2 and 3. Smartphones with data plans and Bad Economic Times. But I don't see how it could be true. ADCII was a bigtime promise from non other than Google. Many people may have already begun to build their winning apps. I have!
- Juan T. On Jan 23, 2:53 am, Incognito <[email protected]> wrote: > Would not be that surprised if it got canceled. If it gets canceled I would > guess one of the following: > > 1. ADC 1 was such a big success that google decided that it no longer makes > any sense to have a second ADC. > > 2. Smartphones with data plans are starting to become universal, this is the > main goal of google therefore it is no longer that important to keep pushing > Android. > > 3. Economic times are really bad and given that Android has picked up plenty > of momentum it would be better to use those 5 million dollars for something > else. > > 4. The first contest was such a pain in the ass that it's not worth it. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 23, 2009, at 1:38 AM, Muthu Ramadoss <[email protected]> wrote: > > ADC2 is rumored to be canceled. > > Google, say it aint so! > > take care, > Muthu Ramadoss. > > http://linkedin.com/in/tellibitz+91-9840348914http://androidrocks.in- Android > Consulting. > > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 7:06 AM, Incognito <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've also been expecting for this announcement and been wondering what's > keeping them. Hopefully they are only late. Would hate to see the ADC II > canceled. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 22, 2009, at 8:23 PM, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > > jtaylor wrote: > > ADC II > > On the Developer Roadmap it says there will be an announcement > regarding ADC II. But I don't remember hearing anything. Neither did > anyone ask why there wasn't any mention of it. > > Q4 2008 - Key Announcement on Android Developer Challenge > IIhttp://code.google.com/android/roadmap.html > > That's interesting. > > I had been thinking for a while that they were supposed to announce ADC > II in 2008 Q4. Then, I ran across another reference to their > announcement plans (I forget where) that caused me to think I > mis-interpreted the timing. > > Your link, though, is pretty cut-and-dried. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com > > Android Training on the Ranch! -- Mar 16-20, > 2009http://www.bignerdranch.com/schedule.shtml --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
