The Engadget Reader Meetup: The Aftermath (part III, SF)

We're still reeling about the fact that several hundred people showed to our SF event (they seem to get bigger and bigger)-but even better are all the amazing photographs you took of the thing. Attendees played with devices from Motorola, Microsoft, OQO, Nokia, Sling Media, Sonos, chilled with Engadget editors (whether or not they knew it), and took home some seriously sweet prizes from all of the above. We'd like to thank Metaliq and PGP for putting the thing on with us, and for all the readers who were able to make it out. If you weren't among them, don't worry, we'll surely be coming your way soon enough!

Very before.

OQO founder Jory Bell gets down and dirty with some users.

Technorati: JC + Niall Kennedy + Peter


Is that the look of disappointed longing?




This was the line you had to stand in to see...

Mrs. Rojas, who would give you...

one of the two hundred and fifty shirts we wound up giving away.

Mr. GoogleNet himself, the one and only Om Malik.


Our man Eric Lin, Engadget writer #2 and last of the famous international PhoneScoop playboys.

Free drinks: the happymaker.





Sorry guys, we left our soapboxes at home.



It actually got booed. Whatev, you know you wanted one (for free).


The Chairman of the Board looks on.

Dude won!

But this dude won the grand prize: a brand new OQO Model 01+.

Boy meets (ultramicro-)computer. The end!

[Photos courtesy of Jay, Steve, Niall, Michael, Luis, Tobias, and everyone else who photographed the event!]

[Changaz @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

I WANT ONE!

-Engadget T-shirt
-OQO Model 01+

Gimme gimme gimme! :D

You can keep the stupid iTunes phone :P
ROKR or something? Nup, dun want it!

[Daniel Spisak @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

Hey, how about showing us folks from Los Angeles some Engadget party love?

[robert preseau @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

i'm just waiting for Engadget: The Hood Edition when you guys roll out to Detroit.

[aleandro @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

when did u post part 2?

[Scott Mclellan @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

How about Vancouver Canada?

Lots of Gadget freaks up here!

[[Jesse] @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

Any chances of a meetup in North Dakota? No? Dang...

[Scott Mclellan @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

Hey was it 18+?

[nick @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

How about Boston? Even more gadget freaks here

[Steven @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

lets go, bring it to san diego!

[JC @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

Hey Peter's jeans are cool, get with it.

Darn, I only managed to get into the photos as a peripheral subject. I brought some electronics to cast myself into the "ungadget" realm. An expandable (physically) 1987 Walkman tape player, 1994 Motorola Digital Lite, and 1999 Sony 14x optical digicam that saves onto diskettes.

Great event guys!

BTW, I think cutting back on the XL and XXL shirts in favor of more mediums and larges would serve the masses better.

[matt t @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

Detroit edition would float my boat, also.

[Tricky @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

How about the Midwest, I think St. Louis has alot of gadget geeks too. Maybe I am the only one?

[narco @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

Sadly, had to leave SF the night before.
I shall wait until the Los Angeles event.

Fishes,
narco.

[Joshua H. @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

OMG LOOK AT ALL THE DORKS!

Thank god all went well or the future of tech would have been doomed.

[Pat Dengler @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

One more vote for Los Angeles!

[john @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

Treat the east cost with respect. hah. but seriously Engadget DC!

[Peter Rojas @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

we just did Engadget DC in August!

[thefultonhow @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

If you can do Engadget Salt Lake City before next July, that would be totally awesome. Okay, so maybe it's not that big of a market, but I know some serious gadget nerds around here.

[happy gilmore @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

san diego!

[Elias @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

I think people who WRECKED A CAR trying to get there should at least get a free t-shirt, if not an OQO comp. :)

[embassy @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

how about MIAMI...especially now when all u other losers have this thing called " winter" ...:evil laugh: ...southbeach is the place to be...

[Ben @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

Some suburb around Chicago...preferably close to me :)

[dj @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

how about Boston yo? we've got a whole geek army here at mit, ready at your disposal.

[Chris Lemcke @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

Please Come to Atlanta!!!! Make this boring town exciting!!!

[Jose @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

yeah a Detroit Edition would be cool hey about during Superbowl Week in february its coming to detroit. or how about when the auto show comes to town do a gathering some where in that time

[PJ Nuesslein @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

Chris Lemcke is right, come to the ATL. Since the demise of Comdex we don't get a whole lot of gadget lovin' down here.

[Peter Rojas @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

I was born in Detroit, so I'd love to do a meetup there. Just takes time to plan a good event, so be patient!

[CH @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

Another call for Los Angeles!

[robert preseau @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

i sense uber-funness coming to detroit. i might even let you guys play with a still functioning never going to get rid of my service ogo. :-)

[clay @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

austin should be next, totally worthy in silicon hills.

[Justin @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

Portland (Oregon) is where it's at! You know you want to come...

[Peter Rojas @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

I'll be in Austin for SXSW Interactive next year, so we'll def. do an event then.

[gene @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

hey thats me! "Dude won!" Love my brand new unlocked/unbranded nokia 6682!

I swear its not up on ebay!

thanks, engadget

[Scott Mclellan @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

was it 18+ or 21+??????

[clay @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

peter, let me know, i have connections, plenty of them.

[apeguero @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

boston, Boston, bOston, boSton, bosTon, bostOn, bostoN, BOston, bOSton, boSTon, bosTOn, bostON, bostoN, BOSton, bOSTon, boSTOn, bosTON, bostON, bostoN, BOSTon bOSTOn, boSTON, bosTON, bostON, bostoN, BOSTOn, bOSTON, boSTON, bosTON, bostON, bostoN, BOSTON, BOSTON, BOSTON, BOSTON, BOSTON.

Please guys, come to Boston - on a weekend :) Hell, I'll give up flying to Michigan for that week if you guys come to Boston. Por favor!

[tnkgrl @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

Hey wait... That's me talking to Jory Bell from OQO with my back to the camera in picture #5!

[jgreco @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

Yes! Come to Boston! Please!

With so many schools around here (engineering and otherwise), you KNOW there's a huge geek Engadget readership around town.

[Loc Nguyen @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

Come back to Seattle man.... Jerks.

[fil @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

Another vote for Atlanta.

We love Engadget and our gadgets here.

[BitBoy @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

LA, baby!

[archimedes @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

Ok, I'm I the only one from frikin NY!???? We wanna gadget-diddy-frikin see you people tooo.. jeeeeshhh.

[Rob Poitras @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

I posted a video of the slingbox phone over the evdo network onto a samsung phone.
http://3e-lab.com/blog/09/29/tech/evdo-slingbox-live-tv/

And Kirsh (sp?) shoot me an email if you read this. rob[at]3e-labdotcom

[Chris @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

Engadget Melbourne Australia
Engadget Melbourne Australia
Engadget Melbourne Australia
Engadget Melbourne Australia


COME DOWN UNDER

[Klaus @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

Mrs. Rojas is hot

[Liam @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

Engadget Melbourne, would be, hot.

We want some lovin' too, we don't all live in the outback and have a 1982 commodore as our newest piece of technology, ya know?

[Liam @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

Engadget Melbourne, would be, hot.

We want some lovin' too, we don't all live in the outback and have a 1982 commodore as our newest piece of technology, ya know?

[aleandro @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

ATLANTA PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[umang @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

dude... i know it sounds crazy.... but come to INDIA(its in asia...if u donno)... there r some gadget freeks here too...like me... :-O

[RJ @ Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM]

Engadget Cape Town, South Africa!! One of the world's best locations! If you're ever in town let us know.