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[Giveaway] Tickets To Egg Story Digital Arts School Seminar Series Two worth $480(X5) !

2 days back I had the opportunity to visit Egg Story Digital Arts School (ESDA) and it was really cool to learn more about 3D stereoscopic film-making as well as getting a chance to see some of the students’ showcase.

I really enjoyed the chat with Chris (the Acting GM of ESDA) and I have to conclude the same thing that I’ve concluded after 3 years in Design School – Passion really keeps you going in the creative industry.

If you enjoyed movies such as Coraline, Monsters VS Aliens and Avatar…or simply because you are interested in the industry itself, this is not to be missed !

ESDA is organizing a 3-day seminar along with master classes for industry experts to share their knowledge and enhance the profile of the local media industry. This is a great networking opportunity for those who are currently students interested in film making or the whole 3D animation field.

There will be well-known speakers such as Peter Hillman from Weta Digital (he worked on Avatar!) and Jim Heji from Electronic Arts (who developed popular games such as Godfather II and Need for Speed Undercover) and John Dillion who was the animator and storyboard artist of Imagi’s Astro Boy…and many other well known names in the industry.

Pardon me if I’m already gushing ! Egg Story Digital Arts School is really generous to offer me not just one but FIVE tickets for the 3 day seminar to give out. The usual price of the ticket is $480.00 (50% discount for Singaporeans/PRs/Students). As a student, I have to admit that it is alil pricey for us, so if you’re interested, do try your luck ! (see below for instructions)

Event: Egg Story Digital Arts School Seminar Series TWO

Date: 3 to 5 March 2010

Venue: Red Dot Traffic Museum, Gallery 1 and 2

Time: 10am to 4pm (daily)

For more information, visit the official gatecrash site ! (You can purchase your own ticket here too)

How to win:
Simply drop me an email at ingridmak [at] gmail [dot] come with the title: “ Egg Story Digital Arts School Seminar Series Two Giveaway” with your name and contact information. Winners will be randomly picked and contacted via email.

Closing date : 01 March 2010, 2359.

Thank You Egg Story Digital Arts School for making this giveaway possible ! =)

Tags: 3D stereoscopic film making, astro boy, avatar, coraline, creative industry, Design, egg story digital arts school, egg story digital arts school seminar series TWO, electronic arts, esda, gatecrash, godfather II, jim heji, john dillion, master classes, monsters vs aliens, need for speed undercover, peter hillman, red dot traffic museum, seminar, weta digital

Blog-A-Trend : MYY FutureIs ?

Last Saturday, I had the privilege to attend this blogger event/panel organised by HP and Microsoft. The event theme was “Envision the Future” and 6 panelists shared their thoughts on the future. I enjoyed the event alot because it was an eye-opener to see how different individuals see the future as in different perspectives.

School is getting busy so I’ll update more about the event and my thoughts after the discussion in abit! As for now, I’m here to share some good news ! Here’s your chance to win something awesome from HP !

On a side note, it was also my first visit to  Giraffe Restaurant & Bar, food isn’t too bad at all !

HP’s new campaign called “Blog A Trend“, Here’s the details !

What Is “Blog A Trend”?
It’s the simplest ideas that change the world. We believe bringing minds with various insights and ideas will certainly spark a revolution.

Blog A Trend is how you get to start your very own future revolution.

How Blog A Trend works:
Pen a blog post (of at least 300 words), or create a photo story, or even produce a video clip about the most compelling vision of the future. Once it’s up on your blog, email your post to us with the permalink to futureis@ waggeneredstrom.com by 28th February 2010.

Blog A Trend is eligible for bloggers residing in Singapore only.

What you should blog about:
Tell us about the future and what trends define it. Here’s a tip: think about people, think about what they like, what they don’t like and how those behaviors will be redefined in the future. Your submission can even be your opinion on a trend you see emerging. Share these ideas with your readers and generate a discussion – your first step in starting a revolution.

