The Progressive After Party

Nokia was the main sponsor for the after party. I got a closer look at the Nokia N810 and really have mixed feelings. I was wrong earlier when I said it was computer / PDA / Cell Phone. There is no phone. I also said it would give the iPhone a run for it;s money. Well since it is not a phone at all, it can’t. And that is where my issue is. I mini WiFi computer seems cool, but to me, it seemed like a larger screen iPod touch with 1/8th the memory. It does run linux and a mozilla driven browser. It does also support third party developers and that is one thing the iPhone and iPod Touch don’t do yet. But they will. The Nokia N810 misses it’s mark I think. The memory is to small to be an MP3 Player and Wifi is not prevalent enough to be a good mini computer. The software is tight and the product felt great, but I want to connect to the internet from anywhere. And to do that, I need cellular service.

The other sponsors had rooms all around. Level 3 had an interview couch set up and were conducting interviews with anyone interested in being interviewed. Etelos has a live Jazz Trio playing. They sounded good and it was a nice atmosphere. WebEx had a bad room. It was pretty boring and they were serving Appletini’s. It just wasn’t my style. The one sponsor that had it going on and everyone seemed to flock to was Microsoft. Microsoft had 2 XBox’s, with 4 controllers each, set up with Halo 3. They also had a bunch of goodies they were giving out. Flash Drives, Water Bottles, and Gooey Balls were just a few. They had a nice bar and also were serving Mini Doughnuts that were cooked right there in front of you. Microsoft also had some screens with their web apps like Live Search up on them. They had a DJ that wasn’t bad, but wasn’t my type of music. He used vinyl. Me being an ex-dj myself, I respect DJ that don’t use CD’s or MP3’s. Vinyl is where a real DJ is at.

Well I am back in the room now and about to upload a bunch of photos to my Flickr account. Check them out at http://www.flickr.com/photos/jefflouella. I got Steve Balmer first thing in the morning. I can’t wait for that.

I also apologize for all mis-typing. I am typing as I go and not really checking things out. So if my grammar ain’t good, that be the reason.

Bookmark It

This entry was posted on Thursday, October 18th, 2007 at 12:26 am and is filed under Geek_Out. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.