Screen Grabs: Blackberry Bold located in 'Without a Trace'
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The crew on Without a Trace may not have all the high-tech investigative toys found on channel-mate CSI, but one of the guest characters in last night's episode apparently has an in at AT&T, getting himself a Blackberry Bold (complete with evidence) ahead of its American release -- which may or may not be this month.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jeff @ Oct 1st 2008 10:06PM
Why exactly do we care that a mainstream consumer electronic appears on mainstream TV?
I'm just wondering.
Eli @ Oct 1st 2008 10:16PM
I second Jeff's comment. A Screen Grab might be interesting in the case of The Dark Knight and the Tube, but few of us really care which cell phones Noah Bennet and Jack Bauer use.
nDee @ Oct 2nd 2008 6:51AM
If it's an iPhone, you'll say woo
but when it comes to BBB, it's different
wxrman @ Oct 1st 2008 10:07PM
No backlit buttons while playing video?
HalfJoey @ Oct 1st 2008 10:12PM
No Verizon? :(
sgt_quackers @ Oct 2nd 2008 10:01AM
Verizon = Fail
Valicore @ Oct 1st 2008 10:19PM
Hilariousness. Apparently non-existent fictional universes get the Bold before the US.
grull27 @ Oct 1st 2008 10:40PM
So you're talking about Chile right?
Valicore @ Oct 1st 2008 10:44PM
I can neither confirm nor deny the existence of this "Chailay"
Film_Geek @ Oct 1st 2008 10:22PM
Imagine if the guy next to you on the subway was watching that video on his Blackberry Bold. I'd be creeped out.
Levi @ Oct 1st 2008 10:24PM
I got to play with one last week & entered to win one. Yay.
bartoron @ Oct 1st 2008 10:54PM
Why does that lady look like the Joker?
lorddshadow @ Oct 1st 2008 11:02PM
what are you smoking?!
Dave @ Oct 2nd 2008 2:17PM
She has a Gag in her mouth
Wormbolt @ Oct 1st 2008 11:31PM
Hey, I have that same wallpaper!
Terry Thomas @ Oct 2nd 2008 2:49AM
It's simply another case of Product Placement raising it's ugly head.
NBC shows (or their writers) are the worst at it, they are so obvious.
Terry Thomas
(a huge TV fan since the early 50s when I watched Pinky Lee on the now defunct Dumont TV Network.
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troy @ Oct 2nd 2008 2:56AM
The bold appeared on this weeks episode of Do Not Disturb.
Jerk @ Oct 2nd 2008 4:40AM
What, no ninja sighting with this one?
jk @ Oct 2nd 2008 5:21AM
Mr. Blurrycam has expanded to kidnappings.
Jake @ Oct 2nd 2008 6:38AM
AT&T must have a standing placement contract. They used to feature the iPhone in nearly every damn episode. Instead of flashing glossy 4x6 family photos and mug shots, they would jam an iPhone in the witness's face to ask "have you seen this man?"
One of the Law and Orders was doing the same thing...
daddycool @ Oct 2nd 2008 6:39AM
We have them here in the UK. Not really impressed. Cheap feeling build quality. New UI is nothing to write home about.
Tien Nguyen @ Oct 2nd 2008 8:55AM
I don't know why it's such a big deal, but in Vietnam I've seen the Bold in quite a few places. It's going for around $800 here though
Anthony @ Oct 2nd 2008 11:18AM
I saw one casually sitting on a table in a restaurant 2 weeks ago in Dallas, TX. At first I thought it was surprising, then I thought I'd missed the release. Now I know that girl was highlighting her John Mayer connection.
knichols @ Oct 2nd 2008 2:55PM
this is not an appropriate pic plz remove. hide pedophilia plz