Kindle drowned in movie

Cyclops · 09-11-2010, 12:49 PM

I watched an OK film the other day, Date Night, a comdey with Steve Carell (sp), and in one scene theyre trying to access some incriminating data on a flash drive. Carrel is in a cab and he asks the driver if he has a smart phone or laptop. The driver shrugs and says " got a Kindle!" and opens the glovebox.
Carrel puts the flash drive in the kindle, cancelling the soppy book the driver was reading, and the pics are there in a flash! Unfortunately the car ended up in the drink, evidence, and Kindle, gone for good!
The only thing is, and I couldnt help myself here, is flash drives have the large male USB connector and I'd imagine the kindle, like my sony reader and a smartphone, has the small micro USB socket, so technically thats that scene out the window

WT Sharpe · 09-11-2010, 01:00 PM

Does the K1 or one of the Kindle DX models have a flash drive? I know the K2 and the K3 don't. Maybe the driver had a Sony reader.

geniodiabolico · 09-11-2010, 01:04 PM

I thought the same thing when I watched the movie a few weeks ago. Even if Kindle took regular sized USB connections, the device would have the wrong connection for plugging in a flash drive. Plus, the UI isn't quite as convenient as "Hey, I plugged in a flash drive. Here's everything on that drive, displayed in like 3 seconds."

However, I did laugh my ass off at the line "Don't judge me for this, but what's a flash drive?"

Cyclops · 09-11-2010, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by geniodiabolico

I did laugh my ass off at the line "Don't judge me for this, but what's a flash drive?"

Yea that WAS funny!!

Cyclops · 09-11-2010, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Does the K1 or one of the Kindle DX models have a flash drive? I know the K2 and the K3 don't. Maybe the driver had a Sony reader.

~Oh defo a Kindle

desertgrandma · 09-11-2010, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Does the K1 or one of the Kindle DX models have a flash drive? I know the K2 and the K3 don't. Maybe the driver had a Sony reader.

my usb connection is the little tiny one like all the others.

The DX connection is the same.

Cyclops · 09-11-2010, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

my usb connection is the little tiny one like all the others.

The DX connection is the same.

So there aint no way one of these

is gonna fit in one of these

desertgrandma · 09-11-2010, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Cyclops

So there aint no way one of these

is gonna fit in one of these

No.

crich70 · 09-11-2010, 04:09 PM

More movie magic. lol.

kacir · 09-11-2010, 04:11 PM

Do not laugh. PocketBook 302 does have USB host port, so you can connect an USB "memory stick" to it and read a document from it.

desertgrandma · 09-11-2010, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by kacir

Do not laugh. PocketBook 302 does have USB host port, so you can connect an USB "memory stick" to it and read a document from it.

what I was laughing at was the memory stick trying to fit in a Kindle port.

Which is what the op asked.

Now I gotta to watch the movie and see if it really was a Kindle they were using.......

Cyclops · 09-11-2010, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Now I gotta to watch the movie and see if it really was a Kindle they were using.......

Well the guy clearly said 'I got a Kindle...' and it was white and Kindlesque.

desertgrandma · 09-11-2010, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Cyclops

Well the guy clearly said 'I got a Kindle...' and it was white and Kindlesque.

I believe you. There are knock offs out there tho that look like the K......still.........I'm voting for the "Magic of filmmaking"........

carld · 09-11-2010, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

what I was laughing at was the memory stick trying to fit in a Kindle port.

Which is what the op asked.

Now I gotta to watch the movie and see if it really was a Kindle they were using.......

I just added it to my Netflix queue. I remember when Kindles were still really new I'd jump up and point at the screen (sometimes literally), OMG! It's a Kindle!

I don't do that any more... as much.

fjtorres · 09-11-2010, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

I'm voting for the "Magic of filmmaking"........

Yup! It's just your basic Hollywood technical illiteracy in action.

Them's the same folks that brought down an alien starship by feeding it a Macintosh virus.

I'm sure if the movie had been filmed 6 months later the cabbie would have a top of the line iPad and the thumbdrive would've worked just as well.

09-11-2010, 12:49 PM	#1
Cyclops Only need one eye to read Posts: 796 Karma: 6277024 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Darlington, England Device: Kobo Touch N905C, Sony PRS-300, Nintendo DSi XL,	Kindle drowned in movie I watched an OK film the other day, Date Night, a comdey with Steve Carell (sp), and in one scene theyre trying to access some incriminating data on a flash drive. Carrel is in a cab and he asks the driver if he has a smart phone or laptop. The driver shrugs and says " got a Kindle!" and opens the glovebox. Carrel puts the flash drive in the kindle, cancelling the soppy book the driver was reading, and the pics are there in a flash! Unfortunately the car ended up in the drink, evidence, and Kindle, gone for good! The only thing is, and I couldnt help myself here, is flash drives have the large male USB connector and I'd imagine the kindle, like my sony reader and a smartphone, has the small micro USB socket, so technically thats that scene out the window

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09-11-2010, 01:00 PM	#2
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,073 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	Does the K1 or one of the Kindle DX models have a flash drive? I know the K2 and the K3 don't. Maybe the driver had a Sony reader.

09-11-2010, 01:04 PM	#3
geniodiabolico Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Conway SC Device: Kindle 2	I thought the same thing when I watched the movie a few weeks ago. Even if Kindle took regular sized USB connections, the device would have the wrong connection for plugging in a flash drive. Plus, the UI isn't quite as convenient as "Hey, I plugged in a flash drive. Here's everything on that drive, displayed in like 3 seconds." However, I did laugh my ass off at the line "Don't judge me for this, but what's a flash drive?"

09-11-2010, 04:09 PM	#9
crich70 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,305 Karma: 43993832 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Monroe Wisconsin Device: K3, Kindle Paperwhite, Calibre, and Mobipocket for Pc (netbook)	More movie magic. lol.

09-11-2010, 04:11 PM	#10
kacir Wizard Posts: 3,450 Karma: 10484861 Join Date: May 2006 Device: PocketBook 360, before it was Sony Reader, cassiopeia A-20	Do not laugh. PocketBook 302 does have USB host port, so you can connect an USB "memory stick" to it and read a document from it.