It’s not just an Android that Google is giving away to attendants at the Google I/O but it has got more for its developers. By developers I am emphasizing on developers in the Android community. To encourage more developers create more for the platform, Google has announced its Android Developer Challenge. The submissions will begin from August and this challenge is open to anyone with an Android handset and each of those owners can also vote via a dedicated app from the Android Market. The purpose of these votes is to determine top 20 apps in ten categories. The categories include:
-
Education/Reference
-
Games: Casual/Puzzle
-
Games: Arcade/Action
-
Social Networking
-
Lifestyle
-
Productivity/Tools
-
Media
-
Entertainment
-
Travel
-
Misc
And Google is being very generous when it comes to awarding the winners:
-
1st prize: $100,000
-
2nd prize: $50,000
-
3rd prize: $25,000
Overall (across all categories)
-
1st prize: $150,000 (meaning the overall winner will receive $250,000)
-
2nd prize: $50,000 (meaning the 2nd prize winner will receive up to $150,000)
-
3rd prize: $25,000 (meaning the 3rd prize winner will receive up to $125,000)
The idea to reward developers sounds alluring enough, especially when the prize offered is so high. I bet a countless developers will be spending plenty of sleepless nights to grab the winners spot. You can read more about it here.