In short, tell us what you believe will soon become part of our everyday lives and then, get people talking. If our judges think your post has generated the most interesting discussions, you’ll get to win the latest gadgets from HP’s latest line-up of computers

Official site:  HP Future Is.

Tags: blog a trend, blogger, contest, discussion, envision the future, event, futureis, giraffe restuarant & bar, HP, microsoft, panel, singapore, waggener edstrom

What’s Your City Of Dreams ?

Thanks to Amelia from Waggener Edstrom for the invite, I was at the spanking new mall Ion Orchard on Friday night for HP’s City of Dreams Blogger event. This is part of HP Digital Festival by the way, happening all the way till 13th August at Ion Orchard Basement 4 !

HP has always been part of my “design life” in a way since most of my internship work was for HP various projects, so it’s no surprise that HP is heavily involved with the arts and design. I’m quite happy that HP is taking the lead to produce work stations that are specially designed for designers/artists. Sure, Apple may still be more commonly found as the love of all design addicts but it is still easier to switch from softwares to softwares on a PC and once in awhile, you meet clients who do not know how to deal with MAC formats (which honestly, I don’t find it a problem till I met some people who really just don’t get it.)

Anyways, the event was pretty fun ! We sat through the prize presentation for the winning digital arts & animations from ‘HP Lightropolis’ competition. Then we were caught by surprise when we were divided into groups for a small design challenge ! (Thank God that my “artistically inclined” boyfriend isn’t on the same team..HAHA!) I have to comment on the HP workstations, perhaps it was because there were no other running applications, but the computers were really fast – even when we opened like 30+ vector graphics all at one go. I’d probably get the “blue screen of death” if I tried to do that at home ! Winning the challenge with our random-chunk-everything-together-and-change-color-”masterpiece” was a bonus for me and the 2 girls on my team that night ! (Though I wish it was a netbook or the workstation that I carried home instead, teehee!) Oh, we got to take pictures with Ben 10 too ! I’m sad that I didn’t manage to find out whether it was a guy behind the female character’s costume !

At the end of the day, I think it was not about winning the challenge or the workstations but how companies are taking a lead in encouraging the Arts scene in Singapore. I really appreciate how some organizations are putting in the effort and not just looking at making profits because one thing for sure, consumers are smarter than before. It’s not just about the price but how a brand leaves an impact on them or the society as a whole. At least for me, that’s the case. So 2 thumbs up for the HP people and of course thank you to the organizers+team behind this event ! (Just that I’d prefer to have less surprises or guess-what-will-be-coming-up-next in the future..haha!)

And what’s my city of dreams ? It’s white because it’s blank ! =P

note: can’t seem to get the pictures up from my cam..will try again tomorrow!

Tags: animations, apple, arts, blogger event, blue screen of death, challenge, city of dreams, competition, Design, digital arts, HP, hp digital festival, internship, ion orchard, lightropolis, mac, waggener edstrom, workstation

Heineken Green Room : Trip the Light Fantastic !

Heineken Green Room is indeed a pushing music boundaries event – I didn’t quite expect myself to enjoy the event this much ! As mentioned in my earlier post, I really find it hard to enjoy the “diu diu diu music” but surprisingly, I had a great time and Moderat was just mindblowing !

Joshua and I made our way to Tanjong Pagar Distripark and first look of the event venue was pretty cool, a very unique/underground industrial feel. Thank goodness we were quite early so there wasn’t much of a queue. We were then ushered into this huge cargo lift with glowing green light (duh, it’s the color of Heineken and it’s not called Heineken Green Room for nothing!), I like the feeling of “godknowswhat it’s going to happen next!” while waiting for the lift to reach the party location. Being a cargo lift, the door really opens up slowly but that added on to the effect in a good way – you see lights and smoke from the tiny little gap and viola, it opens up to the dance floor with DJ Cherry already playing on the main stage ! She’s pretty cool – I always have a thing for female DJs, girl power ! (lol)

Since it was still early, Joshua and I had the chance to walk around the area freely. There was this interactive area where guests get to be their own DJs and do their own mixes via the iPods and Korg kaossilators which were pretty cool. It took us awhile to figure out (we must be really dumb) and I was wondering where’s the instructions – but who the hell reads instructions at a clubbing event right !? -slaps forehead- Pardon me, it is obvious that I’m no party animal ! (Haha) We then moved on to grab ourselves a Heineken each at the long bar which was so much better than event bars I’ve been to, no long queues and quick services. One downside to it was that, by the end of the night, the floor was wet from the ice and people were littering their bottles everywhere. Poor cleaners but I guess it happens at all these clubbing events.

