You just can’t make this stuff up.  It’s like Microsoft is living in some parallel advertising universe where the object is to generate as much jaw dropping disbelief to their ads as possible.  If the Windows 7 launch party videos weren’t enough, here’s the new Microsoft/AT&T ad for Windows Phone:

Windows Phone ad “Icons” (YouTube)

According to YouTube poster “SocialNerdia”, the new ad is a product of Crispin Porter & Bogusky (CP&B), the agency behind the Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld ads for Windows.  Parallel universe indeed.

(via the Technically Incorrect blog on CNET News)