Every year, like clockwork, the Computer Manufacturers, Distributors and Dealer’s Association of the Philippines (COMMDAP) lays out their all-out presentation of the latest and greatest locally – with every year seeing computer technologies that varies less and less from the world norm.

                                            The SMX Convention Center at night.
 

This year, COMMDAP is being held at the newest and most prestigious venue ever – the Philippines’ self proclaimed biggest mall in Asia, the SM Mall of Asia, at the SMX Convention Center. HWM presents to you a first-person shooter – fest (shooting pictures that is) of the event and the attendees, companies, and products that we found during our stay.

                                             Canon's booth (one of them anyway) is front and center, in their "Image Nation Holiday" theme. No Christmas Elves though..

                                              Canon's MX308 All-In-One (with fax) retails for around P7,495, an amazing price compared to just 3 years ago.

                                             Output from the Canon Pixma 9000 shows amazing quality that couldn't be passed by.

                                              WSI had a large booth just to the left of the entrance, showing off their many partners.

                                             Big names under the WSI umbrella for big Philippine corporations.

                                             That printer's bigger than my desk...

                                             Laser printers keep getting smaller and cheaper..

                                            We couldn't miss the Sony booth, with its super slim TZ series, UX UMPC and camcorders.

                                           The Sony TZ with its super-thin screen bezel.

                                              This glorious large screen from Sony deserves a "permanent" spot at our office test bench.

                                             A remarkable lineage reaches the HD generation.

                                             Kingston employed their own announcer and a mini fashion show.

                                              The Kingston Booth did a roaring trade in giving away freebies (naturally).

                                             She looks kinda like Mary Jane Watson...

                                               Kingston model doing her rounds. That's a (tiny) flash drive in her hands.

                                             WSI's taking the opportunity to plug their products with lower COMDAPP - special prices.

                                             Supermicro specializes in server products, they caught our attention with the very irregular looking motherboards.

                                               A dual socket, dual board server in a single 1U chassis.

                                             XFX showed off their 8800GT and their madz box stacking skillz.
 

                                             Edifier was right behind XFX, and had nearly their whole inventory on display.

                                             Edifier techs getting ready to blow our socks off.

                                             AOC came out in force with their new LCD additions.

                                             AOC says it as it is.

                                               In the same booth, the Elixir brand (of Nanya fame) makes an appearance with their new mascot.

                                             Neo laptops overdosed on skittles recently - All The Colors In The Rainbow!

                                             BenQ had a series of tents showing off their projectors with the Wii...

                                             ...and with Leonidas and the "Bords".

                                             Brother's booth with requisite blue cold cathodes...

                                             Canon's second booth (they're everywhere!)

                                             Meriton with a multitude of Acers.

                                              An extension to the Meriton booth shows off Mag monitors with Pirates playing in the background.

 
                                              Buffalo's many networking appliances were a revelation.

                                              A new brand WiFi security device catches our eye..

                                             ..and one of our editor's interest!

                                             Yours truly kickin' back after seeing the sights.

                                              HWM's Associate Editor doing the same.

Undoubtedly, even this many pictures cannot fully convey the full experience in this year's COMMDAP. This is not even the weekend! Watch out for the full monty this coming Friday to Sunday - more events, more products, more sales, and more people! See you there!