Lenovo created a giant Laptop, and situated it 20 feet in the air. The screen had a window, that looked into the studio from which Radio Indigo was broadcasting. Shows were hosted by RJs Malavika, Meghana Dhawan, Ayesha D'Souza and Rohit Barker, for the duration, and was constantly running live from the "Laptop" during the day.
So, there was this contest, where they were giving away a Lenovo Y410 laptop. To get a chance at winning, the public were supposed to SMS three features of the laptop to Radio Indigo, and they would eventually select a lucky winner...
Well, I messaged, and got sortlisted along with 2 other contestants. There was Miriam a content developer, and there was Neha, a designer.
The final round was where we were asked to write down the most features that we could of the laptop, in 40 seconds. So we all wrote. At the end of the 40 seconds, I handed over the longest list of features of the Lenovo Y410, including FSB speeds and display configs, ports, etc. After all, I am an IT guy, dealing with this on an everyday basis.
However, the "judge" in this case, looked at the features listed by all participants, and promptly declares one of the ladies in question as the winner.
Now, I know exactly what happenned.
The guy (Judge) from Lenovo or Radio Indigo, was so clueless about configs, could not recognise what I listed as configs, instead chose the lady 'cos she listed what was in the brochure. I know this because I saw and heard the fellow convincing everyone else that the lady was the winner, and the list I submitted was incorrect.
Lenovo, I know what happenned. Radio Indigo, I know that atleast 4 of your company was there when the "judge" argued his way through to the winner. I saw that...!
Technically, I won.
However, I did manage to walk away, with out making the scene that would have happenned, if I did protest about it.
I wonder how our friend Rajesh D..., of Lenovo would feel, when he finds out that I am going to do everything I can to ensure that Lenovo as a brand will be mud, atleast as far as my small world of influence is concerned. I am also wondering why Lenovo did not send someone who could read specs in English, after all, I am sure that the user manuals are still in English and not Chinese. I got my set of specs for the xxx42Q and the xxx45Q from the Lenovo site...
Just in case, anyone's interested, I am not a sour loser. I did not want to write this up, but my friends believe that I should atleast voice my concerns.
Oh, and I got to see Ayesha....:) However, due to the type of audience I have here, I will reserve my comments though...
I truly lamented my not carrying apolarizer filter. I could have removed the reflection in the glass of the studio, and you too could have seen atleast a bit of her too...:) Red arrow on the image below...
Rohit Barker, (or Brother Barker) is the original funny man. Attitude and humour. Never a dull moment when he is on air.
I do miss Cindu though... She was good to listen to in the mornings.
Malvika, confuses me. She plays oldies like she is Parsee, or even Anglo. Absolutely smashing playlists...
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