Vodafone Australia creates giant Android mascot, sets it free on the streets of Sydney

In the States it’s almost voting time and the posturing has certainly come to a fever pitch. If someone hasn’t come a knocking on your door yet, promising to fix whatever ails you, they surely soon will. So, it’s nice to see a representative going door-to-door without an ulterior motive… well, without a political one, anyway. Meet Andy, the full-scale Android mascot who can be found wandering the streets of Sydney in an attempt by Vodafone to get people more familiar with the little OS that could ( and is ). We’re thinking he’s more likely to scare small children than create converts out of competing smartphone users, but maybe our pollsters are reading this one wrong. [Thanks, Geoff] Vodafone Australia creates giant Android mascot, sets it free on the streets of Sydney originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 26 Oct 2010 10:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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