The fruits of 50 individuals' and companies' labors have now paid off to the tune of $25,000, all thanks to a nice little gift from the good folks at the
Android Developer Challenge. Google actually unveiled the top 50 applications to be submitted to the contest a few days ago; we've been scouring the list since, and we've definitely noticed a trend -- location-based services. LBS was actually one of Google's "suggested areas of focus" going into the Challenge, so it shouldn't come as much of a surprise to see a wealth of apps take advantage of Android's rich, pervasive support for them. There's some seriously exciting innovation in the group -- not easy to do, considering the maturity of smartphones as a development platform in general -- and we've got to say, this all bodes really well for Android. Four of the 50 winners have chosen to remain anonymous (ooh, we wonder what sorts of crazy things they're cooking up!), but the remainder have been collected into a convenient slide deck that can be grabbed off the ADC's site. We recommend it; it's a solid, inspiring read, unless you work for an Android competitor, in which case we recommend you kick your third-party developers in their collective behind.
posted May 18th 2008 9:55PM
http://phandroid.com/2008/05/10/adc-round-1-winners/ has some descriptions and links
Android is going to make me hate every other phone.
Jigsaw - capture white board information - gotta have it!
am i the only one who couldn't care less about android?
Hi,
My Android Challenge partner and I were one of the 50 teams chosen with the app. we entered, "Cooking Capsules".
http://www.cookingcapsules.com
I wanted to make a correction: We (the 50) actually won $25,000, not $10,000, although once we split it and pay taxes on it, it will probably look more like 10. ;-) We are pulling for the $275,000 next round. Fingers crossed! Winners of that phase will be announced this summer. Either way, I can't wait to use it on smart phones next year. It should make cooking a lot handier and more fun.
Cheers,
Mary Ann