hi Echelon,

is there a concern if I come at 8pm??

er, solli to ask, microsoft office still the same building right? the one opposite lau pa sat? so will get that new $2 ERP hor

Microsoft still at same building.... Opposite lao pa pat... Depends on where u come from, may not get the new ERP gantry...

>>ok, noted, thanks. But will be coming from Beach Road side :(

Actually Microsoft (NTUC building) is heavily guarded by "ERP" gantries, so no matter what, it is either this one or the other one you will be greeted...

No problem for you Riv.

Two more LOOOONG days to go.....
Still praying hard that nothing will goes wrong for me on that day.
Today ke na customer last minute query from London have to stay until 10pm...

gosh, how could i missed the event of the year :)
any chance of staging another gathering for those who are interested but missed out this round

Any brothers can advise where will be the best place (cheapest) to park for the event? Thanks.

You can try to park around amoy street, near Boon that Street- these are all URA parking lots. 50c for 1/2 hour. That should be the cheapest around that area. But do make sure you put coupon, cos got lots of uncle and aunties (URA staffs)

Thanks for the advise. How much will be the Microsoft Building (NTUC) itself if I may ask?

Hey Edwin, you are going too?:)

Btw guys, where is this MS office and how to go there (from Alexandra)? Thanks.

Cheers,
V

It's the NTUC Building at One Marina Boulevard, which is next to One Raffles Quay.

I am not quite sure if there is a parking lot there, but you can refer to this

http://www.onemotoring.com.sg/publish/onem...ock=CBD%20Rates

Places u can consider are One Raffles Quay, SGX 1.

Since it is after 5, it is relatively okay, cos it is a flat rate for entry.

Yes Han Lin, I should be going, as far as my current schedule stands.

From Alexandra Rd you can take the West Coast Highway and then hit Keppel Road, Anson Road, all the way up to Lau Pa Sa.

A very useful resource is here: http://www.gothere.sg/

Huh ... thought your i780 have the GPS????!!!

OK ... found some additional info as below:

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By Car
Due to limited parking lots available at One Marina Boulevard, other public parking facilities and rates are available in the table below:

Rates for Parking on weekdays

NTUC Centre (One Marina Boulevard)
$3.00 per entry after 5.30pm

Golden Shoe Carpark
$2.80 per entry after 6pm

Esplanade
$4.00 per entry from 6pm - before 10pm
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Info of other parking facilities can be found in the onemotoring link above.

Yeah, I forgot about i780 having a GPS, and also no time to install the software as I always do a hard reset on every single day, hehe.

See you there!

Cheers,
V

Hi

can check what time does the registration start ?
dont want to be too early or too late

Hi registration this evening will start at 6.30pm

Thanks for taking time to be with us.

Hi

thanks for the heads up
see you guyz there

Hi all,

Thanks once again for registering for the event.

Gentle reminder :

As we have external guests and speakers gracing the occasion therefore i seek your cooperation to be puncture and arrive on time, appreciate it ya...

Have fun all!

lol... I just found out about this event :P

Just reached home... tired man...

It was a great event and thanks to the hard work of PPCSG team!
It's nice to see some familiar faces after all these years.

The most classic of all were the iPaq 36xx & 38xx
(hey I did not expect you to showcase these photos)
and now then I know they were made by HTC!

Just got home too, CTE is jam cos of accident near braddel :(

Today topic is good and the prizes are very good too tho I didnt win anything :( N Its more like a all mens night hee hee ;p

Thanks to the PPCSG team and Microsoft to make this an informative gathering.

Cheers

nice meeting you guys/gals...this Gathering is definately a success!!!

looking forward for more of such gatherings

I also get the CTE jam... Just reach home not long ago...

Nice meeting all of you..

yeah...saw the accident after coming from Bukit Merah..accident just outside Braddell which involves 1 bike and 1 car???

nope, its two bikes and two cars hahahaha, affected lane one and lane two ...

nice to see you again uimmy...you seemed to look younger and younger...

>>nice to see you again too riv. er, so I should be flattered? lolx aiya, u also look younger and younger ma

today all the lucky draws go to men only hor :(

hee hee, this gathering not bad eh, I bought the bluetooth headset from KJC at discounted price for ppcsg and Matthew so good, throw in the landyard for me too oops .... :X

i was telling ice, i wanted to bring the durian cheesecake for u all (those durians lovers) to eat but er, aircon place ah, scared later microsoft people throw me out of the building kekekeke

Nice event guys .
Thanks for all the hardwork for the event

I still cant belief they allow you to bring a Mac in there sia

Yea, this showed how big their heart is, but from last night's presentation, I will stick to Powerpoint instead of Keynote from Mac.

Anyways thanks so much for all who came and stayed to the end.

The mods and some senior members(early PPCSG members) all agreed that this was one of the best turn out and group of people, there was very good questions asked and good conversation going on at the meeting.

For those whom won, please talk about your prizes and share more. Those whom won the hardwares, please share with us what you think of the devices!!

Thanks to all for taking the time to be with us.

Good morning!

