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It would be best time to overview James Bond’s gadget while 007 new movie ( Quantum of Solace ) is just about to be released. Bond’s movies Genres always featured top Gadgets and hi-tech Gizmos, out of which many models of gadget appear today seems to be innovated from 007 movies starting from 1963 the gadget of choice for Bond was a pager in “Dr NO” and the mobile phone that controlled the BMW in “Tomorrow Never Dies”…

Pierce Brosnan possibly was the first Bond to have a truly mobile phone, a concept design from Ericsson and In Quantum of Solace (2008), Daniel Craig’s still possess the mobile which is still a Sony Ericsson phone however this time its a titanium C902 with 5Mpixel camera too. Gadgets were massively used in the Roger Moore films, especially in Moonraker, that puzzled productions to find a balance- which gadget exactly fit the use in subsequent scene to avoid any impression that James Bond unduly depended on them.

Here are more gadgets James Bond typically carried on always with him, along with additional gadgets used by others. These Gadgets assist Bond’s surveillance activities and protected him from his enemies and as well as inspired technological innovation.

Bond Gizmos & Gadgets;

Blue X-ray Glasses

Voice Box/Voice changer

Underwater Breather/Air supply

Underwater camera/Laser Polaroid Camera

Throwing Knife

Pen Gun/Poison Pen

Skyhook

Multipurpose Keychain

Fingerprint scanner/analyzer/transmitter

Ring with a miniature camera.

Tracking Device

Golden Gun/ Golden Bullet

Rolex Wristwatch/Magnetic Watch

Perfume Flamethrower

Micro-Film Reader assembled with Cigarette lighter or case/Stun Gas Cigarette

* Bond’s Wheel ( Car )

Citroen 2CV/AMC Concord/Toyota 2000GT/BMW Z3/ Lotus Spirit/Aston Martin V8/Aston Martin DB5 with following feature
* revolving license plates
* tire slashers that doubled as spinner hubcaps
* passenger ejector seat
* rear bulletproof shield
* forward machine guns concealed behind the headlights
* rearward defenses including smoke and oil slick sprayers

More gadgets will be covered in next post..

Gemma Arterton, 22, the Bond’s Girl in “Quantum of Solace” drowned in crude oil (sticky black liquid for the dramatic sequence) and adorned over a bed in a scene to meet her stickier end. The movie producers wish to make it a memorable scene intentionally like of the 1964 classic “Goldfinger”. Those who have seen Goldfinger might remember the arch-villain the co-conspirator Jill Masterson, played by Shirley Eaton James Bond’s Goldfinger Golden Girl, being killed after betraying her boss. In the original movie Goldfinger, she was asphyxiated after her entire body was covered in gold paint which became an iconic image of the film.

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Gemma said: ‘I couldn’t move. I couldn’t see, I couldn’t breathe or hear because it went in my ears. It was unpleasant, but it’s something I’ll always remember and it will be an iconic part of the film.’

Quantum of Solace is the 22nd Bond film featuring Daniel Craig’s for his second performance as James Bond, scheduled to be release in the UK on 31 October 2008 ( earlier expected release was 2 May 2008). Quantum of Solace is the sequel of movie Casino Royale (2006), The title of the movie has been chosen from an unrelated short story in Ian Fleming’s “For Your Eyes Only” (1960). This 007  movie will have more hi-tech gadgets aim to be realistic than as shown  earlier in Casino Royale. The Second unit filming began in August 2007 at Siena and Madrid, currently filming in Panama, the next scheduled will take place at Chile, Peru, Italy, Austria and Pinewood. Watch the filming on location’ in Panama.