Google I/O Developer Conference Tickets Giveaway!

[nuc70]

My best moment was...

I personally work for a cell phone company. Myworldphone.com I love my work and phones. Every year I use to go through 3-5 phones. My most recent of course is the Tmobile G1. Before that I had iPhone 3G, iPhone, Sony Ericsson and others..

One day 4 of us friends was arguing as always which phone is better. Google G1, iPhone 3G Storm or the pre. As alway I defend my G1 and my friend shows off his iPhone with some new flashy games.. As my 2 friends in the my back seat talk about Storm and iPhone which is better me and my buddy in the front pulled out my Macbook and my G1. I turned on my Wifi Tethering and My Macbook. I connected to my phone using Wifi to get the 3G connection then used Safari and went to youtube.com. So then I told both of them Shut up!!! Listen both of you Mr. flashy (iPhone) and Big and bulky (storm). Can your phone do this? After going to youtube I put on Sakira.. While she doing her thing I started driving on the highway while both of my friends Stunned whats going on.. and how I am connected to Youtube. The 1st thing went in their head was must be connected to wifi. After getting in the Highway both was confused. While on high way my buddy in the front operating my macbook asked them any song request? At that moment the look in both of their faces JUST PRICE LESS!!! Next question was how did u do that.. I reply back... ANDROID BABY!!!

True Story!

[DaYuMu6ft7]

This App is on the market as of now....

"Google IO 2009 Program To-Go"

It gives you page by page of what they covered at the conference

[here.david]

The Best thing is that my teenage daughter gave up her Ipod and uses her G1 in its place...not to even go into all the other wonderful "rooted" things we are able to do....that is for next time...

[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

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I've used many platforms over the years, starting with the Newton to Palm to Blackberry and finally the Android G1.

While this has changed the way I work everyday. Like my phone directory being replaced by Facebook and Google. My Zagat guide, by Yelp. And despite it's cost, it's paid for itself for all the times a salesman was trying to overcharge by 10x...

It's when Traveling it's become my can't live without accessory, besting anything else features per pound.

It can easily charge anywhere, USB is the same worldwide, and in a crunch can leech from my laptop.

When in LA, the traffic map becomes my most used feature. However in NYC, the Subway map app, which awesomely doesn't require a signal.

When in China, I photograph the street signs, to replay to the cabbies so I can always get back home. And on another trip, when the cabby was heading off to the wrong place, I could Google Image search the landmark and clear up and further miscommunication.

Then there's the times when stuck at an airport, and Orbitz could get me a new flight faster than the airline staff. Or booking a car while waiting in line at the counter for less than they quote me in person.

My favorite moment though, is when I go to one of those cities where the streets were never digitized, and Gmaps would seemingly be useless. But before leaving my hotel, I could pull up the satellite photos for the area, and use this for navigation while out, recognizing streets, rivers, knowing where to find the parks and central districts. And the GPS still works perfectly. Bonus as I walk around town, the phone tells me when it's found WiFi, which leaves me in the situation of why is there a white person standing in front my house too often.

But my most special moments come from keeping in touch with my friends. With Gtalk, my friends are with me no matter where I am as part of the experience. The memory card slot lets me start sharing SLR photos, immediately. And with Latitude they stop asking me where I am, finally.

[bizfu]

My favorite moment with my G1 Android phone was just today, and it was the first time I got my app to run on a real phone. I have been working on an app that I would like to enter in the android developer contest, and I have been using the emulator for development. Today I was able to pickup the new android phone that my wife offered to buy for my birthday and run my app on the real hardware for the first time. It was an awesome feeling, even though I had run it on the emulator many times. Since then, I can hardly put down my phone. I love it so much I might not have time to even program any more, lol.

P.S. I would love to go to the Developer Conference!