{"id":741720,"date":"2013-03-13T10:51:47","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T14:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betanews.com\/?p=136257"},"modified":"2013-03-13T10:51:47","modified_gmt":"2013-03-13T14:51:47","slug":"google-io-sells-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/741720","title":{"rendered":"Google I\/O sells out"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Blink and you missed it. Registration for Google's developer conference opened at 10 a.m. EDT this morning and sold out fast<\/i>. With so much candy to offer -- Android Key Lime Pie, Chromebook Pixel<\/a>, Glass<\/a> and Google Now<\/a> -- I'm not exactly surprised<\/i>. Google I\/O 2012 was big, and this year's event promises to be even bigger<\/i>. I got the \"Google I\/O is sold out\" on the registration page around 10:48 a.m.<\/p>\n

Google charges $900 for general developer admission and $300 for students or school faculty. The event takes place in San Francisco from May 15-17. Considering the goodies Google gives attendees, some people might sign up just for the hope of free Glass or Pixel (don't hold your breath). Last year, attendees got Galaxy Nexus<\/a>, Nexus Q<\/a> and Nexus 7<\/a>. Oh yeah, Train performed live.<\/p>\n

Uh-Oh<\/strong><\/p>\n

Like the launch of Nexus 4<\/a> and Nexus 10<\/a> tablets, Google could not handle the demand, which shouldn't be the case for a company which primary products are all in the cloud. Many developers report timeouts trying to register or problems processing registration or payment. For a highly-anticipated event, the last thing Google should want to do is leave developers feeling angry or frustrated.<\/p>\n

Armando Ferreira posted<\/a> to Google+ at 10:21 a.m.: \"Couldn't get a ticket the right way. OK, so I cheated! Still couldn't get a ticket using multiple devices on different networks with different IP Addresses I give up!\" <\/p>\n

Anders Johansen<\/a>: \"I pressed accept and buy, then it loaded for a while with spinner. Then the spinner disappeared and the 5 minutes passed. But if i go to the wallet i can see the payment as pending\".\ufeff<\/p>\n

\"I now have two pending transactions in Wallet\", Taylor Matthews<\/a> comments on Google+. \"Got a confirmation email from the second attempt and a verification code. Sounds like I'm in, not sure what to do about the second $900 charge though\". Idrialis Castillo<\/a> asks: \"Hey, did you got the 2 tickets? I want one of those\".<\/p>\n

At 10:53 -- that's three minutes after I saw that \"registration is closed\" -- Jessica Janiuk<\/a> posted to Google+: \"So, we just confirmed that the Google I\/O ticket payments have cleared the bank, but I still am in limbo not knowing if I have a ticket or not. I really wish +Google Developers would provide some answers for those of us in this situation\".<\/p>\n

Then at 11:04 she added<\/a>: \"The pending transactions for Google I\/O tickets were just cancelled in Google Wallet. I guess that means I didn't get a ticket. What a horrible way to get someone really excited and then pull the rug out\".<\/p>\n

Ronald van der Lingen<\/a>: \"Thanks Google for messing up the registration system for I\/O so badly. Got through once but Google Wallet kept failing\".<\/p>\n

Alex Hernandez<\/a> set up a Google+ Community<\/a> to complain. As I update at 11:33 a.m., there are two members.<\/p>\n

Oh, Yeah<\/strong><\/p>\n

As a journalist, Google I\/O<\/a> is among my favorite events to cover. I hate Consumer Electronics Show<\/a>, for example. Microsoft's developer conference typically isn't as exciting and secretive Apple locks out press beyond the keynote and puts sessions behind closed doors. I\/O typically has lots of energy and interesting technologies and sessions.<\/p>\n

During last year's event, Google:<\/p>\n