COMDDAP, a new keyboard, coffee and hanging out at home

I went to COMDDAP on Saturday morning. Met with Carl, Erykr and Marco in front of the NBC Tent. Erykr had the keyboard with the tablet and it was the keyboard Dang and I were so excited to borrow from Carl. It's great for Open Canvass and other similar apps. Anyway, we went in as trade visitors and I had the mistake of writing my full name so my name tag had my full name. (Ugh!)

Anyhow, we split up into 2 teams: Carl and I, Erykr and Marco. Carl drooled over the LCD monitors. I was kinda drooling over them as well because they are pretty sleek and all. And you could pivot them and stuff. They looked somewhat sturdy but I don't think I will ever be able to afford one.

There were a lot of digital cameras as well. I think that Tubay, Trebs, Tyran and Brymac would have liked to try those out. There were laptops galore that people could check out. The Asus ones are pretty cool. (I have always thought they were.) I wish Carl could write a more detailed post on his blog but he has never posted anything so I am sorry I can't give you details. Gomen!

Microsoft software were on sale as well. But, of course, it's not much of a sale since MS Office 2003 costs around Php 23,000. They were selling other Microsoft software but the price range was between Php 23,000-Php 30,000, methinks. In Greenhills, you could get them for much cheaper and I mean, MUCH cheaper. (If you're one of the buyers from Greenhills and your conscience suddenly speaks up and tells you to get the original, you'd really think more than twice when you see the prices of the originals.)

I wanted to check the HP booth but so many people were there wanting to trade in their old printers. I wanted to see if they had any iPAQs in their booth. Too bad I don't have the patience to go through the crowd. (Maybe I should have gone there on a weekday...)

Carl was able to get us some free icecream, by the way. He answered the pop quiz in the IBM booth^_- Coolness.

Anyhow, we left for the Coffee Break in the ground floor of Glorietta. There were a lot of coffee! Free coffee!!! Dang would have loved it there if only she didn't have classes. The guys had three to four cups each but I couldn't afford to drink more than two cups because of my reflux. (The acid levels of my stomach - I have to watch out.) There was also a Sony Ericsson booth there and Carl checked out the blue tooth headset. The P910 looks absolutely sleek and it is very functional but the price is a whopping Php 44,000. Aiyee! A PDA and a phone would be nice but I think that the price is too much. I'd rather have a cheap phone and a not to expensive handheld. At least I won't be afraid to answer my calls in public.

We also had lunch in Glorietta as soon as Zeus got there. Lots of talk and fun stories. I wish I could write everything in detail but my memory isn't that sharp.-_-;

After bidding Zeus adieu, I brought the three guys home. I mean, they went along with me. And at home, we talked about cosplay ideas, Carl ripped Dang's cd and we burned some stuff for them. Carl showed me how OneNote works. It's nifty for jotting down notes. Carl sent me a screenshot before. The link to it is here. He also made sure that the tablet was working smoothly on our Windows 2000 Pro. I have to check out drivers for it so it would work on Mandrake 10. Aside from the keyboard, he also gave me a copy of the Bibledesktop for Linux^_^ And Wordweb too. Dang was happy that Carl was able to download Open Canvas. Carl forgot to give me a copy of Knoppix though;_; And he couldn't download Hikarunix. ;_;

All in all it was fun day though kinda tiring because of all the walking and stuff^_^

posted by eClair @ 04:04