I was more thinking of competing in terms of coolness - you know user appeal rather than benchmark stuff.
Regards Lee 2008/5/12 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > In that time frame, I would do a comparison of exsting apps and > promising unknows for common user tasks. Not unlike the benchmarks > people used to have for processor speeds, except focused on specific > user tasks or life functions. Announce what you are going to do. Buy > the software so incumbants can't duck the competition. Then test and > publish. > > Ed > > > > On May 11, 3:12 am, "Lee S Dryburgh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The iPhone and Android were big topics at the inaugural Emerging > > Communications (eComm) conference back in March, e.g. Rich Miner, > > Group Manager, Wireless Platforms, Google opened day two [1], > > Christopher Allen (iPhoneWebDev.com) spoke [2] and also attended the > > Wireless Innovation panel along with Sumit Agarwal, product manager > > for Google Mobile and others [3] > > > > Overall the iPhone was a huge topic followed by Android (because there > > are no products out) and both featured as part of the conference aims > > [4]. > > > > Thinking towards a 2009 (end of Feb/start of March) I was thinking a > > competition would be good. I'd like to see iPhone apps battling > > Android apps. The prize could be say 10K USD to winner or say 5K USD > > to winner, 3K USD to second place, and 2K to third place. > > > > What do others think? Specifically the definition of the competition, > > and the size and distribution of prize money. > > > > Regards > > > > Lee > > > > [1]http://blip.tv/file/876535/ > > [2]http://blip.tv/file/882046/ > > [3]http://blip.tv/file/891823 > > [4]http://tinyurl.com/4732ea > > -- > > Skype + Gmail + LinkedIn + > > Facebook + Twitter + Delicious > > = leedryburgh > > > -- Skype + Gmail + LinkedIn + Facebook + Twitter + Delicious = leedryburgh ICQ= 432016227 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Announcing the new M5 SDK! http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/02/android-sdk-m5-rc14-now-available.html For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
