Game Developers Conference^® and Android Phone Promotion

How It Works | Terms & Conditions

Smartphones such as Android™ devices have created many new opportunities for game developers. To help developers get started and catch the Android wave, Google™ and The Game Developers Conference are working together to provide complimentary Android phones to qualifying mobile game developers.

Google Nexus One & Droid Phones

How It Works:

To qualify for the free Android phone, you need to:

Be a paid, registered attendee to GDC 2010 with either an All Access or Summits and Tutorials pass. GDC comp attendees, speakers, press, and conference associates are not eligible to receive a device.
Register by the Early Bird Deadline of February 4th, 2010.
Register to attend the GDC Mobile/Handheld Summit, the iPhone Summit, or the Independent Games Summit (accessible by either the GDC All Access or Summits and Tutorials Pass).
Check the opt-in box to receive a device from Google and GDC during the registration process. Existing registrants may elect to return to your registration profile and update your opt-in selection. Existing registrants however, are not allowed to change their existing Summits and Tutorials selection.

Phone users Attendees who meet the qualifications listed above will receive either a Verizon™ Droid™ by Motorola™ or a Nexus One™ at the conference based on random distribution. Qualified attendees will receive a confirmation letter via the email address provided during registration after February 8, 2010.

To receive the complimentary device, please visit the Moscone Center North Hall on either March 9 or March 10 in the upper lobby. Exact distribution times will be mentioned in your confirmation letter. You must present onsite:

Your GDC badge
Valid form of identification (e.g. valid license, passport)
Your confirmation letter

No exceptions will be made for the three above criteria. Confirmation letter will also provide additional instructions for onsite pickup. You may be asked to take a short 10-15 question survey, post-GDC.

Register Now and take advantage of this unique opportunity before February 4, 2010.

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Terms and Conditions:

Distribution of either the Verizon Droid by Motorola or Nexus One phone to prospective mobile developers attending GDC is at the sole discretion of the Game Developers Conference. GDC reserves the right to screen and select recipients as well as restrict distribution of either device to entrants.
Distribution of the phone will be screened and qualified according to criteria mentioned above in the section titled "How it works".
Neither the producers of the Game Developers Conference, Think Services Game Group, a division of United Business Media, United Business Media, nor Google is a representative for any service providers for the Droid or Nexus One phone. You may elect to receive mobile services through a qualified carrier, at your sole option. In no event will the Game Developers Conference, Think Services Game Group, a division of United Business Media, or Google be responsible for any fees or costs associated with your receiving or usage of the device. Selection of a carrier and service is at the sole discretion of the individual and you hereby assume all risks related thereto. Recipients of a phone are solely liable for any and all taxes attributable to their receipt or use of the phone.
The phone is provided by Game Developers Conference, Think Services Game Group, a division of United Business Media, and Google "as is" and with the sole warranty that is provided by the manufacturer and which ordinarily accompanies the phone when purchased. Game Developers Conference, Think Services Game Group, a division of United Business Media, and Google expressly disclaim any warranties, whether express, implied or statutory, regarding any phone, including without limitation any implied or statutory warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular use, title or non-increment.
By accepting the phone, the party receiving the phone releases and holds harmless the Game Developers Conference, Think Services Game Group, a division of United Business Media, United Business Media. and Google, each of their respective parents, subsidiaries, and affiliates, and each of their respective directors, officers, employees, and agents (collectively, the "Released Parties"), from any and all responsibility, damages (including without limitation direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, punitive, and statutory damages), penalties, costs, liabilities, and losses of any kind arising out of or relating to receipt of, acceptance of, or use of the phone.
Receipt of phone is for the sole purpose for the individual developer in receipt of phone and may not be resold by you.
Neither GDC nor Google warrants that the Nexus One and Droid devices are certified in all countries or will work on all networks.
Please note, neither the producers of the Game Developers Conference nor Google is a representative for any service providers for the Droid or Nexus One phone or is responsible for parts, warranty, or equipment issues with either the Nexus One or Verizon Droid by Motorola.

For questions regarding these devices please visit:
- Nexus One: www.google.com/phone
- Verizon Droid by Motorola: http://phones.verizonwireless.com/motorola/droid