Palm Spotting: Raising Hope 31
Wed, 27 Oct 2010 2:49 pm EDT 
Or should we say “?do? ?u?s??? :?u???ods ???d”? Either way, it’s another Pre Plus sighting, and this time it’s, well, it’s both upside down and sporting a custom UI that boggles our minds. We can see how it was needed for the episode, as an incoming call to a sleeping webOS phone doesn’t give the option for “ignore,” but seriously, you couldn’t even make it right side up? And you gave it such a bland UI - it looks like something you’d find on a feature phone pretending to be smart. Sheesh. Another shot after the break.
Have you recently spotted the Pre, Pixi, or another 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!
Source: Hulu; Thanks to Kevin, Dave, Rafael, and Billy for sending this in!
31 Comments
Boggles minds, indeed. The battery icon is in the top left corner when it's normally in the right. The phone is upside down in both shots. The phone answer screen looks like old android. Why do they have to slap some custom UI on top of an OS that's slick as it is? Just show the phone working normally. Ugh.
Thats annoying when they do that to phones in shows. Might as well just carve a phone out of soap and add the screen to it in post production. And on top of that, holding it upside down? Thats just insulting. I've never seen this show but I hate it already. haha
why does this NOT look like a pre to me... forget the UI... the phone itself looks OFF!!!
Hey rocket scientist...turn it the other way around...look in the forums..."why can't I hear anyone?"..Solution...Is the phone upside down????
Next time there is a palm sighting and a link to the episode, can we get a time to skip to so we dont have to either watch the whole episode or skip through it trying to find where its shown? I wanted to see how they used this.
By the way, does this whole show take place in there living room? Jeez. How is this on TV?
19:35-19:45
Thanks. That just looked stupid though.
Speaking of "ignore", is there perhaps a patch to make that an option regardless of which state the phone is in? Seems like a no-brainer.
I so want the option to ignore a call.
just hit the power button to ignore calls. At least my phone ignores them when I do. Once to silence it, twice to ignore it. Problem solved. :)
I did that but it just kept ringing.
The button to ignore calls is available in landscape mode.
By the way, I think this is one of those Chinese GSM phones using a Pre-style shell. I've seen one on the internet. Not sure if the interface matches.
Just Hit The Power Button
I knew the power button silences the ring, but didn't know that twice sends it to voicemail immediately? Sweet.
This reminds me of the time when I thought it was my baby and then looked up close and said
It doesn't look nothing like what I have here in my hands.. Another fake. :)
Was wondering when this would show up. Don't listen to those bashing the show. It's fucking great.
I think it looks "OFF" because there is no microphone hole.
Looks exactly like an upside down pre+ with a touchstone back to me... I know Emily Deschanel (Dr. Temperance Brennan on Bones) carried a Treo a few seasons ago and I saw a sprint pre last seasion (and it looked like the real deal) but I haven't noticed what she is carrying this seasion. Anyone catch that? I hate her new haircut though:)
She's using a Pre this season too.
pre plus :)
that's FOX ...
Quite certain they did this because now it looks a little iPhone-esque. OS and all. Someone probably thought that an "iPhone but not exactly an iPhone..." was provocative.
Occam's Razor. Simplest explanation is that because the screen would be added in post-production, the actors were merely handed a dead (or off) Palm Pre. And having never seen a Pre in use, they assumed the speaker was akin to the "button" they've seen elsewhere, and merely held the phone upside down. Second simplest is that the director had them hold it that way because it gave more square inches of screen above the thumb, and thus visible, for the graphic artists to digitally attach the screen view upon. Rarely do computers or phones actually behave on TV as they do in real life. Because TV isn't real life.
Wait...so you want us to belief that TV is NOT real life?! get out of here we don't want to hear that nonsense!! and they could have used a FAR better UI than this crap. Looks like picture on those bubble gum cell phone things you get at the dollar store...smh for shame for shame...good show tho
Its a fake. The battery has a full charge.
i was watching steven segal's new orleans police show or whatever...don't ask.
but one of the detectives whipped out a pixi to make a phone call.
I was clicking past commercials a couple nights ago, and caught sight of a Pre. I rewound, and had a Duh moment when I realized the commercial was for an HP printer.
that is so lame
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