Mobile phone

A mobile phone (also known as a cellular phone, cell phone, hand phone, or simply a phone) is a phone that can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link while moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile phone operator, allowing access to the public telephone network. By contrast, a cordless telephone is used only within the short range of a single, private base station.

In addition to telephony, modern mobile phones also support a wide variety of other services such as text messaging, MMS, email, Internet access, short-range wireless communications (infrared, Bluetooth), business applications, gaming, and photography. Mobile phones that offer these and more general computing capabilities are referred to as smartphones.

A Smile and A Tear

Songs and videos that touched me and that I want to share with my readers.

Even Apeldoorn Bellen

Speedboot (2012)

In the latest commercial of Centraal Beheer Achmea by DDB leads an innocent flirt on the water until an unexpected climax. The commercial is linked to an action on Facebook. With a homemade Love Cruise trailer is chance to win a trip to Miami.

The story of this "Even Apeldoorn bellen" movie goes as follows. During a boat trip in a Sun-Sea-Beach holiday country has a young skipper, new (and blond) meat in the bowl. He pulls out all the stops to impress his female companionship. The whole box of tricks has to be opened, but then it seems to go girl tack. Whether this is wise, remains to be seen. But it is certain that it is a holiday never to be forgotten.

The movie was filmed in Miami Beach

Even Apeldoorn Bellen

The phrase "Even Apeldoorn Bellen" now belongs to our national heritage. We are now to the 52nd  commercial in the series from Central Administration Achmea. This time it's about two guys who go, with their classic car, to a car show. This commercial was filmed near Miami, in an area that is often used for dragracing. For car lovers: the lowrider is a 1965 Ford Thunderbird.

In this new comercial two guys go to an American car show.

Actually it's a thankless task to devise a new commercial for Centraal Beheer Achmea. The level has been raised enormously high, thanks to the success of some of the previous commercials. This new commercial delivers not more than a smile on me. 

What I like, is that there are many small jokes are processed before the final joke in the movie appears. The flirting, the almost-arguing with the other car owner, lowering the car when parking, the billboard with the text ' When it's not Bob's it ain't a wiener ' . Compared to those little jokes I found the final joke quite predictable. I find ' Birdie ' not a bad commercial, but also not one of the better in the series.

Centraal Beheer is an insurance company sited in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. It is part of Achmea, the largest insurance company in the country. It is usually referred to as "Apeldoorn". Their Offices are well known for their architecture by Herman Hertzberger.

Commercials

Centraal Beheer is famous for its campaign of TV commercials that has lasted for over fifteen years now. These are short humoristic spots, generally without dialogue, in which something goes horrendously wrong, followed by the catchphrase "Even Apeldoorn bellen" ("Just call Apeldoorn"). This phrase is sometimes used as a general saying, in meme-like fashion to mean something like "oops" or "D'oh", and it is for this reason that the company is generally referred to with the metonym "Apeldoorn" rather than its proper name. On the international versions of the commercials, the catchphrase is "Just call us".

For instance - a nervous man is offered a place in a secure witness protection program if he will testify against a mafia leader. He accepts and testifies. Then he packs his bags and drives off to an idyllic, friendly town in the middle of nowhere. Unpacking and settling in, he breathes easily once more. Then the doorbell rings. He opens the door ................

Many of their commercials have won the Gouden Loeki, the so-called Academy Award for Dutch commercials.