Carrie
Underwood used a front loader, Russell Wilson did it on top of the
Space Needle, Kermit the Frog did it in the woods and now both the
HTC one and Lumina 930 smartphones have done it. What is it? The ice
bucket challenge to raise funds for ALS disease.
On
Friday the front office at South Korean-based posted a YouTube video
showing their Galaxy S5 taking the ice bucket challenge.
When the video start the S5 introduce itself and announces what is
about to come. Then after commenting on how cold the water is it
challenged the HTC One M8, the Lumina 930 and the iPhone 5s.
Yesterday
a video appeared, on Schannel
on YouTube, that had both HTC One M8 and Lumia 930 accepting the
challenge. The iPhone 5s was conspicuously absent from that video but
they did take the challenge in a separate YouTube video.
The iPhone did not comment on whether the it did not want to
associate with the HTC and Lumina smartphones or just could not make
it in time to participate. Which ever of these was the case it was a
pleasant surprise to see all three of these smartphones take up the
challenge made by their South Korean-based rival.
One
of the reason behind Samsung starting this series of challenges is
that they wanted show off their waterproofing that is certified at 3
feet for 30 minutes. Having their smartphone take the ice bucket
challenge that has become a phenomenon on YouTube proved to be a
perfect vehicle. The South Korean-based company did not just do it
for publicity they also donated an undisclosed amount to the British
Motor Neurone Disease Association to
aid in research for disease.
The
ALS ice-bucket-challenge videos have become a big sensation over the
last month raising millions of dollars for research in finding a cure
for this debility disease. ALS is aslo known as Lou Gehrig disease
after is shortened the career of New York Yankee slugger Lou Gehrig.
The disease
slowly robs the body of all motor skills and eventually death of the
victims.
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