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Screen Grabs: jerkface Verizon FiOS guy brandishes a Kindle

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/handhelds/" rel="tag">Handhelds</a></p><em>Screen grabs chronicles the uses (and misuses) of real-world gadgets in today's movies and TV. Send in your sightings (with screen grab!) to screengrabs at engadget dt com.<br /></em> <div align="center"><em><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/09/fios-kindle-2.jpg" /></em><br /></div> Yeah, we know a <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/screengrabs">Screen Grabs</a> about a commercial about technology is kind of cheating, but there are a couple of gaffes to point out here. First, Mr. Smug Surfer-Do "I Was In A Band But We Split Up Over Creative Differences" Verizon FiOS Guy is a total jerk, so we're totally rooting for the Zach Galifianakis look-alike, even if his bandwidth might suck. Second, waving a Kindle around might make you look like you rock at your job, but we're guessing a paper clipboard is about 100 times more functional for the actual task, unless you're supposed to read self-help books to your customers. Bitter cable users who can't get FiOS yet unite!<br /><br />[Thanks, Don R.]<p><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/screen-grabs-jerkface-verizon-fios-guy-brandishes-a-kindle/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Screen Grabs: jerkface Verizon FiOS guy brandishes a Kindle</em></a></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/screen-grabs-jerkface-verizon-fios-guy-brandishes-a-kindle/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/1305599/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/screen-grabs-jerkface-verizon-fios-guy-brandishes-a-kindle/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadget?a=CMDHjW"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadget?i=CMDHjW" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadget?a=oD5dl"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadget?i=oD5dl" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadget?a=jElYl"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadget?i=jElYl" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~4/384273099" height="1" width="1"/>

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