Hollywood has taken some liberty over the years in it’s interpretation of the real world. Usually these liberties show up most obviously in concepts such as time travel and the basic physics of the material universe. But cell phones have not been spared from Hollywood’s sometimes exaggerated portrayal. Below are some of the better examples of the entertainment industry’s take on the world of business and its communication devices.

First up, let’s look back at the the first cell phone commercial from Centel to get Hollywood’s (and advertising’s) view of the future of cell phones.

“Family Guy” further brings the point on cellphones and the environment with the subject of etiquette.

And we can always count on Scrubs. This clip reminds us that our choice of ring tone might not be great if there is an emergecny, but really good if you want to be the life of the office.

For the paranoid amongst us, “The Bourne Ultimatum” reminds us that cellphones are not universally secure means of communication.

And finally we have “The Dark Knight” with a particularly clever cell phone hack to watch the city and find the joker.

For the final word on Hollywood and cell phones, we have to remember Maxwell Smart’s Shoe Phone from the Emmy-award winning television show Get Smart. Probably not the first time a wireless phone was portrayed, but definitely the best known. The CIA has a great page on the shoe phone that touts the shoe phone is one of the most famous props in pop culture. And an Adelaide researcher has thought of a further way to use this concept in the medical field. Just goes to show that Hollywood thinks the cell phone can solve all the world’s problems.

There are, of course, many more. Link to any good ones in the comments.

Hollywood has taken some liberty over the years in it’s interpretation of the real world. Usually these liberties show up most obviously in concepts such as time travel and the basic physics of the material universe. But cell phones have not been spared from Hollywood’s sometimes exaggerated portrayal. Below are some of the better examples of the entertainment industry’s take on the world of business and its communication devices.

First up, let’s look back at the the first cell phone commercial from Centel to get Hollywood’s (and advertising’s) view of the future of cell phones.

“Family Guy” further brings the point on cellphones and the environment with the subject of etiquette.

And we can always count on Scrubs. This clip reminds us that our choice of ring tone might not be great if there is an emergecny, but really good if you want to be the life of the office.

For the paranoid amongst us, “The Bourne Ultimatum” reminds us that cellphones are not universally secure means of communication.

And finally we have “The Dark Knight” with a particularly clever cell phone hack to watch the city and find the joker.

For the final word on Hollywood and cell phones, we have to remember Maxwell Smart’s Shoe Phone from the Emmy-award winning television show Get Smart. Probably not the first time a wireless phone was portrayed, but definitely the best known. The CIA has a great page on the shoe phone that touts the shoe phone is one of the most famous props in pop culture. And an Adelaide researcher has thought of a further way to use this concept in the medical field. Just goes to show that Hollywood thinks the cell phone can solve all the world’s problems.

There are, of course, many more. Link to any good ones in the comments.