I love the lights and visuals we were surrounded by, Joshua was telling me which patterns and how he has done the light effects for one of our school events. You can’t blame the geek/nerd in him, can you ? It was a good thing that the smoking area was out of the party area so I didn’t inhale any 2nd hand smoke at all ! The crowd was pretty much a disciplined mature group (there’s a reason why it’s exclusively by invites only!) and I didn’t see much drunkards around, especially with the amount of security lurking around. Afterall, people are really here for the music ! (Well, some are here for the girls…Joshua and I were observing how some guys were trying to hook up with the Heineken girls who were walking around to take polaroids for the guests) I had fun with Joshua nonetheless !

Speaking of music, Moderat was really awesome ! I’m totally sold by their live performance and the stunning visuals. Still quite head-bobbing but it was quite adrenaline rushing ! I managed to snap a few (bad) shots and the starting sequence on video – the sound quality was quite disappointing though. (Will some kind souls please sponsor me a proper video recording+picture taking gadget or something ? hur)

Moderat_02 from Ingrid on Vimeo.

I enjoyed myself alot, especially when I got to meet a couple of my friends there ! Had a great date with Joshua and it was a brand new experience for me. Although I have to admit that I went home with a bad throat after all that yelling over the music and blocked ears, thank god I didn’t drink enough to get any hangovers.  It was a fabulous “trip the light fantastic” indeed !

Tags: cargo lift, cherry, diu diu diu music, dj, exclusively by invites, heineken, heineken green room, interactive area, ipods, joshua, korg kaossilators, lights, live performance, main stage, moderat, Music, music boundaries, party, polaroids, security, smoke, stunning visuals, tanjong pagar distripark, trip the light fantastic

Night(mare) Festival 2009

Another great event organized by the National Museum of Singapore, Night Festival 2009. Don’t get me wrong when you look at the post title and start thinking “it must have been a bad event”, not entirely ! I enjoyed myself with the boyfriend who was actually the one who initiated going for this since his girlfriend (aka me) is usually too lazy and tired to head out at night for anything. You can read his post here !

I think the main reason why the event turned out disappointing for us was mainly the rain. Surprisingly the rain did not chase the crowd away and people waited patiently for the delayed performances to start. I’m not sure what was the objective of these audience coming to the museums but I believe it’s a good start to encouraging and promoting the Arts here in Singapore. Night festival was one of the buzz worthy events during that week, along with other museums performances and workshop.

The Germany act “The Loop Of Fortune” (refer to picture) was not as fascinating as I was expecting – again, it might be due to the wet weather as I heard people raving about it for the first night. I hope the performer who fell is doing fine by now, silly me thought it was part of the stunt at first – well, until I see the panic faces of the people crowding around. Quite a Night(mare) !

The visual projection on the museum building was brilliant, I really liked the background artwork. Sadly,the music kinda annoyed me because it did not sound like it was part of the act, maybe it’s due to the poor sound system like what the boyfriend mentioned in his post.

Some suggestions to next year’s Night Festival organizing committee :

1) Will it be better if the performances can be held elsewhere instead of SMU campus ? I really think it was a bad choice of location – trees/buildings were blocking, people not knowing where to stand and the public sneaking into the school buildings to get a better view ? I honestly think the location kinda ruin the concept in a way.

2) I see that alot of people were equally lost during the event – would some sort of announcement or news flash projection on the building helps ? And again, like what the boyfriend mentioned – you really have no idea what is going on most of the time.

