hello, we had developed an application (BabelFish) and had entered the ADC 1. we were very hopeful, got very positive responses from friends and forum users.
in short BabelFish is a translated voice and text IM (Instant Messaging) service. it enables translated conversations among two or more parties. each partner writes messages in his own language and his/ her message is instantly translated and delivered other partners in their languages. optionally delivered messages are synthesized into speech and played at destination handsets. but unfortunately we got nothing in the contest. we weren't even in the first 50% in neither of the judging criteria. it was really hard to believe... it was a contest, we somehow accepted the situation and put BabelFish to shelf for later opportunities. now Android market is open, we decided to put BabelFish there and guess what !? google had removed GTalk (XMPP) service from api, which BabelFish mainly depends on. remember the documentation at early releases, it was stated that XMPP is the preferred way of device to device communication. now it's gone, untill an unknown date, and we are left with WASTED months of work.. even if in the future GTalk service is put into api again, we lost the advantage of being one of the first comers in the market.. looking from this perspective, i had reviewed all finalist and winner applications. it's hard to say from descriptions but seems as none of them are/were using GTalk service. now i really WONDER if using GTalk service was a hidden judging criteria. i assume at the time of ADC round 1 google had plans to remove GTalk service from api and cannot afford giving prize to an application which wont work on the actual device ! are there any finalist appllications using GTalk service ? if we had any clue, we would develop some other application or maybe wouldn't develop any. it is really wasted months of work. google should mention this earlier.. more about BabelFish and a short discussion about ADC judgement can be found at: http://groups.google.com/group/android-challenge/browse_thread/thread/af7260fddd7f80a7 r a f t --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
