Macworld Expo 2010 was somewhat of a disappointment. Besides seeing the active and innovative exhibitors in the mobile developers section and hearing Kevin Smith wax eloquently about dicks and fucking and how life has changed so much from the days of Clerks, the whole show was a bit of a disappointment. While there were plenty of new and some established vendors, a lot of those present came with barebones stuff. Very few teams set up splashy large booths with free stuff, colorful demos, contests, and free stuff. It was quite boring making the rounds that I was tired even before I made it halfway through the area.
What was also lacking was any new products that made you say wow and have you take out your wallet right on the spot. Even if there were, most of the companies did not have the goods to sell. So what is the point of coming? The last booth I walked into was Textrec or something like that. These guys were completely incompetent in terms of going out to greet people. They had so many products to show: iPhone, iTouch cases, almost every other phone and camera and device they had a case for. They even had some of these products in packaging hanging on some racks. Well, when I finally got someone’s attention about a Leica case that would fit my Panasonic LX3, the guy finally explained that they were not selling anything at their booth. I could already tell, but I needed to ask just to see how incompetent they were at communicating.
Well, I did see some cool stuff. Like gamesalad.com which lets users create their own games and upload them, as well as market them. And there was the phone app that integrates so many features on it. I am glad I tested the Beats by Dr. Dre Studio model. That sets the bar for headphones of today. Awesome sound! And Blue Microphone’s mic that plugs into the iPhone!
Will I come next year? Maybe. Who knows what the industry will be like. Who knows what gadget I’ll be using next year. In the meantime, I’m content with what I have and glad I didn’t spend much more than lunch and a cup of coffee.

Tags: apple, gadgets, macworld

Macworld Expo 2010 was somewhat of a disappointment. Besides seeing the active and innovative exhibitors in the mobile developers section and hearing Kevin Smith wax eloquently about dicks and fucking and how life has changed so much from the days of Clerks, the whole show was a bit of a disappointment. While there were plenty of new and some established vendors, a lot of those present came with barebones stuff. Very few teams set up splashy large booths with free stuff, colorful demos, contests, and free stuff. It was quite boring making the rounds that I was tired even before I made it halfway through the area.
What was also lacking was any new products that made you say wow and have you take out your wallet right on the spot. Even if there were, most of the companies did not have the goods to sell. So what is the point of coming? The last booth I walked into was Textrec or something like that. These guys were completely incompetent in terms of going out to greet people. They had so many products to show: iPhone, iTouch cases, almost every other phone and camera and device they had a case for. They even had some of these products in packaging hanging on some racks. Well, when I finally got someone’s attention about a Leica case that would fit my Panasonic LX3, the guy finally explained that they were not selling anything at their booth. I could already tell, but I needed to ask just to see how incompetent they were at communicating.
Well, I did see some cool stuff. Like gamesalad.com which lets users create their own games and upload them, as well as market them. And there was the phone app that integrates so many features on it. I am glad I tested the Beats by Dr. Dre Studio model. That sets the bar for headphones of today. Awesome sound! And Blue Microphone’s mic that plugs into the iPhone!
Will I come next year? Maybe. Who knows what the industry will be like. Who knows what gadget I’ll be using next year. In the meantime, I’m content with what I have and glad I didn’t spend much more than lunch and a cup of coffee.

Tags: apple, gadgets, macworld