Hi, Thanks for putting this forward. One question our team is having, based on limited resources, is: In what context are the judges going to view the products? Much of our application does not require GPS, or a 320 x 480 screen, specifically with the idea of keeping handset cost low. But we are a bit conerned that a useful application that helps people in less developed countries become more effecient and manage resouces better may get lost in sea of products with impressive use of graphics. The context for evaluation for most judges is modern society, maybe even cutting edge modern society.
We have some marketing material that sort of references The Grapes of Wrath as a picture of economic refugees that judges may understand... but we don't know how well it connects to actual judges... or even how we include in our application. We are driving for a ubiquitous audio device to create a large enough population of devices to recognize and share network benefits. Is there a way to identify an entry as specifically targeted toward folks who can't spend $33 on a big screen? Thanks, Ed On Mar 31, 7:27 pm, swati <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all - > > We wanted to bring your attention to a particular component of the > Android Developer Challenge. Part of the Challenge encourages useful > apps in service of global economic development specifically. These > include those apps that: > > * Support humanitarian benefits such as vastly improved monitoring > and/or response efforts for diseases, climate change and/or natural > disasters, or > * Significantly benefit the ~3 billion people living on less than > $2.00 per day. > > If you have a great idea for an app within one of these subject areas, > we hope you'll enter the Challenge. The submission deadline is coming > up fast, so please enter soon. > > How to get started: > Download the SDK, build your applications, and submit your > applications by April 14th, 2008. > > Here are some other resources to help you: > * Android Developer Challenge FAQ. > * Subscribe to the Android Developer Blog for the latest news on > Android and any updates on the Android Developer Challenge. > * Discuss the challenge with others via our Google Group. > * Post to this Developers Forum thread with additional questions. > > Remember, the 50 most promising entries received for the Challenge by > April 14 will each receive a $25,000 award to fund further > development. Those selected will then be eligible for even greater > recognition via ten $275,000 awards and ten $100,000 awards. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Announcing the new M5 SDK! http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/02/android-sdk-m5-rc14-now-available.html For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
