>>Finally, I was surprised that there weren't more media players on >>display - is that because the developers feel the need to keep their >>slick interfaces secret? Not necessarily. Is probably because we were too busy coding. At least that was my case.
On Apr 14, 7:12 pm, tomgibara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now that the first round is coming to a close I just wanted to say: > > Good luck in the judging everyone! > > Still, a man has to have preferences, here are my favourite 5 (most > preferred first) that I hope do well: > > 1) handyCalc - I love the look of this, I wish I could get my hands on > an apk, I hope it's as slick as it looks, if so I'd run it on my > desktop using the emulator all day... > > 2) OpenIntents by Peli et.al. - Even though I don't have the same > burning desire to run the applications, no other entry comes closer to > the spirit of collaborative applications than the effort to establish > a shared set of Intents, and the code to support them. I've been > slightly disappointed that the competition has thus far encouraged > people to horde their work and this entry really deserves some credit > from the judges for pointing in the opposite direction. > > 3) Android Scan - jsharkey, I promise I'm not a barcode junky, but > this application just seems so useful, it's also a great example of > the clever re-use of available libraries and services. > > 4) Dkn Touch - wonderoid, Not especially novel, but the algorithm > looks tight and the execution (the video demoing it with cards that > you can flip and slide) makes exquisite use of Android's view > animation capabilities. It got into 4th place because, of all the > applications I've seen, it's the one you really wish was built into > the standard Android classes. > > 5) Slide - hielko & writser, (Very hard to stick to just 5) I'm a > reserved Englishman and don't even have a facebook account, but this > application looked like it had depth and features that could be useful > in lots of ways. I think the choice of using facebook groups for > matching people is brilliant, I don't know if that's their original > idea, but they seem like great criteria. > > I think Pocket Journey (biosopher) gets an honourable mention for > having the best video. > > Finally, I was surprised that there weren't more media players on > display - is that because the developers feel the need to keep their > slick interfaces secret? > > Oh and a special good luck wish goes to anyone still coding! > > Tom. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
