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Google's Launches 2nd Android Developer Contest

Posted by timothy on from the don't-worry-only-at-nexus-2 dept.

coffeeisclassy writes "Google's second Android Developer Contest (ADC2) has started, despite some confusion around how to submit applications. The prizes are different from the first ADC, with each category having prizes of 100k, 50k, and 25k and an overall best of 150k,50k and 25k, meaning the best Android application from ADC2 is eligible for ~250k. The rules seem to allow any application never published before August 1st to compete, and the contest is open through the end of August (so break out your keyboards!). The top prizes are certainly less than that of first ADC, but with the prizes broken down by category, Google may be hoping to inspire some love for less popular categories."

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  1. Let's share the prize! by alain94040 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    From the article:

    a Participant that is part of a team understands and agrees that if his/her team is selected to receive a Prize, the team is responsible for ensuring the funds are appropriately distributed to each member of the team

    Cool! This is the first time that I see Google proactively support a revenue share solution for developers!

    Developers can officially unite, work together, collaborate, and maybe split $100,000. Nice. These are very flexible and open terms on the part of Google.

  2. That's nice... by pdragon04 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How about you get the phone companies to actually release some new phones to use this stuff?

  3. Google's launches you say? by spyrochaete · · Score: 4, Funny

    Google is getting more possessive every day!

  4. Was this just announced? by JMZero · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ...if so, that's garbage. I mean, the prize support is great - but if you're going to take a stab at a big prize like that, you need some time. It seems very likely the winners will be people who were already midway through development.

    If their goal is to stimulate new projects and attract broad participation, give a reasonable time frame - at least a few months. Alternatively, if this is a contest that's been open for some time (and it's not immediately obvious from the page linked to) then I take all that back :)

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    Let's not stir that bag of worms...
    1. Re:Was this just announced? by TikiTDO · · Score: 2, Informative

      Hard to say. The linked page says the contest was announced on May 27th, however, the full rules were only released on July 13th. A really dedicated group with a strong vision could have had several months to work on this, but most people are probably just starting up.

      For the chunk of change they're talking about though, I'm sure a few people may be willing to put things on hold for a month in order to get something good out. Could also be a great job app if you want to work for Google.