3) Overseas acts like “Loop of Fortune” was definitely the main attraction for the crowd. It’s a good start but will need more than this to educate the public on the Arts and Music scene !

I love the idea of Night Festival. I hope it’ll be bigger and better next year. Looking forward to it !

Tags: arts and music, concept, delayed performance, educate, germany, loop of fortune, museums, national museum of singapore, night festival 2009, nightmare, objective, performances, projection, SMU campus, workshop

#sgtweetup- All Twisted Up ?

I had an interview earlier on this afternoon and my interviewer was asking where I’m heading to after the interview.

I told him about #sgtweetup, like how it is supposedly the first/official  meet-up for Singapore Twitters. He chuckled and mentioned that he went for the “official” one last week (which one ? That’s one !?!) but anyways, I have to agree with him that there are just way too many people claiming that their event is the “first”/”official”/”exclusive”  – which is the real thing ? And does it really matter ?

I personally don’t really give a damn about it, I’m here for the content/meeting more (new/old) friends -  not so much about being “in the scene” or “active” in the community. Let’s just say I’m more of a passive user of the social media platforms. (HAHA)

Back to the topic – I was half expecting a bunch of geeky people, whipping out their gadgets and twittering away while being in the same room (Sorry, anything related to technology is just being stereotyped as “geeks”/”nerds” with no life ! HAHA) To my surprise,  Geek Terminal was filled with people – mostly high on alcohol and laughing away in small cliques, nothing like what I’ve imagined. We were actually following #sgtweetup while on the way there and the word “models” popped out from nowhere.  So what is the relationship between “models” and a sg twitter event ?

Apparently, the “hidden agenda” behind this event (not very hidden afterall) was to introduce the girls from supermodelme.tv !  Since we were late, the main “show” was already over and people were just mingling around while the models had to break into the small cliques in order to introduce themselves, giving away their “name cards” which has their Twitter ID and the show’s Facebook group+website address on it.  I mean, I’m fine with checking out the show+girls and I’m quite sure the guys in the room were not complaining either. But is there a need to keep this as a “surprise” ? It certainly was not a pleasant one for most of the attendees, as you can see from the -ve feedback on twitter.

To keep things short and simple, here’s my own opinions about the event :

1) It is #sgtweetup, right ? I was expecting more than just a “hi-bye-here are the models” session. Where’s the social media/Twitter element ! But yea, it sure did create a buzz on Twitter.

2) They are models for a reason – they don’t tweet. You don’t go up to a person at #sgtweetup and asked if they are on twitter or not *roll eyes*. And I noticed they do not approach the girls first – but the guys instead ! Way to go,  very clever and *duh* ! (HAHA, I’m NOT acting jealous here)

3) It was a “neither here nor there” event. I am ok if it’s like a “sponsored” event by supermodelme.tv and the models are introduced as part of the marketing campaign but it was not stated ? In the end it felt like a nightout with random people with bad alcohol breath, happy hours after work huh ? I won’t mind if it is like how plurk outings are being organized – purely chill-out sessions.

4) Kudos to the organizers who planned this – but it could have been (much) better ? Not easy to plan an event I must say, but next time – clearer agenda needed please. Felt alil “cheated” in a way as a participant.

I really pity the girls who are being bombarded with negative feedback because of this “surprise” twist to the event – they are definitely the innocent victims here. BUT I don’t think I’ll follow them because this is just part of the marketing stunt for the show and to be honest, I’m not exactly blown away by this tactic/the girls.

Sure, it was a “successful” event because of the attendance but I’m not impressed (by the quality and motive).

P.S : Happy to put some faces to the names I’ve been following/followed ! If you were there tonight…”Hi,I’m @iammyy on twitter/plurk aka Ingrid”

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Links :

Daryl – Singapore’s “First Ever” Tweetup (#sgtweetup) : Shill Or Social ?

(and he added in why the “surprise” may not be a “surprise” like what @sgbrands tried to explain to me after reading my entry)

Claudia with some event pictures  and Ian with his views on the event too !

