Winston Chiu of Microwarehouse trying to convince everyone to get a T|5 instead of the upcoming Treo Ace. (But seriously, the initial T|5 inventory has already been swarmed) - pic courtesy of MaPalad’s Hannibal

Geeks have other ways of celebrating Oktoberfest! Instead of the usual overflowing beer, members had their fill of new palmOne products with the launch of the palmOne Tungsten 5 and the SD Wi-Fi Card. Despite the many international forum bashings of the T|5, Winston Chiu of Microwarehouse gave a great presentation on the T|5 as an answer to the growing worldwide demand of flash drives and MP3 players.

But the night wasn’t just all business - as a MaPalad tradition, limited edition sport bottles, bags and T-shirts were raffled off as prizes and to winners of the “pass the message via IrDA” and “who has the most address book entries” challenges.

MaPalad has been around since October 1999 and was founded by fellow editor Jason de Villa. Stay tuned for the full review of the Tungsten T|5 and the SD Wi-Fi card in the upcoming issues of m|ph !

MaPalad members desperately trying to work their way through the Graffiti contest

Jason de Villa trying to figure out what in the world he’s raffling off

Click here and here for more pictures of the Grand October meet!