The ADC was not run as a competition to see who could create the coolest or best selling application for the Android platform. The idea was to showcase some of the cool and exciting things that can be done ONLY on the Android system or things that other phone OS's are not doing. Keep in mind the Android will be competing with iPhone and Nokia products so showcasing differentiating products will help Android grow, help the Android development community and help us all make money on cool applications that we write.
I know it is easy to take the competition results as a judgment on the quality of your application but the judgment was not on how well they think your app will sell or how much the Android phone owning community will want your application. I went into this hoping for the best of course and didn't win, but that is not going to keep me from continuing work on my application which I really feel will be appreciated and enjoyed by the owners of Android powered phones. I am not forgetting what I got into this for in the first place, it wasn't to win some short term goal of this competition (although it would have been nice), but to be involved in the GREAT idea that Google has here. Android opens up a lot of doors for us all and gives the average phone consumer a really nice phone user experience. Google has fought for us all to allow consumers to purchase their own hardware and run whatever they want on it! Up 'til now wireless companies have rained down their craptastical phones upon us and forced us to deal with expensive useless phones. I want to say THANK YOU GOOGLE! I didn't win the first challenge but I will be offering up a cool application that consumers can purchase and enjoy in a way that before was not available before Google stepped in. P.S. yes, iPhone will do this too but for other wireless carriers Google is making a big change On May 18, 9:43 am, "Cow Bay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > your words sound reasonable by the first hearing but understand it to be > brain-damaged. > > if adc 2 will employ the same judges and the same criteria the same way as > adc 1, it is only the other ha-ha. > > most of all, this is not a community of google, winners and you. > > please learn to listen to voice from the others. > > if you cant, please leave. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "denisdsr20" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Android Challenge" <android-challenge@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 4:12 AM > Subject: [android-challenge] Re: Boycott of ADC II > > > Not sure to really understand the trouble. > > > With ADC I we tried to be in the winner list but we know that 98% of > > us will not be in this list. > > > ADC I is a contest some win some not. > > > People here are merging too much different things : > > - the contest > > - Google as a whole > > - Android as a new product > > - Apps we wrote > > > Contest : it's passion oriented with gratification, pains and > > frustation, but it's over now. ADC II will be in the same "color" if > > we are able to face same things let's go to ADC II, if not stay away > > for it. > > > Google : they did not promise anything except the fact they 'll choose > > 50 apps and give 25k$ for each. We subscribe to these rules, they too. > > > Android : We have in our hands opportunity to create new applications > > and business, not only for a contest but for real life. If we choose > > android only because we have 2% chance to win, I think we miss the > > best of android > > > Our Apps : It's OUR apps, should be the best, should be recognized by > > others as the best jewell for next decade. Sometimes it is, sometimes > > not. Now we have to make choice : > > - trash it, because we are judging that this app is poor compared to > > others, or because of too much frustration > > - Go back to work, and make it a real value added app for the market. > > > Why this challenge is a good thing, and why ADC II will be too ? > > How could we have is such short time (2 month) a vision of what can be > > done with android, what are the applications coming from 150 > > countries. > > > My ranking for boycott is : (- infinite) > > > Denis / France > >www.sr20service.com > > > On May 18, 12:47 am, ConAim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > +1 > > > Keep on hopping babe. More likely they are having ton of issue trying > > > to get an hardware run properly. > > > And from the point of introduction new hardware to the point of > > > putting it out of the door is in a minimum of 1+ years. > > > And I'm sure no one would be doing anything now to trying to compete > > > with iPhone. > > > You freak can keep on hopping.... > > > > On May 17, 4:42 pm, hitsu_g <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > -1. > > > > ADC wasn't perfect and things could have been done better, but even > > > > with Apple's AppStore opening "soon" I think that ADCII is likely to > > > > be the best opportunity for independent software developers trying to > > > > make a start of things (like myself), and I hope to make the most of > > > > it. > > > > > On May 18, 5:04 am, jaro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > +1, let me show you some real life example: > > > > > may be i'm wrong but this is what i have: > > > > > > my quartile score results: > > > > > Effective use: In the 25th to 50th 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 is then 50th-75th. > > > > > > so far so good, but reality is that i participated with basically > same > > > > > idea than one among winning apps (concretely Locale app)! > > > > > Actually by what i know about Locale it could be just a part of my > > > > > system. > > > > > To be complete my app was rather in prototype phase with no design > and > > > > > minimum features but working to show the ideas. > > > > > Explanations i passed in readme file of course. > > > > > > So checking my score opens a mistrust to ADC. > > > > > > On May 17, 7:54 pm, "Muthu Ramadoss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > -1. > > > > > > > Why would anyone boycott ADC 2? What do you stand to gain? > > > > > > > On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 9:31 PM, tberthel > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > The fuss is: > > > > > > > > DUO > > > > > > > SlideME > > > > > > > HandyCalc > > > > > > > AllBinary Game Development Kit > > > > > > > > and about 20 others that are obviously better than the winners > that > > > > > > > didn't even score in the top 25% > > > > > > > > On May 17, 10:49 am, Zach Hobbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > -1, not sure what all the whining and fuss is about. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > Zach Hobbs > > > > > > > > HelloAndroid.com > > > > > > > > Android OS news, tutorials, downloads > > > > > > > > > On Friday 16 May 2008 23:06:40 Shane Isbell wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I don't think that the original promises of the ADC I were > carried out. > > > > > > > The > > > > > > > > > community was taken for a ride on this one. > > > > > > > > > > +1 for boycott of ADC II > > > > > > > > > > Shane > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > take care, > > > > > > Muthu Ramadoss. > > >http://cookingcapsules.com-nourishyourdroid.http://mobeegal.in-findst... > > ser.- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Challenge" group. 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