Nokia’s MeeGo Tablet makes cameo in TRON: Legacy? #Z500
Czech Nokia blog, Nokia Mania (RTd by @Camb078!) seems to believe that Nokia’s upcoming MeeGo Tablet (check out their screencaps), known only right now as Z500 (boo what a crappy name). The existance was revealed by Eldar back in June who tweeted about the Z500 Nokia Tablet. Later in November, it accidentally exposed itself on the Ovi Store. Now it has been suggested that the Z500 has made a cameo appearance in the recent block buster hit film: TRON: Legacy.
Reasons?
1.Nokia sponsored TRON: How much did Nokia LOVE Tron? Prior to the movie launch, it was Tron this and Tron that. Tron Trailer in EVERY N8 demoes – HDMI let’s show TRON in glorious 720p HD, Nseries blog being hacked by Tron (Canada’s Rogers YouTube Page taken over by Tron too – for N8), Big Tron and N8 trailer on the side of Nokia Theatre LA,Tron Apps, Give away for Tron movie Premiere. So product placement with Nokia’s N8 making a cameo in the film was an eventuality. But slyly, it may not have been the only new Nokia in that movie.
2. This wouldn’t be the first time Nokia’s put unannounced products in films. Remember the “first” touch screen phone from Nokia (ignoring 7700 and 7710 from 2003 and 2004 :p) the 5800? That highly anticipated touch screen made a first appearance in Batman: The Dark Knight.
There’s mentions (rumours!) that it has the display of the booklet 3G. So that’s 10″ with 1366*720. I actually sometimes wished I could just pick the display up off the booklet :p
Slim profile on the side
Oop – first glimpse of the screen. It’s quite big.
Double bezel, not just the black window that EVERYONE is going for.
AND now close up, close up!So, do you think this is a Nokia tablet secretly placed in the movie? Would you like a Nokia MeeGo Tablet?
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Woah that’s freaking awesome.looks cool though
when i saw it in the film i thought that it may have been a nokia tablet so i was looking for the logo and hopefully model number but nope :/ like wth? people will just assume it was a ipad
forgot to add it would be really awesome if they made a perfectly square tablet that would make it really unique
I also thought it was the iPad. But looking closer to the picture is not. maybe is an early prototype.
And that’s why i don’t think it’s Nokia tablet.
5800 had Nokia branding on it on the Dark Knight.
If it was a Nokia tablet indeed that’s the most wasted 2 sec of marketing ever when you got one of year biggest movies and real change to create some hype and brand value on perfect movie for a product like that, but forgot to brand it…
I guess the tablet wasn’t even close to being ready when they shot the movie. Nokia wouldn’t wanna reveal their tablet before anything. So it must be a very early prototype. 5800 is dark knight had the Nokia branding and the phone was actually released sometime after the movie was released. The phone was almost ready (not really though, we all know that – S60 5th Ed. sucked).
So just to preserve such leakage on their tablet, Nokia must have preferred not to brand the prototype yet.
But if it’s good enough to be shown off, I’d expect Nokia to show it at MWC. Or else, we’d have to wait till September for Nokia world…..
i also thought it was ipad,
tablet design is important, this tablet sixe in it is too big
That does look pretty frikkin’ cool.
to me that looks like the aluminium colour N8 case (Light Grey) just slimmer and sportin’ that kickass screen.
If that’s it, then I guess we might be looking at the largest tablet to released yet? Or what do you guys think? Looks super big to me. Knowing what MeeGo can do, I’m sure it can fill the screen with goodness.
This most likely is the Nokia tablet. Reason being, they are rumoured to be working on one, the movie itself is sponsored by Nokia and they have showcased upcoming products in movies before. Also, we can most likely eliminate some manufacturers like Apple, because that’s just not their style and I believe they have not marketed recent products in 3rd party media before announcements. Also, the design of this tablet looks much Nokia related, silver bezel on the sides and black frame around the screen is similar to the front of silver Nokia N8, E7 and Booklet 3G. Speaking of the booklet 3G, which is kind of a special product from Nokia, it is made from aluminium (likewise N8 and E7), and the silver bezel of this tablet looks like it is made from that too. Considering their past decisions, choosing aluminium for their very first tablet makes more sense than plastic. That would be another clue that this tablet might be the Nokia Z500.
Looks pretty good too.
The close-up shot looks different from the other shots. The shot from far away it has thicker bezels it seems and a more N8-esque design. Either way, bring it on MWC If it is under the € 750 mark and has some decent hardware/battery life it is mine.
Aspect ratio of that screen is actually almost exactly 16:10.
Oh yes its Meego
hey that tablet looks just like the one in Tron
so it was an Intel meego tablet then.
The bezels are not the same. look again.
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The only thing you can really maybe guess from the screen capture in Tron, if that’s a real product, is possibly how the hardware will look.
Almost all movies change/digitize the “ui/software” per the film director’s, art designer’s and the special effects house’s liking.
So yeah, that UI its showing off was created in an FX studio.
I hope that’s not the Z500. For all the flack the iPad got for its huge bezel, it serves a useful purpose on a tablet, especially a 10-inch tablet. There’s nowhere to grab on that thing when using it in portrait mode. Seems like that should be an important consideration.
Could this be that this tablet was in the movie Tron
yeah seems possible it’s another engineering sample in TRON.
that was posted in June 2010 as well.
saw a patent for nokia allowing for resistive multi touch as well, looks easily as sensitive as capacitive – seems like they suggested it had both as well? that would be a killer feature having a screen supporting both – would certainly shutup sceptics of both platforms!!
yeah, Nokia have been in difficult in delivering products to markets. Now they find direction and are determined to deliver really good products for markets…
What’s OS Nokia tablet use .