I would actually prefer if instead of the challenge the same money was used to run promotions on the market to help the sales of existing paid apps. Anyone else feels the same way?
Inder On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Mariano Kamp <[email protected]> wrote: > When looking at Apples AppStore it seems that the winners of the categories > take it all. On top of that also the awards? I am not sure if that is such a > good idea, in particular for the non-US/non-UK developers who cannot compete > in the paid apps segment. > > On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 6:46 AM, 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 at http://andappstore.com/ * >> > >> > ====== >> > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the >> > company number 6741909. 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