Screen Grabs: futuristic Nokia smartphone answers the product placement call in Real Steel

Screen Grabs chronicles the uses (and misuses) of real-world gadgets in today’s movies and TV. Send in your sightings (with screen grab!) to screengrabs at engadget dot com. In the futuristic world of the would-be summer blockbuster Real Steel , Rock ‘em Sock ‘em -esque robots have become participants in a very real sport and, it seems, Nokia is still going strong — although you probably knew that if you’ve seen the latest Star Trek movie . In fact, this device bears more than a small resemblance to the one used by a young James T. Kirk, with it boasting the same translucent shell that encases what’s still unmistakably a Nokia design. Head on past the break for the full trailer, and look for the phone to make an appearance around the 16 second mark — although we wouldn’t recommend taking this as a hint of what’s to come for Windows Phone . Continue reading Screen Grabs: futuristic Nokia smartphone answers the product placement call in Real Steel Screen Grabs: futuristic Nokia smartphone answers the product placement call in Real Steel originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 13 May 2011 18:57:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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