Screen Grabs: Nokia's N95 appears to appear on the small screen
By Darren Murph 
posted May 3rd 2008 10:52PM
posted May 3rd 2008 10:52PM
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What say you? Is resident Big Bang Theory brainiac Howard Wolowitz super-stoked that Penny is conked out on his shoulder? Or is he just incredibly jovial to have his hand around what appears to be a Nokia N95? We're thinking a little bit from column A, a little bit from column B.
[Thanks, Matt]
[Thanks, Matt]
Griffin McElroy said that in his Boll vs. Bay post on Joystiq. Had me rofling.
I'm surprised he's not holding it upside down
Well, it does slide both ways.
If a geek doesn't know how to hold a phone upright, then we're all doomed!
Look, I know this is a gadget blog but this is an '06 phone that showed up as a TV prop...now? WOW. You really do not have to report to us every time this happens.
Maybe I just don't see the point of the "segment", bah humbug etc.
You're right. You do not and that's a crime.
Now, as a Hamurabi-esque punishment, I'm going to have to remove your eyes.
Please, sir, hand them over.
Its hardly a new phone, everyone and their dog has one or the 8gb version in the uk....
so?, Leonard (also TBBT) has an iPhone, so does Penny, the only difference is that Penny uses it upside down (seen on the chapter when Sheldom gets sick), TBBT targets people like... well... engadget readers, one can see lots of geeky stuff ( the indian guy, Rajesh kuterpaly?, no, not suresh, has a MB pro) leonar an xps, so, a n95 didnt catch my attention.
...wtf?
You know sooo much about a show that's sooo bad.
why on earth is he taking the pic with the front cam when the back camera is one of the best for a phone
my sentiments exactly john if am going to take a picture of a fine ass babe with the n95 am using the back cam
So he can see himself when he takes the shot! Instead of shooting-and-praying
He's using the front cam since he doesn't expect enough time to shoot and pray. He is also only using this for his Facebook profile pic so he doesn't need it to be all megapixel'd out.
On The Apprentice UK every contestant uses an N95.
Yeah, I have to say, it's quite a common phone over here.
I see it around more than the iPhone
Shhhhhh. It's too late to be yelling that loud. Some of us are trying to get to sleep!
Sheldon also has a Logitech MX Revolution, as well as an Logitech Pure-Fi Elite iPod dock. I have a feeling that the show has some pretty good gadget sponsors.
Agreed, this show is just plain awful.
i meant this terrible series about "hey look someone on television is using an electronic device let's make a news post about it" but ok
Didn't he also use an iPod improperly in this episode? I believe he recorded video on his iPod, which....unless I'm mistaken, you can't do...
You can always dream...
you can if it's been jailbroken, and if they're the true nerds the show makes them out to be, it probably has been.
i'd take the girl
You must not get the jokes or understand half the things they talk about.
Haha, I love this show!
the show is funny and Howard is 100% happy Penny is next to him. Remember he plowed Penny's "friend" and wound up in Penny's robe. The Nerd Bowl was the best show. PMS vs AA. Classic.
A lot of people don't get the comedy of this show because they just don't get the jokes. Most of the time I find myself laughing at stuff that really wouldn't be funny unless you went through that class in college or you've worked with some of this stuff. If you're a normal Joe who got through tech school, or even someone with a 4-year business degree, you're not going to understand what a costume representing the Doppler Effect would look like, or more importantly, find it funny that someone WOULD expect others to get it. That's the point, unfortunately I think the writers are giving their viewers too much intellectual credit and once they stop doing that, I'll no longer be interested in another "Friends"-like sit-com.
If Americans are that under-educated the world is in serious trouble.
I mean most people in the UK are that stupid, but we don't rule the world.
Han' it o'er, Amerrr'ca-- yooouu aain't fit ta taake caare o' it noo mooorre!
I have a B.Sc in Pharmacology, a M.Sc in Bioengineering and I'm currently in a Molecular Biology Ph.D program.... I "get" all the jokes. They're still not funny. The acting is terrible, the plots are terrible, and the predictable "setup, punch line, laugh track, setup punch line laugh track" humor is not what I look for in a comedy.
I'm not trying to be pretentious, but, I find it hard to believe that anyone with enough education to actually get all the jokes finds it all that funny. Where do you stand on "Arrested Development", "30 Rock", and the UK's "Office" and "Extras"... there are some intelligent, witty comedies for you.
agreed. ever read xkcd? now there's a funny comic that requires a whole lot of nerdiness to understand :)
I would never rank it as one of my favourite shows, but it is good for a laugh once a week.
I also noticed that Howard has the Rock Band drums and Guitar Hero X-plorer lying around in his room
I'm almost 100% sure that's an N80, and not an N95. The curves at the top resemble the N80 moreso than the N95, as well as the camera lens being flush with the rear casing (It's also smooth and round, rather than some sharp angles or edges as present on the revised N95-3s). Still, it's hard to tell exactly in this fuzzy shot which it is, especially since the two versions looks very similar in appearance on the backside.
WRONG! The top of the N80 matches the rear of the phone, on the picture above you can see that the top matches the colour surrounding the screen, thus making it a silver N95 not an N80
They were using iPhones the other week, why didn't engadget report on that?
ZOMG!!! ENGADGET IS GOING UN-APPLE!!!
because they are actually responding to people who wanted to see a greater diversity of gadgets because in the past this series was nothing but "Apple products on screen!!! L@@K!!!".
And if they are, then it's a very good thing
It's good to diversify, unless the items being chosen generate absolutely zero excitement. Except for the ultra geeky N90 series crowd. Show that image to the general public compared to one holding an iPhone and watch the reaction. The iPhone will be recognized immediately the N whatever phone will not. Sorry to burst your bubble there.
Not that I watched it or anything, but NBC's Chuck used an N95 until Apple paid them for an iPhone product placement.
Actually, Chuck had a N80 in the early episodes of the show, not an N95.
One major N95 user I've noticed on TV is Gwen on Torchwood. The cool part is that they actually show the real UI of the phone and don't overlay some impossible screen using visual effects like many sci-fi shows do.
I'm wondering how that girl's picture is gong to work out when she is look if the job at BigLaw
That made no sense. It was just a bunch of words.
Can I email life-captures instead of screen grabs? =D
It's an N95 - does a lot but does it very very badly. I sent mine back after two weeks due to how awful the thing is.
Big Bang Theory have audience?
O_o