It was a great event. Learned something about the OMNIA which I can pass on to my colleague. And kudos to those who popped excellent questions about improving WM

I was abit surprised though when Microsoft talked about Windows 6.1 because if I rem correctly, my colleague's OMNIA from StarHub is already running 6.1. Going to check with him later.

I guess I was a little lucky yesterday with the ipaq 614. Haven't won anything for a long time.

Thank you to PPCSG organisers of last night's event.

Just 2 gripes:

1) why all the postings and email about being there at 1830hrs and not to be late cos you have good speakers and everything and when i arrived at 1825hrs, your people there said it will only start at 1930hrs.

2) the lucky draw prizes of back issues of megazines reek of "giving for the sake of giving", ensuring more people win prizes in the draw. i mean, compared to the expensive gadgets given away, how much does an old issue (dec2007/jan2008) of megazine cost? at least give a current issue of any megazine.

other than that, i appreciate the effort you guys put into the event. I know how much work must have been put in putting up this event.

Thanks guys!

great show!
I cant believe some guys were still talking pass 10.30pm there... i would have stayed
but it was getting late....Wish this was done on Sat morning or something like that.....YEAH,,, then we can really stay on.


Oh, yes, I was lucky too . I won some software and will talk about it as soon
as I get my hands on them http://www.ppcsg.com/style_images/ppcsgv3/...icons/icon4.gif

I will definitely go for the next gathering.
Learned much and got to play with some bluetooth earpiece too. Impressive

I was impressed with the mapking on that sichun real time sim tracking thing. It will be useful for bosses to track on their staffs hahaha ;p kidding

Hv to really thank him for flying in for this even and hv only two hours sleep n two meals nia. Its really informative on what mapking can really do. It will really be nice to hv the smart assis (if I remember the name right), whereby photos will pop up on the destination and can call directly fr the pop up window.

Samsung has good presentation on the Omnia but too me, its a little too focus, afterall, this is a microsoft event not a Omnia workshop, so I think dont really need to emphasis too much on one particular product. The poor guy fr KJC hv to rush through his presentaton briefly. maybe in future, there should be a time set for each presentation? M not against anyone, but hv to be fair for each representative fr different company ma ;p

Yes, last night event was the best I hv attended :) worth getting zap $4 to microsoft office kekekke ;)

Same here wanted to stay but had to rush off to catch the train and bus back. else would have to walk home

I'm not sure about the content of the email but from the posts I read here, it was very clear that registration started at 6.30pm and program started at 7.30pm.

Well, even the guys at registration apologised for some miscommunication of the timing of the event. They did mention how some were told 1830hrs while some were told 1930hrs.

Not a big issue but a pesky little detail nontheless.

Then it might be good that the information be updated on the first post and all should always refer to that post for any update.

A big thanks to the PPCSG organisers for organising such an informative gathering. It's really good to have the reps from various companies to come down and hear our praises and complaints about their device and software.

It's my first time attending a PPCSG gathering, and it turned out to be one of the best. An additional icing to the cake is i've walked home with a i.voicePRO bluetooth headset. kudos to the prize sponsors for sponsoring the prizes.

Cheers!

u are one lucky guy eric16, i hv to buy the i.voicePro :(

yes, this is a great even

Hiaz. really missed a great offer cos lack of vit M...

It was a good gathering with some interesting presentations (though I really cannot fathom the Samsung rep's constant apologist attitude about the Omnia), but it really overran for too long, and without dinner beforehand I was feeling too hungry to stay on - which was a pity because I never got to learn the easter eggs from the HTC ep.

A few comments:

1) If the event starts at 7.30pm, and the presentations are expected to run for so long, perhaps it would be good to have called for a break in between instead of waiting all the way to the end. I am sure I wasn't the only one who rushed down after work without having eaten dinner prior.

2) This is probably a constraint of the venue, but a classroom style setup seems more suitable for a symposium and not a semi-formal gathering like this one.

But it was a good gathering nonetheless, and reminded me of the good old days when SPUG used to have these too :P

hi Chemiluminescent,

was wondering who is the one that won the iPAQ until you admitted it...congrats man!!! so are you going to change and use the iPAQ instead??

got pics to share?

yeah, i thought so too. Going home with a hardware requires a fair amount of luck.

anyway i've collected the i.voicePro. Was using it in the evening. As compared with my previous V3 bluetooth headset (cheap one, abt $78)... this i.voicePro fits better in my ear, and the noise cancelling is quite significant (was talking in my car with the radio at quite high volume).

but i never had a chance to use a higher-end bluetooth headset, so wat i think is good may not be good enough for you. Nevertheless, it's an upgrade for me from my current V3 set.

trust me, i.voicePro is good :) I hv used KJC other bluetooth headset before, almost accident hahaha noise cancelling darn good.

Hello bro riv,

finally got to see u and vicott in person. Really enjoyed my first gathering with all.

yah have to admit i'd won or else i'll feel guilty whenever i look at the ipaq

I'm still considering if I should change my x500 to the ipaq because the former is still working perfectly fine. My o2 mini lasted me 2 years. I've been using the x500 for a year now. Got new toy but got headache also