An evening with S60
By Stefan Constantinescu on Friday, March 2nd, 2007 at 11:18 AM PST In Blog Updates
Hey all you S60 enthusiasts in and around New York City! I’m writing
to announce the very first "An evening with S60" to be held at the Nokia Flagship Store in New York City
on March 15th from 6:30pm – 8:30pm (they’re closing the store early for
us!). It’s a very exclusive event just for you readers of the S60 Blogs
and S60 enthusiasts.On the agenda for the evening…
- Food & Drinks
- Networking with Nokia (NYSE: NOK)/S60 crew and S60 enthusiasts in the NYC area.
- Dean Andrews, author of "101 Cool Smartphone Techniques", to launch his new S60 Blog.
- Hands-on with all the new S60 devices including the Nokia N95, E61i, E65, E90 Communicator, and 6110 Navigator.
- Demonstration and hands-on with S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 hosted by Mikko Röntynen, Head of S60 Platform Marketing.
- A short presentation (TBD) hosted by yours truly.
- More details to come…So if you’re in the New York City metropolitan area, we’d love to
have you! Apologies in advance but attendance is limited, so please
RSVP as soon as you can to: phillip dot schwarzmann -at- nokia dot comLooking forward to seeing you there!!
I have 3 options:
- Drive: I love driving. On $30 of gas I usually get 350 miles. 1600 miles one way would mean a total of around $280 round trip. Not to mention an oil change when I get back.
Pros: I won’t have to share the car with anyone, it will be just me and the machine. I know that sounds depressing to some people, but when I’m behind the wheel of a car I just feel so peaceful and "zen like."
Cons: Parking in NYC is something I detest beyond the realm of imagination. I’ll probably get a few speeding tickets.
- Greyhound: Bus ride. $198 round trip.
Pros: I can sleep or have conversations with my fellow riders. I can get video of peoples reactions to S60 devices from all different parts of America.
Cons: For 35 hours I won’t take a shower, the bathroom is small and I can’t stop and eat at a diner whenever my stomach starts rumbling.
- Fly: Flying rocks! I just looked it up on Expedia: $260 round trip.
Pros: Plane ride is less than 6 hours long. Free bag of peanuts.
Cons: My last name is Constantinescu. I always seem to make the list when it comes to "random" security checks. Since when does being Romanian make me a terrorist?
Hotel: No need. Remember Greg from CES? He lives in NYC and has already granted me the honor of the couch!
I sent Phil my RSVP but I’m not making any guarantees that I’ll be able to make it.
Do I want to? Heck yes!
Time will tell. I’ll let you guys know as we get closer and closer to the ides of March.
Well dude, if you make it up to NYC, I’d really like to see you get up close and personal with the N95 and E90. Absorb these 2 as much as you can.
And about your name and random security checks, join the club, bro! Unless you have a nice unassuming WASPy name, you will be inspected! Sad, but true.
Look at me…. ‘Abbas’ and ‘Reza’ are 2 names very common in Iran, and I’m not even from there! And you know how the US feels about Iran … I have a good time with the DHS agents though
today i read about a german politic with diplomatic immunity (named so?) who get a “SSSS” on his ticket, that means that there is a second, harder, security test. Many people with “unnormal” names oder some other “unnormal” things get a SSSS on their ticket, to get a second check. I hate the “security” of the US Airports.
In Finland, how can you tell if someone is an introvert?
In Finland, an introvert looks at his shoes when he’s talking to you. An extrovert looks at _your_ shoes when he’s talking to you.
… told to me by a Finn.
I travel quite a bit, and I’ve had to go through the extra screening quite a few times. So if it’s really random, I’m rather unlucky. I saw the “SSSS” on my boarding pass a couple of times. My husband, otoh, breezes through security. He’s white and a U.S. citizen, I’m neither. So what Abbas said about being WASPy is kinda true. And does the name “Chen” scream terrorist? I don’t think I look that terrible either (well, maybe on a bad hair day….)
Don’t you instantly get citizenship now that you’re married to a citizen? I remember reading all the rules when my parents became citizens in 1996.
Chen doesn’t scream terrorist at all. In New York I had so many friends with the last name Chen it was ridiculous. None were related. It’s like “Smith” here in the states.
The SSSS isn’t random ^^ The employees at the airport, where you get your tickets, decide if they make SSSS on the Tickets or not! If they had a bad day, they can give everyone a SSSS.
Re: citizenship through marriage – it’s not automatic, there’s lots of paperwork (and cost$$$), and it takes a few years. I have to be a permanent resident for a number of years (I think 3?) before I can apply for citizenship. I’m in no hurry anyway, the passport I’m holding allows me to go to certain places without a visa that even U.S. passport holders can’t claim.
Yup, there’s a chinese saying that goes something like: Chen’s and Lee’s littered everywhere. That’s why I don’t understand why I’m pinpointed so often. And lutzs mentioning that SSSS isn’t random… they have a bone to pick with me or something??
But it’s all good. I love flying enough not to be bothered by an extra 10 minutes of being patted down and asked “why do you have 6 cell phones and 2 laptops with you??”.
Dear people with ‘non-waspy names’ (your words) stop crying that security takes your 15 more minutes, the world is a different place post-9/11. If you check out by our pathetic airport security, you have nothing to worry about. The new world sucks, try living in a major ‘western city’, will something blow up today? Who knows?! Lets get a burger!
“Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” – Benjamin Franklin