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It seems that LL Cool J is still too hip to be seen rockin' the latest and greatest from Samsung, but evidently Chris O'Donnell had no qualms doing the honors. The recently loosed
Instinct HD was recently spotted handling all sorts of detective word on this week's episode of NCIS: Los Angeles, with the famed HD movie mode showing itself on a number of occasions. Truth be told, though -- we get how a guy of O'Donnell's affluence could swing
$250 for a new featurephone, but is the average agent seriously in the same tax bracket?
[Thanks, Josh]
posted Oct 1st 2009 4:42PM
In the premier (haven't seen this weeks episode), he's given his souped up phone by his boss.
im almost positive that that is the S30, These shows were produced months ago. i could be wrong, but im about 98.5% sure.
Dale
I was waiting for someone to post this, I literally paused the ep to look up what phone it was. And once I saw what it was i figured it would be on Engadget the next morning. Did it really take 2 days for people to stop this?
btw the phone is no longer $250, its $199 at best buy. just trying to set the record strait.
Dale
Hi Dale!
hi ifelldownstairs....good name :)
Dale
detective word
The appearances of the iPhone on TV have been much better. Who cares about the samsung. It's just an iPhone rip off. Am I wrong? look at all the "touch" phones out there. It clearly shows that Apple is way ahead when it comes to innovation.
I can't here you over the sound of you slurping down Steve Jobs man meat :p Did you say something about invocations?
Yeah man, who would have come up with the idea of combining a phone and a touchscreen handheld besides Apple?
the catch is that you can't flash whatever you want up on the screen. everything from the cars they drive, to the brands of clothes they wear to even what they eat and drink with the logos showing or the names mentioned has to be vetted, approved and very often paid for. Sometimes companies will give them a device to use with permission to show the logo as publicity. this is why you get a lot of fake brands, hands over the Coke logo, heavy hard case covers over macbooks etc.
a lot of companies are probably 'donating' devices to shows to get the publicity. figuring if the props guys have a box of Instincts around why would they go to Apple and ask to use the iphone. happens alot. The cast of Dawson's Creek was dressed 90% out of the same brand cause the clothes were given to them. Aston Martin hooks up the Bond films as does Sony and several other companies (I still remember the cheesy watch line in Casino Royale.) Production companies go for it cause it's money they don't have to spend so that keeps the budget down.
I dunno.. my old Samsung i700 was a touch screen phone.. and that was like 8 years ago. It had icons and an on screen keyboard. Plus a camera that actually rotated to face the front or back. I would say Samsung is copying Samsung.
You know I just commented down below on abbysdaddy1984s comment. I said "Either way, I do understand that iphones were the first touchscreen only handset." I'm wrong, dude the i700 totally was a full on touchscreen handset with no physical numpad and definitely was the predecessor to the iphone. I've heard talk in the past that apple is great at copying someone else and then insisting they made it, what other instances have they done this?
While plenty of these touchscreen phones simply wouldn't exist if it wasn't for the iPhone, the Instinct is a pretty awesome feature phone. The Instinct HD makes it even better with what I consider sleek and futuristic styling, HD recording and Opera Mobile.
People here will deny that iPhone caused LG and Samsung to saturate the market with touchscreen phones, but it's the truth. That being said, they're not all garbage simply because they're not made by Apple or lack a proper App Store.
How many threads are you going to post this in? It hasn't been funny yet. If it was funny, sure, I would say, go for it, post away.
But this....this.... you should be ashamed of yourself.
I'll believe everything this says because I want to.
@k
So your saying every slim flip phone is a rip off of the razr. The reason everyone is making phones similar to the iphone is because people like the idea of the iphone and want other phones like it. Yes Apple was the pioneer, but if no one were making "rivals" (and i use that word loosely because the HD is no iphone) Apple would have no reason to innovate..
I have no idea why yours and the other comment are getting voted down. It looks like Apple Fascism to me, oops I mean iNazis er...naziPhone owners. Either way, I do understand that iphones were the first touchscreen only handset. But all fields have innovators, and most of them get forgotten for their innovations. Its just Apple users who cling to their innovations to insist they are better.
Woops reference above post in response to K. Apple is a biter after all.
i thinks thats the s30 the HD looks fatter and this one looks skinny...
i cant believe this is a gadget website and they dont even know whats phone it is....
well i am 100% sure it is the s30....what do you guys think??
Actually you're right it is the S30, look at the back shots. The IHD has a silver/chrome circle around the lens and a flash below it. This phone in the show only has a small camera lens and a small mirror for self shots. Definitely a S30. I wish it was an IHD, it'd be fappin time.
Any fans of NCIS: LA? I love the original NCIS, but unsure about this one....
i like the new NCIS, definately not the same as the old. however i really like it
Dale
Saw the Nikon on Dexter. Not sure which model but it looks like the D300.
A crappy phone on a crappy show.
Fascinating.
That is not an Instinct HD!
That is an Instinct S30!
Notice the curvature of the earpiece piece, the back camera and the overall round body.
This all matches up to the S30.
http://www.topnews.in/files/Samsung-Instinct-S30.jpg
The Instinct HD has a different back cover, different shaped camera, and the earpiece is shaped different.
http://www.samsunghub.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/instinct-hd1.jpg
I have lost respect for Engadget.
why is this news?......and no this is not an HD, this is the S30
not so much news as they were trying to show how the show used the phone...kinda cool tho
Dale
lol engadget posters don't even knwo what theyre talking about unless it starts with Apple and ends in phone.
I understand why people spam and troll in the comments, but im baffled as to why this guy repeats this stupid shit. You must acctually have no life other than quoting this damn movie.
NCIS:Los Angeles? When did that happen? My wife and I love NCIS but please don't tell me they are turning it into another CSI bandwagon. What happened to the original series?
Note: we don't live in the US.
is that G W Bush front center in that pic?