Saturday, June 22, 2002
Everyone wants to be a Hollywood star - even the Pocket PC!
Posted by Jason Dunn in "THOUGHT" @ 07:00 AM
I received this message today from Robobeat, and I thought it was pretty neat (SEMI-SPOILER ALERT):
"I watched the Sum of All Fears the other night and I noticed that it featured a Casio Pocket PC. It was an industrial device, I think some sort of modified EG-800 model that was waterproof (like the EG800) and also had some sort of wireless GPRS connection built-in or something. It was cool. It was used in the movie a lot to show detailed satellite photos and to send email messages and to chat when the cellphone wouldn't work. It was actually a useful part of the plot. He used it to try to communicate to the President in the climactic scene of the movie (after the nuke blew-up and all sorts of stuff is on fire and stuff and he's trapped in his car...). I really liked the scene where the main head CIA guy gives the main character a secret disk when they were in a car with rain poring down outside... It was a CF card in its little plastic case that had the top-secret satellite photos in it! We've come a long way, baby."
I just saw this movie on Wednesday night, and loved it! It's deeply frightening though when you consider how plausible it is. I was impressed with how they used the Pocket PCs as well - it was fairly realistic. Although I had to stifle a laugh when Jack Ryan was using the Casio Pocket PC in an instant messaging chat with the ex-KGB guy and he somehow managed 100 WPM with a mystical input method that we couldn't see. Maybe Microsoft has created a version of Transcriber for the CIA that works far better than what we're using.
I can see it now - Jack Ryan writes on the screen with Transcriber "Stop the attack, we've been tricked!". The message that the ex-KGB guy reads is "Popped my back, weary as heck!" Actually, I'm being generous with Transcriber - the message would make far less sense, and words that aren't really words.
Have you see the Pocket PC in any movies, TV shows, or media ads lately?
"I watched the Sum of All Fears the other night and I noticed that it featured a Casio Pocket PC. It was an industrial device, I think some sort of modified EG-800 model that was waterproof (like the EG800) and also had some sort of wireless GPRS connection built-in or something. It was cool. It was used in the movie a lot to show detailed satellite photos and to send email messages and to chat when the cellphone wouldn't work. It was actually a useful part of the plot. He used it to try to communicate to the President in the climactic scene of the movie (after the nuke blew-up and all sorts of stuff is on fire and stuff and he's trapped in his car...). I really liked the scene where the main head CIA guy gives the main character a secret disk when they were in a car with rain poring down outside... It was a CF card in its little plastic case that had the top-secret satellite photos in it! We've come a long way, baby."
I just saw this movie on Wednesday night, and loved it! It's deeply frightening though when you consider how plausible it is. I was impressed with how they used the Pocket PCs as well - it was fairly realistic. Although I had to stifle a laugh when Jack Ryan was using the Casio Pocket PC in an instant messaging chat with the ex-KGB guy and he somehow managed 100 WPM with a mystical input method that we couldn't see. Maybe Microsoft has created a version of Transcriber for the CIA that works far better than what we're using.
I can see it now - Jack Ryan writes on the screen with Transcriber "Stop the attack, we've been tricked!". The message that the ex-KGB guy reads is "Popped my back, weary as heck!" Actually, I'm being generous with Transcriber - the message would make far less sense, and words that aren't really words.Have you see the Pocket PC in any movies, TV shows, or media ads lately?
