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Mobiles at the Movies

August 15, 2008 at 1:02 pm by Dan | In Coming Soon Handsets, Mobile News

Following on from our recent post about the James Bond themed Sony Ericsson C902, coupled with the fact that I recently watched the new Batman flick, The Dark Knight, at the cinema, I thought a quick peek at mobile phones in the movie might be nice! Now if you ask me (and I don’t care if you didn’t, I’m telling you anyway), when it comes to the king of cool gadgetry, Batman surely wins hands down! The utility belt, Bat Vision and the Batmobile; our friend Bruce Wayne has got the lot!

So it should come as no surprise that he is ahead of the curve when it comes to mobile phones too. The Dark Knight features a range of different phones but the eagle eyed among you will have spotted that they were from a sole manufacturer; Nokia. Where Nokia have hit the nail on the head is with the choice of handset. The main phone we see in the movie is the Nokia 5800 XpressMedia, nicknamed the “Tube”. This as yet unannounced and unreleased mobile phone is already picking up quite a bit of interest on the web and this endorsement by none other than Batman himself should only increase the buzz. Also spotted is the Nokia 5100 and a member of the 8800 series that I couldn’t quite put my finger on (answer anyone?).

For James Bond, Sony Ericsson chose to feature a mobile phone that was available while the movie was still being filmed and offer exclusivity in the form of a new colour variant. So we find that 007 uses a Titanium Silver C902. Nice, but when the film meets its release date at the end of October, the C902 will have been readily available to civilians for over four months. The Dark Knight would not stand for this of course.

Anyone who has seen the film (and don’t worry I’m not about to ruin it) will know that the 5800 XpressMedia plays a key role in one of the films most exciting scenes. But what do we know about the actual handset? Well, running on the touch screen Symbian series 60 UI (the first phone to do so) and rumoured to be sporting a 3.2 Megapixel camera, 3G HSDPA connectivity; because of course Batman wouldn’t put up with anything slower, GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. And all this in a touch screen device no bigger than the N82.

All speculation of course as we wait for the official announcement, personally I’m holding out for the full spec list to reveal some sort of Batman Grappling hook! Keep your eyes peeled on the blog in the coming weeks for any new developments.

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