Nice product placement: Sahara Tablet PC on CSI: New York

Posted by | 12/02/2009 | 1 Comment

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csiny3Taking a mental health day (actually a “my leave doesn’t rollover” day) and after taking care of some errands, I came home to get some work done and put a missed episode of CSI: New York on in the background. I didn’t initially like this flavor of CSI, calling it “CSI: Boring” but they’ve since kicked up the action and upped the Tablet PC quotients. This shot caught my eye because it was out in the field and clearly shows the brand name. Kudos to TabletKiosk for getting a Sahara slate tablet so prominently featured.

A bit later, Mac Taylor was shown running through the sewer with a touchscreen device strapped to his wrist (third screenshot), probably his iPhone, and there are touchscreen desktops and monitors galore in the lab as they hunt down the Compass Killer.

BTW, these screenshots were taken from my media PC running Windows 7. The new Internet TV feature is still pretty light on content, but the CSI franchise and Numb3rs alone make it worthwhile. If you’ve got it, you can check out the episode “Manhattanhenge” while it lasts. To me, Windows 7 is a must-have upgrade for anyone using Windows Media Center.

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My name is Mark Sumimoto; I am Sumocat. I dabble in all areas of mobile computing, but my focus is Windows-based Tablet PCs and pen input. They’ve been part of my arsenal since 2004, and I’m proud to have pioneered the field of ink blogging, earning a spot as a Microsoft MVP for Touch and Tablets in the process. My current tools include a Fujitsu Lifebook T900, TEGA v2, and iPhone 4. Email me: sumocat [at] notebooks.com
  • frblckstr

    Yup, CSI:NY has been using tables for a while now.

    And for Numb3rs: anyone else notice they taped of the Apple logo’s on ther laptops in the previous and current season??