And yeah, we should stop knocking specific winners. That's a little old. For the record, I was pretty surprised by a number of entries, as well. I was hoping that more critical apps would be in the list.
Shane On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 9:52 PM, Shane Isbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 6:14 AM, q2dm1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> I just saw the winner slides. >> >> A week ago I was kind of angry the judges didn't even have the decency >> of making it look as if they actually were judging something. Now I >> don't know whether to laugh or to cry. >> >> I'm not saying my application is better than the top 50, but let's be >> honest, there are A LOT of awesome apps among the losers who published >> theirs, and I don't even wanna try and think about the rest. Some of >> the winners have GUIs that make my eyes bleed. On the other hand, look >> at Five - http://code.google.com/p/android-five/ - that is a winning >> app for me and, trust me, a lot of other people. > > Not only does Five look useful, but it is open-source and we can help > improve it (He also made the wise choice of using Maven Masa plugins). These > are the types of projects we should be behind. It doesn't matter if Android > is the most open platform in the world, if all the applications on top are > closed, proprietary applications, then the platform might as well be closed > as well. > > Shane > > >> >> >> How can you take a platform seriosly when its flag ship products >> consist of weather and cooking programs? It's sad, really. >> >> On May 14, 9:47 am, vetch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > I spend +1000 hours on developing. Graphics, design, programming, >> > testing, testing, testing... Finished my app. It works fast, gives >> > great user experience, no lags, no delays, intuitive and simple >> > navigation. >> > >> > AnCal - Android Calendarhttp://vetch.magot.pl/ancal/ >> > >> > Of course, my application is for sure, as "original" as others, but >> > not polished nor indispensable as others. Who the hell needs PIM ? But >> > cooking or learning playing guitar is of course on every mobile phone >> > in the world. >> > >> > But, even if it is a piece of shit, I'd like to know my judgement >> > score. Do you hear me, Dan ? >> > >> > I have now working 1.x version, its READY TO SELL. But where are the >> > users ? I'm angry. >> > >> > There is also another: <AnPlay> - audio player in a way, finished in >> > about 70% (just want reserve name for future :) But I'm not working on >> > it at this time. Maybe never. I'm not sure if I want to participate >> > and waste my precious time in Another Damn Cheat, so: >> > >> > anybody knows a way to sell the finished project ? >> > >> > Please, help. >> > >> > greets, >> > peter >> >> >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Challenge" group. To post to this group, send email to android-challenge@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
