From Google’s Android Developer’s Blog:
I’m thrilled to share the news that developers from over 70 countries submitted 1,788 entries to the Android Developer Challenge!
What I find truly amazing is how global the interest in the challenge has been. Developers from the United States submitted one-third of the total applications while the rest came from countries such as Germany, Japan, China, India, Canada, France, UK, and many others.
The entries are also very diverse representing many application areas, from games to social-networking applications, to utilities, to productivity and developer tools, and many more. On behalf of the Open Handset Alliance, I want to thank everyone who has submitted entries to the challenge. We look forward to reviewing all of them.
Now that the applications are in, over 100 judges will soon receive judging packets and laptops that we’ve preloaded with all the submissions, for a consistent, fair environment to judge the submissions. The majority of the judges are from member companies of the Open Handset Alliance, in addition to non-alliance mobile industry experts who have all graciously volunteered their time.
In May, we’ll be informing the 50 Semi-finalists who will be awarded $25,000 each. Until then, the team and I will have our hands full.
– Posted by Azhar Hashem, Product Marketing Manager for Android
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