i am not asking for dancing robots nor super nano computers. i’m not expecting a CES-type show.

all i’m asking is variety. more exhibitors. new products. the problem with the CEL show at the SMX (october 24 to 26) was that it seemed like only the T3 advertisers were invited to the show, thus, it lacks variety. it didn’t have the oommph it promised. all the products that shown there were the exact ones you’ll encounter in their showrooms at the mall nearest you — except for the ginoromous Panasonic flat screen TV there that costs P2 million a piece.

that thing wouldn’t fit in our house.

anyway, to give you an idea how anemic CEL is, look at this map.

they should’ve renamed this the T3 Best Advertisers Show. all you see there are apple, LG, nokia, samsung, sony, canon and HP. the rest of the exhibitors are blah. nakakainis dito, wala namang bago sa products nila, except for apple kasi steve jobs launched new macbooks. sabi sa ticket Asus was supposed to be there but it was nowhere to be found. No Sanyo, toshiba, those lesser known korean and taiwanese brands. not that i have their products but still, one of the reasons why people go to consumer elctronics shows is that they want to see for themselves that there are options. but this show failed to give me that.

and they had the gall to charge people P50 for the entrance when you wouldn’t see much. mas magandang nagpunta na lang ako sa SM north dun sa cyberzone nila dun mas masaya pa ako. at least dun kita mo may choice ka. the CEL was a fluke. sana natulog na lang ako nung sunday at di nag-aksaya ng oras at effort (imagine, i came from cainta) for the CEL.kaya naman din nagmukhang me laman ang CEL dahil may mga kotse na nakadisplay dun.

here are the few things that caught my eye:


landi-cious canon point and shoot (the baby blue one was being
used by the sales guys when i took this picture)

that one i think would be perfect for my mom, who wanted to buy her own digicam.

all in all, nasayang ang araw ko this weekend. sana natulog na lang ako.