Tags: community, facebook, geek terminal, marketing, marketing stunt, models, official, sgtweetup, singapore, social media, supermodelme.tv, twits, twitter, website

Fresh Blood On Max : True Blood

Just a couple of months ago, my friend in Canada was telling me about this new vampire show that I might like (I’m a fan of fangs and supernatural beings). You have no idea how excited I was when Daryl showed me the invite to HBO Asia’s blogger event for the new drama series, True Blood.

Being my first time to a “Blogger” event, I didn’t know what to expect but I have to say I really really enjoyed myself that night.  I liked the idea of this small cozy gathering where people just hang out and chill while Karen from HBO talked about the show and the brand new Cinemax, “Max”. We then got to this really long trailer (which can probably pulled off as a summary of the entire season, haha) before the fun begins.

After learning more about the show, a bartender demonstrated how to mix the drink we were actually served that night “Tru Blood“. Being an alcoholic, the cocktail was yummylicious and3 bloggers were later asked to take the stage and  gamely took up the challenge to whip up the same drink.

Enough about the event, let’s move on to the show ! Why should you watch True Blood ?

Here’s 7 (and probably there are more) reasons :

1) It is created by Alan Ball – the guy who created Six Feet Under.

2) It is based on the popular Sookie Stackhouse novels, move aside Harry Potter and Twillight.

3) There’s Anna Paquin (newly crowned Golden Globe winner) and hot Stephen Moyer in it, quite mismatching but we can always drool over them as individuals.

4) Sounds like Twilight ? Hell no ! It’s far more sexy, flamboyant, entertaining and engaging. (I’ll say Twillight is for teenagers while True Blood is for the mature audience)  Just look at how creative their marketing is (sadly, this is not found in Singapore).

5) Did i say SEXAY ? Girls will want to date someone with fangs from now on, and guys…don’t feel too upset over the adult scenes. lol

6) Yes, the adult scenes with the vampires were…interesting i must say. lol

7) And thanks to the generous people at Max/HBO, You can stand a chance to win HP Mini 1000 notebooks and HP iPAQ Pocket PCs when u visit the game site !

I’m really looking forward to finish the season once exams are over (yes, I’m actually having exams next week! Yikes!). Anyways, earlier that night we were also asked to take pictures of ourselves mimicking the True Blood poster (hur hur)! It was a refreshing twist to what I initially had in mind of what a Blogger event might be – sitting down in a room with boring press kits and information shoving down your throat. Nothing like that ! Thanks to the awesome HBO team for the wonderful night ! =)

P.S: True Blood premieres in Asia today (April 9) on Max, Starhub Cable Ch 59 ! ( Encore broadcast on Saturdays 1pm and Sunday 11pm!)

Tags: Alan Ball, Anna Paquin, blogger event, daryl, fangs, HBO, Max, Six Feet Under, Sookie Stackhouse, Stephen Moyer, Tru Blood, True Blood, Twillight, vampire

Social Media Breakfast 6 (SMB6)

It’s been awhile since I’ve last updated the blog, been tied down by school work (last 2 weeks of the ter, yay!)

There’s just so much to blog about (HBO True Blood event, my overdue blip.fm review, SMUBE Campus Radio etc), so do keep checking the blog in the next few weeks to come !

Anyways, attended my “virgin” Social Media Breakfast (SMB) yesterday night and boy, I’m glad I took the time off from work to.

SMB6 was held at Island Cafe, Tangs at 7pm in conjunction with Tangs virtual launch of its SecondLife store and Earth Hour. (That probably explained why it was not a “Breakfast” but a really late one instead )

Being my first SMB experience, I was looking forward to meet new people and mingle around. (which of course I did)

Seeing familiar faces from  Plurk was great because I can’t exactly call myself a Social Media Junkie or a Blogger per se , was feeling rather “extra” in that sense.

As for the consumer panel, I will not go into details of what the  discussion had to say as you can read Dorothy’s live-blogging action here.

