Google I/O Developer Conference Tickets Giveaway!

[peted20]

My most memorable Android experience has been seeing my own code run on my handset.

It was a small GPS app and it was pretty sweet to know the phone was grabbing location from a constellation of GPS satellites and that I could capture the location and do whatever I felt like with it-- for example, displaying my location on top of any of the terabytes of satellite imagery provided by Google, anywhere in the world.

The combination of GPS enabled handsets, 3G data links, satellite imagery and geographical data is a pretty powerful combination and something I think we'll see a lot of in the coming years. Android, of course, is very well positioned for this use.

My second most memorable experience was this past week as I traveled from Seattle to the Oregon Coast. My ADP1 was my lifeline while I was out! I was able to: listen to MP3s while I drove, track my trip (for later review in Google Earth), get driving directions, and browse online travel guides to figure out new places to check out. I even got a little Google Reader and Facebook in to stay connected. It was also pretty interesting to pull up Wikitude, point the camera in a direction, and see new places to check out.

I'd love to attend Google IO as I'm embarking creating on a new Android-based app. There are many Android and Google Maps API sessions which would give me a great start!

Thanks,
Pete Doyle