i wonder what your "novelty" means??? with LBS added, most "me too" apps submitted to adc are practically novel.
with LBS removed, most "novel" apps submitted to adc are actually me too. your judgement on winning positoon sounds kinda biased. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Android Challenge" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 2:56 PM Subject: [android-challenge] Re: The Winners... > > I second Anthony. Google was looking for humanitarian uses for > Android, and this one fell in a very trendy socially responsible > niche. And it was very novel - I hate to say it but a lot of the apps > I've seen have been very "me too". It might not have as much "meat" > to it as some of the others, but it seems to do its intended job well. > > On May 12, 3:30 pm, Biosopher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have to come to the defense of Eco2Go. Or at least take the > > conversation a little deeper to understand everyone's complaints. > > > > Maybe all the younger kids participating in the Challenge have yet to > > realize their impact on the globe, but I for one find Eco2Go a > > refreshing idea. Whether it is required as a mobile app is another > > question so let me address that next. > > > > I'm currently consulting full-time in the past year, I drove roughly > > 15,000 miles, fly internationally at twice, flew coast-to-coast at > > least 7 times a year plus a 5 flights around the West coast. However > > I buy organic, recycle, compost, & use compact fluorcent lights. If > > EcoToGo could also track how much I lightage I use, magazines I > > subscribe to, & such then it would be useful to know what my total > > contribution to the carbon footprint would be for the last year. > > > > That said, I could probably get the same info by making a rough > > estimate via some website calculator rather than starting up Eco2Go > > everytime I start my car... > > > > All that aside, Eco2Go is one of only a few apps I've seen that > > attempt to address a ecological & social issues so I must commend them > > on their effort. If they simply won because they looked beyond social > > gaming & SMS twittering then I'm glad at Google honored their > > commitment to creating a better planet for longer than just our > > lifetimes. Perhaps Eco2Go will inspire people to look beyond their > > mobile device as a toy to entertain them & start using it as a tool > > for improving the planet. > > > > If people are going to condemn Eco2Go, then please tell us about other > > eco-applications submitted to the Challenge that should have won > > instead. > > > > Anthony > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
