I Hurt
January 8th, 2008 by Sarah E. AndersonI started the day with sore feet before I even got out of bed. Then I called room service and started writing and checking email. My danish arrived with my Diet Pepsi. One bite and one sip later, and I was throwing up. “Well,” I thought, “at least that’s out of the way.”
I wore my most pregnant-looking pregnancy clothes, and I didn’t cry once, although I was close in one booth, where others were sitting and I wasn’t, and my feet were just burning with pain. But finally, someone moved, and I grabbed a seat, and then the PR ladies must have noticed the look on my face and said I could bring the chair with me to the next station. I managed to hold it together.
I have so many cool products to tell you about, but seriously, my eyes are closing, and I’m falling asleep. I will touch on some highlights, though, since that’s quicker than seven different posts. So quickly, here goes:
Tele Atlas has a lot cooler stuff than I realized, including its very own 3D maps, plus vans and cars that travel the country gathering all sorts of mapping data, and JotU, a service that tells you about homes for sale in given areas.
Cobra’s GPSM 5000 5-inch optiview screen goes back to the basics with its 4:3 aspect ratio while everyone else moves to widescreen. Why? Because a taller screen means you get to see more of the road ahead instead of what’s three blocks to your left or right. Sounds smart to me. Go figure.
MSN Direct now offers News, Stocks, Local Events, and Web favorites on its Garmin Nuvi line. One catch: The local events come from City Search, so if your city isn’t big enough to be a part of that, it won’t work.
Samsung’s got a couple of camcorders and cameras worth noting, but (no offense to Samsung), they’re not as cool as Sony’s (see my full post on that).
Ditto for Canon in the camcorder department. They’re holding off on camera announcements until PMA and after, though, so mum’s the word on those. Sorry, folks.
Panasonic has the smallest, lightest HD camcorder on the market with the SD9 at only 0.6 pounds. Seriously, it was light. It also has face-detection technology, as well as Intelligent Shooting technology, which can tell you if you’re, say, panning too fast. Then it will give you tips as to how to correct the problem.
Finally, I went to a lovely dinner with Lenovo, who was nice enough not to keep us there till midnight (although it’s midnight now). I got to hold an Olympic torch that they designed and that will be used in the 2008 Olympics. Now that was the highlight of my day.
I’ve washed my hair, lotioned my aching feet (on which I wore ski socks to help cushion the blow of so many steps today), and blogged as much as I could. Nighty night. Good luck Jeffrey and Joanna.