More off-the-record and occasionally off-the-wall comments from attendees of Macworld Expo San Francisco 2007, on Wednesday afternoon:
Inside the CRUMPLER BAGS enclosure:
“These people from Australia or someplace like that always have the best booth design, and their cases aren’t too shabby either, especially for over shoulder messenger bags. I heard that blond over there saying to some media guy that the next round of colors is even better than the ones on display. Do you think she’d mind if I asked her for a peek inside that secret interior area where they’re all having some pizza? I wonder what she’d say if I asked her what she’s doing for dinner after the show. Do people still get away with saying stuff like that?”
Ten feet from ULTIMATE EARS booth:
“Something’s wrong. They’re only showing last year’s models, I think, SuperFi 5 Pro. Recently I saw ads or announcements for studio reference earphones, called SuperFi 10, I think. Oh. He’s doing a demo of them, but they’re not being released for a while. Over-ear clips take some getting used to, but the bass player in my band swears these are better than anything else on the market, especially for the price. His model 5’s. How much do you think the 10’s should cost? Let’s find out.”
Somebody talking to a MACALLY rep:
“Do you still do Mac peripherals? Tell me the truth! I see your stuff at Wal-Mart and places like that. Please don’t become just another generic accessory company, because I’ve been using your keyboards and mice for years. Now, what’s that display of silver hard drives? Oh, they’re just empty enclosures, and we buy our own internal drives. That’s good. Hey. Your prices are really low, and how soon will I be able to get that one with the built-in card readers? Do you have both SATA and USB? That’s great! I take it all back. Do you sell them here at your booth? Oh, right. I’ll get mine at Unitek over there. Thanks again.”
Inside the crowd at SHURE:
“This company is trying to crush the competition. Their booth is wwwwaaaaaayyyy to small for all the people crammed in wanting to listen to those new earphones, so it feels like they’re trying to crush their customers too. I’m really glad they ship the new buds with a bunch of different types of ear tips, because each of my ears is a different size, I’m not kidding. Let’s face it. Premium earphones are here to stay, and detachable, modular design is hugely overdue. Loads of people are serious enough about music to spend a few hundred bucks on their ‘phones, and Shure wants the world to think they’re the only game in town. Let’s head over to that other earbud company now before we go out and have a beer.”
At the XTREME MAC giant booth:
“Do you remember last year when these guys had that sexy athletic woman walking on a treadmill all week? What a difference this year. Their booth now is a bit dark, but man does this company make a lot of gear. I don’t know where to start. I’ll call you on your cell phone in half an hour. Can you carry my laptop until then? I need both hands free to test my iPod with as many add-ons as I can.”
[Plenty to follow, later today.]
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