other bloggers: Jolene. She's taken photos with a whole bunch of random people.
@tsulin: hey, gimme a break lah =) I'll post some (re)views of the phone soon.
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