Android pins on eBay & why I'm not selling mine!
That's what Google gets for making Android so darn cute! Those fun pins handed out in Hall 8 at Mobile World Congress by Google and its partners are collectibles and apparently, in huge demand.
You can view the entire 86 pin collection on Pocket-Lint (and without clicking 86 times, thanks Stuart!) So, obviously it didn't take long before they were posted on eBay. And can you really blame the seller for trying to make a quick buck? However, he/she used Pocket-Lint's photos without credit and misspelled the acronym for Mobile World Congress (it's MWC, not WMC)!
Another eBay seller has somehow managed to collect all 86 pins and is auctioning it off at a starting price of £900! (Damn, I should have hustled harded at the show!) So far, no bids!
Tim Bray, Google's Android Developer Advocate whom I interviewed at Androidland tweeted:
But it wasn't just about the pins, Androidland was full of other fun things like a conveyor belt of all Android devices globally, a human slide, cupcake and honeycomb-flavoured smoothies and make your own Android sticker booths.
I rode the slide 3 times, drank 2 smoothies, pasted 6 stickers on my MacBook & snapped up 2 Android toys. But putting a smile on my face during a hectic week - priceless!
You won't find my Android paraphernalia on eBay, even though I have a rare Android Labs pin thanks to @Geekyouup.
If I do decide to part with my pins, I'll donate them to charity in a similar fashion to my Angry Birds toy auction last year.
