<html><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"><meta content="Group-Office 2.18" name="GENERATOR"></head><body><p>Hehe. Well, it's more than that... Really. It is where companies unveil their coolest new entertainment-based gagets to the press and public. Yes, it's probably not right up Maemo's alley, but it might generate more sales for Nokia than any of the open source conferences. Just a thought.</p>
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<strong>Subject: </strong>Re: Events in 2009<br />
<strong>From: </strong>Dave Neary <dneary@maemo.org><br />
<strong>To: </strong>"Tim" <tim@samoff.com>,"List for community development" <maemo-community@maemo.org><br />
<strong>CC: </strong>"Quim Gil" <quim.gil@nokia.com><br />
<strong>Date: </strong>10/08/2008 10:33 am<br />
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Hi,<br />
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Isn't E3 the games conference with all the booth babes?<br />
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I'm failing to see how that's aligned with Maemo...<br />
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Cheers,<br />
Dave.<br />
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Tim wrote:<br />
> Hi,<br />
> <br />
>> Let us know if you have any specific proposal.<br />
> <br />
> I think having a Maemo presence at E3 (http://www.e3expo.com/) would be<br />
> something to be considered -- this is an electronic entertainment show,<br />
> heavily weighted on entertainment... We're talking thousands of people<br />
> to see Maemo/IT exposure. Just having a booth would be quite a big deal.<br />
> <br />
> I've worked E3 about four times, I think -- it's constant visitor<br />
> excitement from morning to night. People can buuy directly from booths a<br />
> lot of times too. This may be more of a "Nokia" thing, but I think the<br />
> public would be awed by Maemo.<br />
> <br />
> On another note, two others that I didn't mention before might be: SXSW<br />
> (http://sxsw.com/) & SIGGRAPH (http://www.siggraph.org/).<br />
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> ----- Original Message -----<br />
> *Subject: *Re: Events in 2009<br />
> *From: *Quim Gil <quim.gil@nokia.com><br />
> *To: *"Tim" <tim@samoff.com>,"List for community development"<br />
> <maemo-community@maemo.org><br />
> *Date: *10/08/2008 5:34 am<br />
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> ext Tim wrote:<br />
> > Has attending "bigger" events along side greater Nokia ever been<br />
> > discussed? (E.g., E3, CES, Interop, etc.?)<br />
> <br />
> Forgot to comment on this one.<br />
> <br />
> ... why not, we can consider this case by case. There are technical<br />
> events, there are business shows, many degrees in between and all of<br />
> them get some kind of Nokia presence. In some cases it might make sense,<br />
> in some cases it might not.<br />
> <br />
> Let us know if you have any specific proposal.<br />
> <br />
> -- <br />
> Quim Gil<br />
> marketing manager, open source<br />
> Maemo Software @ Nokia<br />
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