Just a few words on the event itself as a participant of the night

1) Venue and Technical Glitches – I guess the SMB team is unable to do much about such constraints, the venue was indeed alil small for such a crowd (I’m guessing at least 80-100 people turned up?!) but I felt it was rather cozy and a smaller area tends to bring people together easily (like you have no choice but to mingle around..haha) It was quite disappointing that the venue caused another problem which I’ll mention next.

The audio system was rather flop right from the start, but such technical glitches are not to be blamed ? Coming from SMU Broadcast & Entertainment, I know best that such problems are the last thing an organizer would have wished for, especially after soundcheck etc…but there’re really nothing much to be done during the event itself if sh*t happens.  I guess the team will probably learn from the “mistake”.

2) Type, Not Chat- I understand that alot of people were there to network/mingle around, but I feel that it’s only basic courtesy to respect the panel and listen to what they have to say. Like hello, there ARE people who are straining their ears and trying to catch up on the conversation betwee n the panel. Ok, maybe the audio/venue problem has a part to play but I was rather annoyed by the fact that it IS already difficult to listen to the discussion and people are chattering away at the back. I’m not saying that it’s bad (ok,quite rude actually) to talk or comment here and there but be alil more considerate ? If you are there to catch up with a friend, kindly do it outside. Maybe SMB should have this “no talking,just typing” rule in the future. haha

Of course, I understand that people were late and pretty much jammed outside the main discussion area, but bear in mind that it IS rather small, and people don’t exactly “whisper”.

3) “Social Media…what ?” – I was quite amused by the fact that those sitting down were whipping out their netbooks and 3G/WIFI devices during the event. But it was rather sad to see the discussion(s) were not exactly about the consumer panel. I was probably one of the few who tried to twitter away during the event, mainly to keep track of the discussion and make notes. Plurk was as usual a more “informal” topic starter with the usual plurkers plurking about random things. I thought the SMB participants could have been more involved via these platform if you’re like some “introvert” or too shy to speak up during the panel discussion. In fact, I was quite surprised that not many people were involved with the panel discussion or twittering questions/comments regarding the topics. In the end, I find that Plurk and Twitter have become a feedback outlet for the SMB team instead, with people commenting or complaining on the venue/sound etc.

4) Cheep Cheap Cheep,Free !  – Is this a Singaporean (bad) habit/trend ? Are people turning up for events just for the free food/drinks ? I overheard someone going “wah..so fast no more drinks already..yadda yadda” and I’m quite sure I didn’t see him/her was not very active (or rather,not even there) during the panel.  What’s an event without food you say ?  Sure, food can still be provided but at your own expense. “How can like that !”  So does that mean you are NOT coming for the event IF you were to pay for your own meal ? I do think that less(er) people will turn up because of this change if the team decides to take away the “free meal”. But hey, I’m sure you guys out there are really turning up for the content and not the free meal right ?

5) Discussion Topic (s) – Perhaps because it’s a consumer panel, I felt like I didn’t “learn” much about Social Media/Marketing but I could relate to them as a whole.  I understand that SMB acts more like a “beginner/introduction” to Social Media but I think some of the participants were looking for more in-depth discussions. Perhaps a closed-event would encourage that. But having an invite-only event also defeats the purpose of “introducing” Social Media to more people out there and engaging them. I guess the SMB team will have to consider alot of factors to see how the next SMB can cater to both groups.

6) Tangs Virtual Launch – I was quite “lost” during this segment because 1) I didn’t bring my specs (haha) – it was too far away and the screen was kinda tiny. 2) Maybe a live Demo and hands-on will be more interactive 3) Explain why Tangs decide to use SecondLife which doesn’t seem to be a very popular platform for Singaporeans ? (correct me if I’m wrong, because I’m not a SecondLife fan)

7) Earth Hour – “errrr…so what do we do now ?”, “lights off ! yay!” was my reactions before/during the lights off period. I was expecting more but I guess with people streaming out of the room, the “atmosphere” was kinda dampen. It was still rather interesting to talk to people in the dark (that explains why I’ll probably NOT recognize/remember the ones I’ve met..haha..excuses)

These are just some personal thoughts on SMB6. I’ve enjoyed myself a great deal and great to meet some of you out there (do leave a comment/drop me an email at ingridmak (AT) gmail [dot] com if you happened to be one of them!). I’m looking forward to SMB7 already.

