Hi, Hmm, it's hard to tell -
Did Google Pull a Neven with Enkin? http://androidguys.com/?p=2174 Regards On Mar 20, 9:50 pm, Yuri Ammosov - Sadko Mobile <[email protected]> wrote: > What happened to Enkin? > > YA > > On Mar 20, 10:15 am, gjs <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > ADC1 also served as a platform for Google to harvest cool ideas from > > developers, eg: enkin - > > >http://www.enkin.net > > > - as you agreed to allow Google to create apps derived from ideas in > > your submission ( or something to that effect ) > > > I think ADC gives you that chance to showcase something to Google, > > over and above applications that may actually be immediately useful or > > commercially viable. > > > To me it was a chance to 'shoot for the stars' even if it wasn't > > actually immediately practical. > > > If ADC II is (just) based on performance of the existing apps in the > > Market, then it is just retrospectively rewarding whats already been > > successfully done - and Shop Savvy, Breadcrumbs, The Weather Channel > > etc etc etc may as well resubmit their original applications for ADC > > II... > > > I hope it retains some of the spirit of the first rounds. > > > Regards > > > On Mar 20, 4:46 pm, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > To me the best metric of quality and user friendly capabilities is > > > people wanting to use the app, hence why I can see a Market position > > > based competition making sense. > > > > Al. > > > > Ivan Soto wrote: > > > > If my application sells for like $.99 and the top seller is selling > > > > around 600 to 1000 a month, a lot of developer would be spending $1500 > > > > just to make themselves to the top. The price would be more than that > > > > amount. > > > > > Just a thought. > > > > > I don't like that idea. I really prefer a challenge that favor towards > > > > the quality and user friendly capabilities. > > > > > my 2 cents. > > > > > Ivan Soto Fernandez > > > > Web Developer > > > >http://ivansotof.com > > > > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Dan Morrill <[email protected] > > > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > > We have considered and are considering ideas along those lines. > > > > That is *not* to say that that's what we are going to do, so > > > > don't take it as confirmation. :) But yes, many different > > > > structures are on the table. > > > > > - Dan > > > > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Al Sutton <[email protected] > > > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > > Dan, > > > > > Thanks for the clarification. > > > > > How about making the ADC II a set of awards which are given to > > > > the best > > > > selling apps in each category each month for the next couple > > > > of years. > > > > This would allow the Android user community to vote on what is > > > > good for > > > > them, give developers a reason to push their apps to the limit > > > > of what > > > > they can do, and allow Google to focus the prizes on groups > > > > delivering > > > > what people want. > > > > > Just a thought. > > > > > Al. > > > > > Dan Morrill wrote: > > > > > Oops. Looks like that page was collateral damage when we > > > > did the move > > > > > to developer.android.com <http://developer.android.com> > > > > <http://developer.android.com>. We're > > > > > looking into it; thanks for pointing it out. At any rate > > > > the content > > > > > that would be there refers only to the first Developer > > > > Challenge. > > > > > > Regarding the second Developer Challenge, it definitely > > > > isn't canceled > > > > > but we haven't announced plans for it yet. We said we would > > > > by last > > > > > year (sorry about that), but we're still working on how to > > > > structure > > > > > it. The world is quite a bit different now than it was when > > > > we ran > > > > > the first ADC, so we want to make sure the new > > > > rules/structure make > > > > > sense, and we are of course taking into consideration > > > > everyone's > > > > > experiences with the first ADC. The second ADC will > > > > definitely not be > > > > > a clone of the first ADC. > > > > > > We expect to have all this finalized and announce rules > > > > within a > > > > > couple months. The event itself will likely run in the > > > > second half of > > > > > the year. > > > > > > - Dan > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 1:07 AM, Al Sutton > > > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > Very very recently though. Googling for "android > > > > developer challenge" > > > > > still brings up the 404ed page as the top result. > > > > > > Al. > > > > > > Anonymous Anonymous wrote: > > > > > >http://developer.android.com/ > > > > > > try in here.. its moved i guess > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Eelke Folmer > > > > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > > > > <mailto:[email protected] > > > > <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected] > > > > <mailto:[email protected]>>>> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > This (http://code.google.com/android/adc.html) > > > > gives a > > > > > 404 which is > > > > > > weird for a google site. > > > > > > Is this challenge cancelled? I hope not...... > > > > > > -- > > > > > > * Written an Android App? - List it at > > > > http://andappstore.com/* > > > > > > ====== > > > > > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales > > > > with the > > > > > company number 6741909. The registered head office is > > > > Kemp House, > > > > > 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. > > > > > > The views expressed in this email are those of the > > > > author and not > > > > > necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's > > > > associates, or it's > > > > > subsidiaries. > > > > > -- > > > > > * Written an Android App? - List it athttp://andappstore.com/* > > > > > ====== > > > > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the > > > > company number 6741909. 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