Hi! On Sunday, August 13, I watched a Movie and product placement was spotted: NovAtel Videotelephony – Total Recall (1990).
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This really tickles me as an Albertan. Why? This videophone prototype was made by the province’s ill-fated cellphone manufacturer which was state of the art (in the late 1980’s) but couldn’t market or sell its products to save its life which ended up losing taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars and was sold for pennies on the dollar largely to NorTel which again was a Canadian telecom/cellphone manufacturing darling of the late 90’s before its early 2000’s collapse… It’s patents were sold a variety of companies including the ill-fated RIM/Blackberry which again collapsed into the toilet…
Also a fun little side note? The female doctor, Dr. Lull, is played by an actress from Edmonton, Alberta as well! Rosemary Dunsmore!
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This really tickles me as an Albertan. Why? This videophone prototype was made by the province’s ill-fated cellphone manufacturer which was state of the art (in the late 1980’s) but couldn’t market or sell its products to save its life which ended up losing taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars and was sold for pennies on the dollar largely to NorTel which again was a Canadian telecom/cellphone manufacturing darling of the late 90’s before its early 2000’s collapse… It’s patents were sold a variety of companies including the ill-fated RIM/Blackberry which again collapsed into the toilet…
Also a fun little side note? The female doctor, Dr. Lull, is played by an actress from Edmonton, Alberta as well! Rosemary Dunsmore!