Seeding the Google Phone With Apps
NY Times
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I think most of you lack the vision to see how power a tool this really is. yes, there are a thousand ways this could fail. However if it does pan out like google plans, it will change the way we think about cell phones/mobile devices. The mobile device market is a huge untapped market that has yet to realize the true power of privately developed apps. If carriers adopt fully adopt android, the possibilities are endless.
I don't really see anything revolutionary that Android has over J2ME. Is there something I am missing?<p>Probably most apps are going to be simple android interfaces to existing web services.<p>But that being said you can be sure I am going to learn the api and submit an app for a shot at 25K.
As far as I can tell, there are no strings attached with this offer. They simply give you the cash with nothing expected in return. And 50 teams selected for the $25k prize are good ods, not to mention great publicity. Start coding!