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We’re not quite sure what Britney is trying to say here. It would help if she could be more specific about what she thinks of this guy. If only there was a word she could use to describe him, over and over and over. Regardless, she absolutely doesn’t want any pictures snapped of her on Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. Who knows where those might end up? Full video after the break.

[Thanks, Sam]

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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 dt com.

For those who haven’t already overloaded their DVR with the plethora of fall dramas, Heroes is looking to be a pretty solid bet. For one Nathan Petrelli, this season’s about more than just discovering who he really is. It’s about more than just being there for his baby bro. It’s about strategically placing the phone that supposedly needs no product placement smack dab into one of NBC’s hottest shows. Oh, and is it just us, or is he pretty perturbed about the lack of updates available for this thing too?

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Sure, Knight Rider is probably the worst show ever in the history of the moving picture, but that doesn’t stop Sony Ericsson from wanting to throw some money in its direction (or not, seeing as the company’s logo has apparently been scrubbed). Between the nearly intolerable dialogue and absurdly fake green-screen car chases, check out a glimpse of the forthcoming Xperia X1… if you can tolerate even a moment of this abomination.

[Thanks, Marco]

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CNN’s John King might have that sick multitouch electoral map, but MSNBC’s not going down without a fight — as dozens of you noticed, the network started using a Surface table yesterday as part of its election coverage. NBC News political director Chuck Todd will be the main handsman, using it to map out electoral votes and battleground states at first, but there are some other apps in the pipeline, according to Microsoft. Looks like the multitouch news wars have begun in full swing — anyone taking bets on when the green screen gets totally replaced in the weather center? Video of Surface in action after the break.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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Yeah, we know a Screen Grabs about a commercial about technology is kind of cheating, but there are a couple of gaffes to point out here. First, Mr. Smug Surfer-Do “I Was In A Band But We Split Up Over Creative Differences” Verizon FiOS Guy is a total jerk, so we’re totally rooting for the Zach Galifianakis look-alike, even if his bandwidth might suck. Second, waving a Kindle around might make you look like you rock at your job, but we’re guessing a paper clipboard is about 100 times more functional for the actual task, unless you’re supposed to read self-help books to your customers. Bitter cable users who can’t get FiOS yet unite!

[Thanks, Don R.]

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We’re not sure how this came to be, but when Jon Stewart needs to make a real / fake call to Democratic governor Mark Warner to let him know how bad his speech at the DNC “suuuuuuucked,” he reaches for a Centro. Check the read link to watch the full episode, and if you don’t enjoy comedy, you can just skip to about 3:29 in to see Palm’s cheapo smartphone get some face-time.

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Even for gadget freaks, it was tough to take one’s attention away from the outstanding action that filled The Dark Knight from beginning to end, but when Morgan Freeman had to hand over his Nokia XpressMedia 5800 (or Tube, as it were) at a stop in Hong Kong, we had to take a moment and gush. Nokia’s still-not-official handset had a few critical scenes where it was highlighted, though we’d wager it was only viewable for 4 to 5 seconds in total. Beyond that, Nokia’s peculiarly designed 6630 (circa 2004) was Gordon’s handset of choice, which we risked an RIAA thug kneecapping in order to also snag and host up below. It’s not really important that you go see it for a live shot of the Tube (though the incentive is nice), just make sure you go. Soon.

[Thanks to everyone who kept us on the lookout!]

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You’d think that after begging, and apparently receiving, a free iPhone last year, Stephen Colbert would have figured out how to hold the damn thing by now. Katie Cotton’s not going to toss you an iPhone 3G freebie acting like this. Oh wait, fake television news isn’t real? The “t” is silent? Oh never mind.

[Thanks, Jason]

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Weird — doesn’t that shot above look scarily similar to this one? Okay, minus the coinage, paperwork and miniaturized human. Seems that Nokia’s XpressMusic 5610 found its way into Panic at the Disco’s That Green Gentleman video, but considering how it gets walked all over and completely disregarded after the 40 second mark, we doubt it stands much chance of getting into the guys’ hearts.

[Thanks, Jimmy]

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Everybody knows us bloggers are a bunch of pantsless hooligans, but a lesser known fact is that Guitar Hero: Aerosmith comes with a new pants-free mode, as demonstrated in a lengthly sequence on this week’s episode of How I Met Your Mother. Problem is, Jason Segel — who we most fondly remember as Nick the drummer from Freaks and Geeks — likely wouldn’t be caught dead playing Aerosmith on the guitar, so stop trying to mess with our heads CBS. We know the truth.

[Thanks, Jeff]

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What say you? Is resident Big Bang Theory brainiac Howard Wolowitz super-stoked that Penny is conked out on his shoulder? Or is he just incredibly jovial to have his hand around what appears to be an Nokia N95? We’re thinking a little bit from column A, a little bit from column B.

[Thanks, Matt]

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Ben (aka Benjamin Linus), leader of the Others and all around creepy manipulator, doesn’t just shoot guns all the time — as we find out in a flashback to 2005, he also apparently shoots Nikon as well. Now, there’s certainly nothing wrong with a D100, but Ben does kind of strike us as the calculating, discerning type that would probably prefer a full-frame Canon though, you know?

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Complete internet downtime is no laughing matter, but more frightening still is the prospect that the world’s data flow is completely beheld to a giant, taciturn Linksys WiFi router. South Park clip embedded after the break — we’re still trying to decide whether this trumps the Aqua Teen episode where they meet the Wwwyzzerdd, freakish master of the internet.

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During the first episode of the new season of Criminal Minds, FBI agent and resident neat-freak David Rossi just couldn’t shake the unsolved double homicide that he never could close a score ago. Oddly enough, that wasn’t the only mystery involved, as we’re still scratching our heads trying to figure out what’s so important on the lid of Mr. Rossi’s RAZR2. Maybe a super-secret 4G icon? Tommy Tutone’s most favorite dame’s number? The infamous Sad Moto face? Whatever it was, we’re fairly certain a highly concealed RAZR2 is superior to the lowly RAZR Derek Morgan is still getting issued. What’s a man got to do to get a leg-up, anyway?

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Poor Matt, this guy has it so hard. If he isn’t having relational trouble with Julie Taylor, he’s disappointing his dad, his coach (Julie’s dad, conveniently enough), his team, or the entire town of Dillon, Texas. Last thing the guy needs is an iPhone telling him he’s wrong, so we’re going to pin this Friday Night Lights upside-down incident on Zach Gilford, the man behind the cute-shy quarterback legend that is Matt Saracen. You disappoint us, Zach.

[Thanks, EJ]

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Even the appearance of Justin Long as the scrappy sidekick failed to keep Live Free or Die Hard from so-bad-it’s-bad territory — but the various appearances of a Nokia N770 bestowed with superpowers (sure, all handhelds can sign into satellite phone networks and interface with power station control systems) were pretty entertaining in their own right. We’re a little confused, though — didn’t the producers at least realize that our man Bruce would be using an N810 to chat up his fans online, though? One more shot after the break.

[Thanks, Vamsi]

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Even the appearance of Justin Long as the scrappy sidekick failed to keep Live Free or Die Hard from so-bad-it’s-bad territory — but the various appearances of a Nokia 770 bestowed with superpowers (sure, all handhelds can sign into satellite phone networks and interface with power station control systems) were pretty entertaining in their own right. We’re a little confused, though — didn’t the producers at least realize that our man Bruce would be using an N810 to chat up his fans online, though? One more shot after the break.

[Thanks, Vamsi]

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