Maybe it's me who is confusing things, or maybe not. ADC I has two parts, first one is already done, second part, only the 50 chosen apps (first round) will try the bigger prizes, and only 10 of them will succeed. This will add up to 5 Million in Prizes.
ADC II is a different bag of beans. ADC II is for everyone again, for another 5 Million in prizes. And that is what makes 10 Million in total, ADC I + ADC II But these 50 Apps from ADC I will compete alone in round two, NOT ADC II ! But Maybe I'm mistaken .... But by reading the contest rules, that's what I have understood from the beginning. So in my opinion, google, is just protecting itself against the competion, which might gain them a few months start after the Android phone is commercially available. So I don't believe they are cheating anyone here, they are just not harnessing the power of the community they now have, since only the 50 apps will be able to use/debug the fresh SDKs Might not be a pleasant thing to do, in so small numbers .... The community effort I'm sure would work better, but the commercial advantage is also of concern to google. If they make the SDK completely open, right now, what would prevent the competition from following along, and smash any initial advantage that google may have ? The only problem is that an entire community is left in standby ! Which my lead it to disband sooner than expected. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
