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David Guetta Partnering with HP

By: , 6/25/2011 12:26 am | 35 comments

French house music producer and DJ, David Guetta, is partnering with HP to showcase the TouchPad. Starting this fall David will be using the TouchPad in several marketing activities, including a TV commercial, print and billboard advertising, and his next two videos. Let’s just say that this kind of exposure is awesome for webOS and the TouchPad as David’s videos are viewed an average of 100 million times on his YouTube channel, and don’t forget about all the times it will be seen on the television.

It doesn’t stop there boys and girls! There will also be a mixing application developed by David. This app will not only be a mixing application but will also allow his fans to access exclusive content through the app. These are the kind of apps that could set the TouchPad apart from the competition and we welcome with open arms.

We are super excited about this parnership and look forward to seeing the results in the near future. Hopefully these kinds of promotions will catapult webOS and the TouchPad to a respectable spot in the mobile OS market.

Source: ALTsounds.com; thanks for the tip Kal El!

 

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  • http://twitter.com/connorlacombe Connor LaCombe

    YES.

  • http://twitter.com/connorlacombe Connor LaCombe

    YES.

  • http://twitter.com/connorlacombe Connor LaCombe

    YES.

  • http://gregstoll.dyndns.org/WebOS/ Greg Stoll

    Never heard of this guy, but the more partnering with HP stories I see, the happier I get!

    • CanucksLovePalm

      He’s huge in modern pop music. One of his latest singles is with Rihanna – ‘who’s that chick’
      The people HP are bring on board for face advertising is encouraging.

    • CanucksLovePalm

      He’s huge in modern pop music. One of his latest singles is with Rihanna – ‘who’s that chick’
      The people HP are bring on board for face advertising is encouraging.

  • http://twitter.com/Cringer63 Jonathan

    Who? Sounds cool though.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Alfonso-Carrillo/1250470970 Alfonso Carrillo

      we say who but “ an average of 100 million times on his YouTube channel” sound great huh lol

      • http://twitter.com/Cringer63 Jonathan

        I looked at his youtube channel, he doesn’t average that much from what I saw. 10 million is more like it. Not that that is anything to dismiss.

        • http://www.facebook.com/nyallj Nyall Jodhan

          Actually, 19 mil + has viewed his channel, but over 574 mil has viewed his videos.  #2 all time viewed in France, for musician (France), comedian (France).

  • JMWPainter

    I would love a mixing app. But how would you record tracks? Bluetooth BEATS microphones! Awesome.

  • Al

    How do some of you not know who he is? I’m willing to bet you’ve heard his music at some point–some of his songs are pretty popular–you just don’t know it was his music.

    • Anonymous

      Most people are not into hip hop, but I’m open to all music.   Since he’s constantly on the radio this is a good thing for HP.   Great job!

      • JG

        Hip hop is the number one selling genre of music of both CDs and downloads. It took over country almost ten years ago.

    • http://twitter.com/Cringer63 Jonathan

      Just went and clicked through a bunch of his youtube vids. Never heard any of them. Have heard of some of the people in them. That is all music my 11 yr old daughter listens to though, so I tend to just zone it out.

      • Matt_99_hey

        That means you’re getting old!

        • http://twitter.com/Cringer63 Jonathan

          Kind of. Have never listened to “mainstream” music much anyways.

  • Anonymous

    This David Guetta song on Youtube has almost 85 million views. 

  • Melvin Hunter

    If there was ever any doubt in HPs ability to secure a top spot in the tablet race, these endorsements should erase them. Sure as enthusiasts, we know the ipads competition. But many in the general public have no interest in galaxy tabs, xooms, and transformers because they know very little about them. HP is going to get the exposure needed to capture mindshare, and that’s the key to getting marketshare.

  • e blank

    Mixing app, WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here’s hoping it’s “GarageBand-esque”. #ICANDREAMCANTI

  • Dido

    David Guetta is not a hip hop artist!! He is a Dj first and his second love is remixing……. So it looks as if we have Manny Pac Man Paqueo promoting the Veer and now we have David Guetta advertising the Touchpad!!! I wonder who HP will get to showcase the Palm 3?

    • Markm2179

      I never said he was a hip hop artist and I know he is a DJ. If you look at all his music he has mostly hip hop artists performing to his beats.

    • Fred Marcano

      Sprint’s CEO, Dan Hess should demo the HP Pre3 :.)

  • Pre&Evo

    I would love to see Dr. Dre in this role here in the US. I know the Touchpad was already in his video but would love to see HP get a direct endorsement with him for the Touchpad & some type of garage band type app.

  • Malette

    Way to go HP! We are starting to head in the right direction. I am also actually starting to see commercials on tv, yay!

  • Fango

    Just letting you know, Military is selling both versions of hp touchpad. O year. Use ur Military star card guys

  • http://www.facebook.com/paultaylor.uk Paul Taylor

    This is great for webOS, he is all over the web, as said above his Youtube views are in the millions, he has a facebook page with 21,184,271 likes! Twitter followers are just as huge with 1,318,989 and he is a multi-platinum selling artist in Europe! Exposure such as this is what is needed for webOS!

  • http://twitter.com/iJip JP

    DR dre would be awesome with some of his chronic songs -=)

    • Ricardo

      Who’s Dr Dre? Hhahaah JK. Just surprised how some don’t know who David Guetta is. Wonder if they know who Tiesto is. Is the generation gap THAT wide?

      • David Bowser

        Yes. Yes it is. But this is really a social/entertainment/media gap. If you told people that Guetta is a DJ, then they would just ignore you, but if you tell them he produced Black Eyed Peas “I gotta feeling” (and a bunch of other stuff), then he’s suddenly someone with multiple Grammy nominations.

  • Guest

    It would be so awesome if this would stimulate app builders to port their audio apps to webOS! I would love to see an app like this (And MIDI over USB or wireless connection with a PC)!! http://www.iximix.com/index.php?option=com_zoo&view=item&Itemid=76

  • Markm2179

    I believe he’s a doctor from the the University of Compton. He is currently attending the University of webOS on a Beats Audio Scholarship. He is also working part-time for Chrysler here in Detroit to promote the 2011 Chrysler 300 with Beats Audio.

  • David Bowser

    His mixing app is called “Electrobeats” and it is pretty awesome looking. I think it is currently available for both Android and iOS.

    • Anonymous

      Ahhh….so this isn’t an “exclusive” app. It’s simply going to be the same app that already exists on the other platforms, ported to WebOS. Not that that isn’t a good thing…but it’s not quite as exciting as the article would have you believe.

  • http://www.palmpre-france.com BazingaFR

    @Connor LaCombe
    You have a french last name and you don’t know David Guetta? He produces artists like Black Eyed Peas, Akon, etc!