Has anyone else noticed how often smartphones are cropping up in TV programs? Palm are the masters at this, a year or so ago it was the Treo appearing in all the action programs like 24, Bones, and CSI and now the Pre is showing up all over the place. Everyone in 24 is using one,with a nice sequence of Jack flicking through open cards, Without a Trace had a brief flirtation with the iPhone but now seems to be back with Pre’s and the latest one I spotted was in CSI New York. Mind you, in that they were using in for a video conference using the non existent front camera!
The iPhone gets a lot of spots as well, it seems to be useda lot to show mug shots to witnesses, something that is probably not to far from reality, but the speed they pull pictures up is a bit far fetched.
I even spotted an android phone being used the other day, but I can’t remember what it was in.
I guess it’s a clever way to get you products out there and visible, has anyone else spotted any?
Only one i really remember was that nokia from the Matrix.
Seem to recall it sold a huge number. 5110 wasn’t it? I bought a 6310 as i recall
The Pre is everywhere in 24 with no chargers in site- they must have special ones:)
Are you sure? That doesn’t look like a Pre in Jack’s hands.
Yes, he uses a Pre on quite a few occasions. Sprint is a major sponsor of 24, so there are lots of other Sorint phones on view, too.
The idiot head of CTU uses my BlueTooth earpiece – Plantronics 975. Ruined it for me.
“The idiot head of CTU uses my BlueTooth earpiece – Plantronics 975. Ruined it for me.”
Yes, he is an idiot and he walks funny as well.
His walk reminds me of “Bear in the Big Blue House”, if you’ve ever seen it.
Anyway, the strong rumor is that 24 is being canceled after this season.
Most annoying character ever: Dana Walsh (Starbuck from Battlestar), apart from Kim Bauer that is.
“His walk reminds me of “Bear in the Big Blue House”, if you’ve ever seen it.”
LOL! Oh yes- my daughter is 6 so I have seen it. Many times…
Thank god, I’m not the only one who can’t stand Dana Walsh. All the Pre’s in 24 are funny, I guess there were quite a few lying around the warehouses
I hate Dana as well- how could someone so clueless be in BAU (not that it’s real of course;)
HEROES is a great one for phone placement. Every season the characters all get new phones and, funnily enough, all decide to choose the same manufacturer.
I’ve only just started watching series 5 of “how i met your mother” and I loved the way that Barney changes his phone depending on the year. In series one he had a Treo, later an iPhone, later the iPhone 3G etc.