An evening with S60

Straight from Phil’s blog:

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/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.
РDemonstration and hands-on with S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 hosted by Mikko R̦ntynen, 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 com

Looking forward to seeing you there!!

I have 3 options:

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.