What’s the best way a geek can propose a girlfriend? Using an iPhone? That’s so last year. How about making an Android app? Sounds novel and that’s exactly what New Jersey resident Jon C. Hodgson did.
Using Google Labs’ App Inventor, he created a short Harry Potter trivia app with the last question being the mother of all questions. Jon’s girlfriend of over two years, Meghan, accepted and the social media took it from there – we can now call them the first Android couple.
Hodgson said he was looking for a different way to propose his girlfriend without having to spend a small fortune on a sponsorship deal. And since Meghan had grown quite fond of her phone, Hodgson, a computer engineer by trade, thought it might be the right medium for the perfect proposal. “She has an HTC Incredible, as do I — we have matching his and hers,” he says. “I was thinking: What can I do to distract her, to lower her guard, and then completely surprise her with a proposal? Typically things people are obsessed about are distracting, and for Meghan then, two distractions were certainly the new Harry Potter movie and her new Android phone.”
Then the big night came. Hodgson took Meghan to dinner, presented Megan with the app, she started playing the trivia, “Yes!” and they all lived happily ever after… We wish them good luck!
[Via: FastCompany]