You can read Daryl’s personal comment on SMB6 here as well. I think some of my concerns were explained/reflected in his post.

P.S:  I figured that I need some grammar/spellcheck plugin (haha), too lazy to edit. Sorry ! Not many photos taken either, too dim for my N82..anyone wanna sponsor me a proper DSLR ? =P

Giselle loves the tote from Tangs by the way, it brings out the “little aunty” in her. HAHA

and don’t ask what’s with the 3G “joke”…it’s MORNING and i have 4 more reports to complete

Tags: earth hour, giselle, secondlife, smbsg, smbsg6, social media breakfast singapore, tangs singapore

Nokia : Comes With Music

How can you not be impressed by the people at Nokia ?

Tired of downloading music onto your computers (be it legally or *coughs* illegally) then transferring them to your phones AND mp3 players ?  The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is your solution – it is not only just a phone but also comes with  FREE unlimited songs to download on-the-go !

SMU Campus Radio was invited to the Nokia Radio Show aka the official media launch of Nokia’s new “Comes with Music” phones last week. (Kudos to the people at Text100 and the boyfriend) Being Nokia users ourselves, Ser Hua and myself were really excited to know more about this new series.

The Muttons from 987 hosted the event, there were stage games and casual interviews with the Nokia people and record labels for us to understand the Nokia’s new campaign better.

NOKIA 5800 – Games Segment from Ingrid on Vimeo.

We had Ser Hua as our repsentative for the game segment too !

Nokia 5800 – Games Segment #2 from Ingrid on Vimeo.

The main feature is how you can download unlimited tracks for FREE !  (Don’t we all love this word?) I think the Nokia people are really thoughtful when it comes to designing a stylish practical phone that puts their  consumers’ needs as top priority.

For instance, I’m carrying my N82 for phone usage+camera and my laptop for internet and transferring of files and my mp3 player for music. Now things are so much easier when you can just click , download music and play them directly on your phone. I thought the stripes concept for this campaign was quite simple (yays for the creative team i suppose) but straight to the point. Great Job ! The media buzz was definitely right at your face yet not too annoying.

NOKIA 5800 – Comes with Music from Ingrid on Vimeo.

The 5800 offers 8GB memory for up to 6,000 tracks and support for all main digital music formats, yays to 3.5mm jack and built-in surround sound stereo speakers ! I really like the touchscreen which wasn’t too sensitive as compared to some of the touchscreen phones out there. The Nokia interface is almost idiot-proof, it is really user-friendly and the price is really attractive too ! Where else can you get a touchscreen phone with these functions AND unlimited FREE downloads of songs from Nokia Music Store ? I’m really tempted to replace my trusty N82 for this.   Though I would still prefer my 5megapixels camera phone to a 3.2

NOKIA 5800 – Hands On from Ingrid on Vimeo.

Back to the event, I was really surprised to see the All American Rejects !! Too bad they didn’t had a chance to play a song or two (but they had this Nokia Party after the launch).

It was a mad mad queue for the carpark party at night though ! People were already queuing at 5pm !

Nonetheless, it was really a pleasant surprise and woah, they were just steps away !

Nokia 5800 – The All American’s Rejects from Ingrid on Vimeo.

On a sidenote, met many bloggers for the first time too ! Great to meet every single one of you ! (Sorry I was looking so blur..lol)

Last but not least, Thank you Ser Hua, Daryl and Krisandro for the wonderful afternoon !

Looking forward to more events such as these !

Tags: blogger, comes with music, N82, nokia, Nokia 5800, nokia music store, smu campus radio, the all american rejects, the muttons, zouk