Palm Sightings: Parenthood and Law & Order: SVU 33
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 8:36 pm EDT
Ah, battery life, it’s the biggest problem afflicting so many modern smartphones, webOS devices included. It’s a lesson that Sarah Braverman (Lauren Graham) learned first hand on Parenthood, when her Palm Pixi ended up giving up the power ghost at what was inevitably an inconvenient time. Strangely, her Pixi threw up a very large and very modal battery warning, but honestly we’re not all that surprised that it was changed (the default pop-up battery warning isn’t exactly urgent enough for on-screen panic). Parenthood isn’t the only place where Palm has popped up this week; Law & Order: SVU got in on the hot smartphone action (after the break, naturally).
Yup, there it is, the Palm Pre, in the hands of SVU prosecutor Alexandra Cabot (Stephanie March). Not really much more we can say, except that “Oh yeah, webOS rocks at law stuff!” And messaging. And video stuff.
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 deltasig, Canteenboy, JMRJosh, and Trickster for the tips!
33 Comments
first? this is fun.
It's all over 24! Jack Bauer even tossed some other phone aside that wouldn't work and grabbed a pre of some dead guy he just offed and it work! Best endorsement yet!
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cool i saw it last night. also last week the new adventures of old christian had a pixi she borrowed off a guy in the subway
Why do they always change the look of the OS in these shows? That Pixi she's holding is DEFINITELY not running WebOS. Looks like some ugly version of Android (which is already pretty stale).
These shows need to start doing what 24 did a few weeks ago. Show the characters MULTITASKING on WebOS! When I saw Jack Bauer multitask on his (stolen) Pre, I nearly jumped out of my seat screaming...
I think what's even more annoying is on shows like CSI where they're using a computer to do something super cool, there's always a million unnecessary and unrealistic sound effects like beeps, swooshes and such. I think that makes it seem more techy and science fictiony to the general population.
Yep. Or NCIS, where you almost never see or hear them using a mouse. Every single program and function on their computers is controlled exclusively via rapid keyboard taps.
Too true! I can't stand it. It's downright annoying!
finally something positive
Mack Taylor, Gary Sinise's character on CSI-NY had a pre on this week's episode.
palm pre plus recieved a 5 out of 5 rating on G4's attack of the show... the first thing to ever get a perfect rating!!! GO PALM
The pre was on Southland last night. Offer Ben's phone.
It looks like that Pixi has "bubbles" around the icons. It would be interesting to see that for a WebOS update, it would be very Blackberry-ish.
That's a modified iPhone battery icon.
love these posts :)..
So far in the toronto area I have not seen nor met another person with a Palm Pre. Maybe they should put a palm pre in the hands of Flashpoint SRU which is filmed in Toronto
GO PALM GO
love these posts :)..
So far in the toronto area I have not seen nor met another person with a Palm Pre. Maybe they should put a palm pre in the hands of Flashpoint SRU which is filmed in Toronto
GO PALM GO
I dislike how these TV shows think it is OK to change the OS on Palm's phones... Some shows are good about keeping the cards viewable and others don't even show the screen, but PALM on the back of the phone is ministerially missing...
Damn, I just snapped a screen shot of Law & Order and was all ready to post it! Beaten to the punch. Great to see it, though I wish they hadn't (presumably deliberately) obscured the Palm logo on the back!
CSI NY had the pre too. he opened it the wrong way tho...
be sure to check tomorrow for Flash Forward. Almost every phone in that show is a pre ;-)
Is that from the episode that just aired tonight? Alex was taking a video dying declaration from a rape victim (the case was changed to murder when the victim died from a staph infection of a wound inflicted by the rapist). VIDEO!!!!
Yes, I also saw that was from tonight's new episode. So how did PreCentral get that before the episode aired??? Impressive leaks... ;)
*coughtorrentscough*
I'm told (I honestly don't do the torrents thing) that the programs go out a few days in advance over satellite to the affiliates and they are then lifted by folks who put them on the torrents before the actual broadcast. Or something like that.
Saw the Pre being used by Kendra's husband, Hank - or something like that. He used it to take a pic of he and kendra while on a date.
Over here in the UK last week we had an episode of Heros where the HRG guy use the Pre and has several seconds where we had a close up of the phone as he used it. Nice to see the multi tasking being demoed.
Nice news for all electronic-lovers. =) Good to see you at my resourse, dedicated to Freelance Writing Job.
I used to not care, but now I don't think palm should be wasting money on these product placments. They are everywhere, but I don't think it's helping them, especially if they are not running webos. I think they should redirect all that money to commercials showing webos, and playing those all the time
The guys from Flashforward use the Pre too :)
Yes but during the flashforward events, the phones look the same but they say "Nokia" on them - whatever that means.
Her character's name is actually AlexandER Cabot.
Huh? Not according to IMDB, Wikipedia, or my memory.
(Straying further and further off topic, I know.)
I have been surprised at how many different characters on different TV shows/networks use a Pre. The first thing I noticed was that she was recording video...now if only she uploaded it to youtube and then sent it via mms all while playing need for speed...lol. Too bad that Ice-T was using a gay iPhone in the scene after. Love the extra exposure that the Pre is getting...if nothing else it gives me a chance to tell everyone that my phone is on TV while theirs is not.
Jim was using a Pre on The Office last night!