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An Android Enters SXSW & PubCon in Austin Texas
Google Engineer & Grand Poobah of Webspam, Matt Cutts, was shocked to see my G1 Android phone at PubCon & later SXSW in Austin Texas last week amongst the mass of iPhones.
Both Matt Cutts & I spoke at PubCon where Mr. Cutts made the official Google announcement on Google Friend Connect.
I believe I was the only one with a G1 in the entire conference as I would say at least half the people at PubCon had an iPhone, including Matt.
Matt has both an iPhone & a G1 as he has recently been programming in Android, but left his G1 at home due to not wanting to pay for 2 mobile services.
I spoke about Android within my SEO Site Design panel and people seemed interested in the phone especially with its keyboard, being open sourced, and able to run multiple applications.
Later at SXSW I was again in a sea of iPhones, so much so that the AT&T network crashed several times, as these poor Internet less technophiles had to use my G1 for access.
Both PubCon & SXSW had rendered phone dialing, text messaging, and email passe as the defacto communication was done entirely on Twitter - which I found the keyboard on the G1 MUCH better suited for than the iPhone.
Since I was away we had another Cupcake rumor from an alleged T-Mobile spokesperson, which for myself personally I could take it or leave it.
I am not excited about the keyboard less HTC G2 or Samsung Android phones as I would much rather stick with the G1 especially as its price plummets well below $100.
The Street did have this interesting video on the Mobile Rumble, but left out that Google is not SELLING Android but providing it free so it makes money off the increased mobile Internet usage.
