Palm Sightings: FlashForward 34
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 5:29 pm EDT
If there’s one show that’s featured the Palm Pre more than 24, it’s FlashForward. The folks of the FBI Mosaic task force have been toting Pre phones around their post-global blackout world for months now, giving the phone significant screen time in multiple episodes. Such are the benefits of having Sprint as a major sponsor of your show. Last night’s two-hour mid-season re-premiere of FlashForward brought us plenty more Palm Pre action from the FBI. Above, Agent Janis Hawk’s (Christine Woods) Pre, running a custom app that lets her track those extra-fun ankle collars from her phone. After the break, more hot Palm action.
That extended depth of field camera came in useful for Special Agent Mark Benford (Joseph Fiennes), documenting an entire wall of, well, documents for later review. Though the FBI must have done some tinkering, as it seems his phone was whining with an old-school xenon flash bulb.
Even the bad guys have Pre phones, as a leather case for a Pre was recovered from a crime scene. In fact, that’s the first time we can even recall hearing “Palm Pre” mentioned on air. Another perk of being the big time show sponsor.
Have you spotted the Pre, Pixi, or other Palm device on your favorite show? Drop us a note at pretips@precentral.net with the show and a few relevant details like air date, time in the episode, and an online video link if you've got one!
Thanks to everyone that sent this in!
34 Comments
I hope it help
awesome, phone was all over this show when it first premiered. ;-0
I also hope the extra exposure helps.
Yeah, Flash Forward is definitely big on showing off the Pre. Back in the fall season they actually showed Gabrielle Union multitasking for like 10 seconds. That's probably about the closest that any form of media has come to actually showing off the differentiating feature of the Pre.
it was awesome watching the series on my computer and my pixi (sprint tv) and seeing all that.
You got my going on the title. "COME ON PALM,FLASH FORWARD!!!
Saw a Pre on an episode of Law and Order: SVU last night. It was being used to record video.
Would just like to point out, I was excited about the palm plug last night, but it definately must have had the seido battery, otherwise there is no way it would have had the juice to track the next day :-)
They should bring one to Fringe.
I disagree with "Though the FBI must have done some tinkering, as it seems his phone was whining with an old-school xenon flash bulb."
It behaved just like mine does if I were to do that. In a darker room the flash is fairly bright and the scene was dark.
It is always cool to see the Pre like that. :)
I think the article was referring to the noise that his Pre's flash was making. It sounded like an old-school xenon flash bulb. It was all for effect :]
Nice to hear something other than doom and gloom.
I love Flash Forward, 24 and my Pre!
amen to that :)
The Pre and the Pixi are very easy to dig in and setup fake screens for plot progression. Should see a lot more of this type of exposure.
LOL do you really think that they used the Pre, because it was convenient for them?
I wonder if anyone saw what the value of Palm's stocks were in their flash forward. That might help us to know whether Palm recovers from this current dip.
Glad to see that agent Benford is patching his phone to get the Led Flashlight running. I assume this means he's into Homebrew, too. ;)
Is there a way to make the Longitude and Latitude appear like that on what looks like Google maps?
It was referred to once during the show and was shown like two or three times. Was happy to see this, especially when it was mentioned, like free press. :)
It's not free press, the shows are paid by the product manufacturers to use the products in the show. here isn't a product you will see in a show that hasn't paid to be there.
http://gizmodo.com/5497530/youd-be-crazy-to-buy-a-palm-now
It was great! The Pre doesn't get the respect it deserves! I was the Advocate for the Pre back in May of 2009...Since day one I have loved it and I will cont. I never get tired of my phone and what it is capable of doing. Just when you think it can't do anything else.... BAM something new gets added! Love you Palm please don't give up on WebOs it's the BEST!
I saw that!
I think Detective Beckett from Castle mostly uses a Pre, I know you've picked up on it once or twice here but I'm seeing it almost every episode now.
F+++ gizmodo...
why do ppl where those silver rings? also he's gonna leave marks all over the phone!
like women do on their laptops! TAKE THEM BANGLES OFF WHEN USING MY LAPTOP!
Whats up w/ those coordinates at the top of the phone? Isnt that somewhere off West Africa? She was supposed to be in Canada :D
Yeah... you're right.. hahahha.. I googled it..
Thumb ring fail.
At least it actually looks like webos there. Other sightings with dumbphone UIs make me unhappy.
WCPO - Channel 9 in Cincinnati. Same one I watch!
Nowadays the world is going crazy about palm-size devices, I'd rather order term paper to find out about some innovations in this sphere
Although Sprint failed to market the WebOS, at least it's been putting effort pushing the Pre on Sprint using these channels.
Palm failed to market its own product in the first place, and blamed the exclusivity with Sprint for ruining the launch on Verizon. Its freaky ads are big failure. The Verizon's "look what ma can do with the webOS" is making matter worse.
I strongly disagree with the Engadget's "Palm Survival Guide" about the failure of WebOS was caused by its launch on Sprint. Just look at what iPhone had done to at&t, the customer-losing carrier back then. It proves that a properly marketed device (kudos to Steve and his brilliant MARKETING team) can turn a carrier around.
Palm should step up and compare the webOS to iPhone head-on. But guess what, I think they're afraid of patent lawsuit from Apple.
Anyone else notice that he is holding the phone upside down? I know the camera adjust for that but why? Sprint spending all that money and can't tell the actors how to use it.