Let's see how it goes. The thing we are waiting for most right now is source code of C++ libraries that is still being withheld, and of course real phones.
YA On May 16, 10:53 pm, "Shane Isbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 11:38 AM, YA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I guess the key answer to all weirdness that even let some hapless > > applicants bitching here is ORIGINALITY. All the top apps are VERY > > original (some are original beyond my humble comprehension) but most > > are "niche" - fit for a special interest or purpose. Lack of PIM apps > > can be explained that judges decided that Gcal, Gmail etc will do the > > trick but lack of basic utility apps can only be explained that they > > are not original enough. Take a connection manager or an alarm clock - > > 100% indispensable and 0% original. Hence, overall score around 50%. > > I was expecting we would get dinged for originality but not for > indispensability, I took the latter as given. > > > > > BTW, what is your location? Somewhere in Europe? > > We have a couple guys in Europe and I'm in the Seattle area. If you guys > have an interest in app managers, there might be room for collaboration. We > are building out some back end systems as well. We are setting up atom feeds > for app info:http://jv.slideme.org:8080/atomserver/v1/applications/apk > > Shane > > > > > YA > > > On May 16, 10:26 pm, "Shane Isbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 11:18 AM, YA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Shane: > > > > > honest, I am surprised! You know we did DroidStor that had some > > > > similar functionality. > > > > > DroidStor > > > > > Effective use: In the top 25% of all submitted applications > > > > Polish: In the top 25% of all submitted applications > > > > Indispensability: In the top 25% of all submitted applications > > > > Originality: In the top 25% of all submitted applications > > > > > Overall: In the top 25% of all submitted applications > > > > > Perhaps your application simply crashed in testing? I recall that when > > > > I first downloaded and tested it, I could not get it to run. > > > > Well, no way it crashed, I stripped out all the network connections > > > (couldn't get a clear answer on what the test network environment was > > > supposed the be). We did fix that problem with the community client. It > > had > > > some missing data on the JV server. > > > > > I am just as surprised that we had at least 3 app managers in the ADC > > > > but none made it to top. And without an app manager, who will get all > > > > these great winning apps - and get to know about the other? > > > > Unbelievable! How can judges miss this? It's mobile 101. > > > > Shane > > > > > YA > > > > > On May 16, 9:11 pm, "Shane Isbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > SAM - SlideME Applications Manager > > > > > > Effective use: In the 50th to 75th percentile of all submitted > > > > applications > > > > > Polish: In the 50th to 75th percentile of all submitted applications > > > > > Indispensability: In the 50th to 75th percentile of all submitted > > > > > applications > > > > > Originality: In the 50th to 75th percentile of all submitted > > applications > > > > > Overall: In the 50th to 75th percentile of all submitted applications > > > > > > Hmm, I guess an application manager that delivers content to the > > device > > > > is > > > > > not indespensible. Who would need that? Now I know the ADC judges > > were > > > > > smoking crack. > > > > > > Shane --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
