Screen Grabs: Nokia's XpressMedia 5800 "Tube" plays big role in The Dark Knight
By Darren Murph 
posted July 19th 2008 2:36AM
posted July 19th 2008 2:36AM
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Even for gadget freaks, it was tough to take one's attention away from the outstanding action that filled The Dark Knight from beginning to end, but when Morgan Freeman had to hand over his Nokia XpressMedia 5800 (or Tube, as it were) at a stop in Hong Kong, we had to take a moment and gush. Nokia's still-not-official handset had a few critical scenes where it was highlighted, though we'd wager it was only viewable for 4 to 5 seconds in total. Beyond that, Nokia's peculiarly designed 6630 (circa 2004) was Gordon's handset of choice, which we risked an MPAA thug kneecapping in order to also snag and host up below. It's not really important that you go see it for a live shot of the Tube (though the incentive is nice), just make sure you go. Soon.
[Thanks to everyone who kept us on the lookout!]
[Thanks to everyone who kept us on the lookout!]
The Nokia branding kind of indicates it isn't.
Fail.
Last time I was at the movies with a bunch of friends, there was a HTC Touch Diamond commercial right before the movie started, and half the people I was going with just blurted out "iPhone!" at once.
Gotta hand it to Apple's marketing effort, a lot of people seem to think that if it has a touch screen and not a whole lot of buttons, then it has to be an iPhone.
Annoying, ain't it?
Great to see at least one pic of it as i still need to wait for a week to see the movie, but there really isn't any better pic?
I will most probally stay with my N82 + ipod touch combo till that higher end S60 TS device comes out or if they have killer N series device coming for Septembers Nokia event(and that means higher res screen!).
I watched the first show opening day of The Dark Knight at 12:01 am Philadelphia. As soon as Morgan whipped out the tube, I right away looked at my friends surprised as hell and went "Oh shit that's Nokia's 5800 Tube, thats not even out yet!!." Too bad everyone was so into the movie nobody gave a shit. lol. Reminds me of what a Nokia fanboy I am. lol. Sumith (Nokia N95 8gb)
Hopefully it's out in the next 3-4 months!
Is that the vibrating feedback feature I've been hearing so much about?
You also can see the cameo on Nokia Tube on the short animated film The Shadow of Ra’s Al Jul.
You can see it on the site of Nokia.
Regards from gutielua.com
Movie was 30 minutes too long. I dozed off.
[Spoiler Alert] Movie was great. But they could have shortened it: i would have prefered Batman cooling off Joker much earlier. Not that I did not love what happened but it was becoming a Tom & Jerry Show: no one dies no matter what.