Yes, and if the number was 28, I'd be the first to write 22 simple applications this afternoon to win the remaining slots :-)
But I think it is a waste of time, and therefore concentrate on polishing the existing application :-) Peli On Apr 9, 12:10 pm, Muthu Ramadoss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If exactly 50 submissions are made, and google awards 50 winners, its > time to believe we are living in a perfect world. :) > > > > Philip wrote: > > Peli, > > > Though your reasoning makes sense, I believe the numbers mentioned in > > the Judging process summary MAY have more to do with the mere human > > nature since they are put together by people (did anybody say > > androids?). Humans love nice round numbers (see this for more details > >http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=why-things-cost-1995). Of course > > you would not expect them to say something like "we will select 76 or > > 64 or 123 submissions". 100 sounds nice, it's twice the number of the > > first round winners so why not... > > > Philip > > > On Apr 9, 12:45 pm, Peli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Incognito, > > >> I'm really sorry that I have to scatter your hopes for few > >> submissions. Dan Morrill has the most accurate submission count tool, > >> but he will not share his information. But luckily some information > >> leaked :-) > > >> Look at the page "The Android Developer Challenge Judging > >> Process":http://code.google.com/android/adc_judging.html > > >> This page was added recently, and whoever wrote this knew the number > >> of submissions up to that point and could estimate the expected total > >> number of submissions. It states that phase I will select 100 > >> submissions with the highest scores. This pre-selection would not make > >> any sense if there were less than 100 submissions to be expected, and > >> also would not be necessary if the number of submissions was only > >> around 150. Note that phase I already follows a "threshold" phase > >> where all submissions that do not run are dropped. > > >> The distinction between phase I and phase II (which is nowhere > >> mentioned in the ADC terms and conditions) is a move that is only > >> necessary if there are at least a few hundred applications expected > >> that pass the initial threshold. > > >> It would be very interesting to know the true statistics once the > >> competition is over :-) > > >> Peli > > >> On Apr 9, 8:34 am, Incognito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> OK, I know that this is extremely unlikely. But can you imagine that > >>> around 50 entries were submitted? Yes, 300 now sounds far fetched. It > >>> will probably be around 150 apps or less based on the turnout that > >>> I've seen here. I'm assuming that there are a lot of small > >>> applications from users that do not check this forum. > > -- > Thanks. > > Muthu > Ramadosshttp://mobeegal.inhttp://androidrocks.inhttp://intellibitz.comhttp://twitter.com/intellibitzhttp://linkedin.com/in/tellibitzhttp://slideshare.net/intellibitzhttp://groups.google.com/group/android-chennai > +91 44 22476750 > > We develop innovative search solutions using LBS for Android. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Challenge" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-challenge?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
