Holiday Tech Gifts Extravaganza!!!
Raffle Prize(s): An iPhone Appstand! And...Two Novatel Wireless MiFi 2200 Mobile Broadband Routers generously provided by Drew Clevenger and Best Buy! One from Verizon and the other from Sprint. A $299.99 and $399.99 value respectively. (Activation required from Drew and Best Buy.)
Raffle proceeds will be donated to The Salvation Army.
Note: We will not be having our traditional Q & A at the beginning of the meeting.
The holidays are coming and everyone wants a new tech gadget, but the economy makes things tough. What cool devices offer a lot of functionality and the most bang for the buck?
Eric Wethington of Dodd Camera (www.doddcamera.com) will make his second appearance and share with us a few of the new digital cameras for the season. Eric will show the Nikon Coolpix S1000 PJ with bulit-in projector (http://tinyurl.com/yz5yo56) and the Nikon Coolpix P6000 with GPS. He'll also have an assortment of suggested Stocking Stuffers for the photo enthusiast in your family.
Stephen Wilson of The Coolest Geek will demonstrate the Novatel Wireless Mifi 2200 (http://tinyurl.com/ygc2c89), a portable wireless router that will make owners the envy of their geek friends. And Stephen will also show the Palm Pre and the Plantronics Discovery 975 Bluetooth Headset (http://tinyurl.com/yz8c24f).
Drew Clevenger, Best Buy Mobile Manager at the new Strongsville store will demonstrate the Android family of Smartphones, including the Motorola Droid (http://tinyurl.com/ydz33e8). Drew will also show the Powermat Home and Office Charging Mat (http://tinyurl.com/yjc9ndf), the Livescribe - Pulse Smartpen (http://tinyurl.com/yzyu54y), the Logitech Harmony 900 Universal Remote with Color Touch Screen (http://tinyurl.com/ykkxoyq), and if he doesn't get overwhelmed, the Sling Media (http://tinyurl.com/ykl5zqy) product of his choice.
Mike Belsito, a Co-Creator and Clevelander of the iPhone Appstand (www.appstandstore.com) will demonstrate his product.
Sarah Dutkiewicz of OverDrive will discuss the current slate of eBook readers, and tease us to attend a future program where she will be the featured speaker.
Scott Seifert of Team Spike will show off videos of his beautiful, smartest-ever baby daughter taken with the Flip HD he received as a tech gadget gift. (In between proud papa video screenings, he'll also explain how the Flip HD works.)
Spike Radway of Team Spike will demonstrate the Wacom Bamboo Touch (http://tinyurl.com/ydvpuxo) and a few impulse purchases he has already made at Best Buy to use during his Thanksgiving driving trip to Atlanta.
Speaker(s): Eric Wethington (Dodd Camera), Stephen Wilson (www.tcgmobile.com), Drew Clevenger (Best Buy), Spike Radway & Scott Seifert (Team Spike), Mike Belsito (Co-Creator, Appstand), Sarah Dutkiewicz of OverDrive
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