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- VeganBob, on 11/14/2007, -2/+62Dugg for linking to the actual source of the story, rather than blog spam.
- DeathJux, on 11/14/2007, -3/+47This is why I love Google... they crowd-source, only the actually pay for it.
- TheBeaver, on 11/14/2007, -0/+41I hope this will finally put an end to Verizon's terrible "Get it Now" system.
- AmazingAndrex, on 11/14/2007, -1/+31I may get past my hate of Java for this.
- mrrob, on 11/14/2007, -3/+30contracting at it's best.
- carpespasm, on 11/14/2007, -3/+27meanwhile apple does anything they can to prevent anyone using an iPhone in any way but "Our way".
- Claw787, on 11/14/2007, -1/+25Google's strategy is awesome.
Just for $10M, they hired all the developers in the world to code for them. - d03boy, on 11/13/2007, -3/+25Maybe this will make people realize that Java isn't as bad as everyone thinks it is.
- steveiskfc, on 11/14/2007, -0/+18I just wrote Android's killer app. Ya'll might as well just quit now :P
- Neorift, on 11/13/2007, -0/+17As a developer, I'm pretty excited and I have already started to play around with the bundle they give you when you download the SDK. For you developers out there: check it out; it's definitely worth playing with. For you phone enthusiasts - if you just want to see how the interface works for the phone in the testing stages, you should also download the SDK (that's right) - even if you don't know what SDK stands for - download it, open the emulator.exe, and play around with a virtual phone.
- MedicSean37, on 11/13/2007, -7/+20Yes it is, stop denying it. ;)
- BD86, on 11/13/2007, -1/+14Makes me almost make want to learn to program. I can't imagine how many apps there are going to recieve for this. Its a good way to have a full library of application ready for the official release.
- DeathJux, on 11/13/2007, -0/+13Learning pseudo code?? There's classes that teach it?
Is it high school? - bmoneyallstars, on 11/13/2007, -0/+12I'm not going to pretend to know how to program. I'm just really excited as a consumer. From the looks of it, Android will be a force to be reckoned with
- asskey, on 11/13/2007, -1/+12And if you started out with flowcharts and psuedocode, perhaps you would be a decent programmer too!
- scaaven2, on 11/13/2007, -4/+13Java and .NET are both amazing platforms to develop in. Personally I think Java isn't given nearly as much credit as it should. very powerful stuff
- askjoe, on 11/13/2007, -1/+10If I were in the cell phone business and facing this beast, I'd be worried.
A of it's JAVA......excellent! - nachowski, on 11/13/2007, -0/+9"Developers retain all intellectual property and other rights to their applications while granting Google a license to evaluate and test the application for purposes of the Challenge as well as a license to display the application to promote the Android platform."
http://code.google.com/android/adc_faq.html - Dignin, on 11/13/2007, -1/+9Wow...I get what you are saying but damn, way to kill the fun of being given an opportunity to be creative and to have the possibility of others benefit from your creation. Sure the money may not be great, and maybe most will be ejected, but the problem, the sheer magnanimousness of such a project is seen - at least through these eyes - as wonderfully engaging. So to those "students and developers short of luck", or anyone else intrigued enough by problems to throw their talents into the fray...I say kICK aSS!
- JQP123, on 11/14/2007, -0/+8It's official --- in case anyone missed it --- the future of software development has just shifted to mobile devices.
- EdgarVerona, on 11/13/2007, -0/+7The API looks amazing. It's structurally beautiful, I'm impressed. The interprocess and inter-device messaging systems appear to be fluid and interchangeable, and are downright simple to use. I've never really tooted Google's horn before (not that they haven't done great things before, just nothing that got me truly excited), but I've got to hand it to them. This is a fantastic piece of work that has me excited about what they're doing.
- adinb, on 11/13/2007, -0/+7I'm glad to see that they're finally realizing that an intro to programming doesn't need to teach a particular language, it needs to teach concepts. You then use whatever language is most appropriate for the task at hand. That way you get people that are familiar with a lot of languages and can learn specifics that they need for the project at hand instead of knowing only one language. (ie if all you have is a hammer, then every problem appears to be a nail)
- KibibyteBrain, on 11/13/2007, -0/+7Java is really really easy to code in compared to most other languages. Namely because it has such a massive standard library set, and you don't have to know anything about memory/hardware/your OS, just code away. So unless all you know are scripting languages, Java should be really easy to pick up, and will probably require you to mostly stop worrying about things you'd always worry about before. Although it is pretty painful not being able to optimize some things as you'd like to...
- Dignin, on 11/13/2007, -0/+7e.g. (for example) not i.e. (that is)....
- limejuice, on 11/13/2007, -0/+7They said the $10 million is split into two contests, the first one now, and the second sometime later in 2008 after the phones are released. So, the first contest only has a $5 million purse.
- digger99999999, on 11/13/2007, -0/+7Windows :: Mac :: Linux
http://code.google.com/android/download.html - Firehed, on 11/13/2007, -0/+7That was the thing where they charge you about eight bucks to go to a website on your free-with-toilet-paper phone, right?
/so happy to be off Verizon - syroncoda, on 11/14/2007, -1/+8now THAT is how you do business. all you stupid corporations need to watch and learn.
- sumasshu, on 11/13/2007, -0/+6They assume if you want to program for the Google OS that you already know how to use Google.
- Dignin, on 11/13/2007, -0/+6Great! Should be incredible to watch and see just how creative people can be with their applications. I just hope while attempting to better the users experience the apps don't end up bogging the OS down. Cheers to all who try!
- KibibyteBrain, on 11/13/2007, -1/+7Most pseudo code is just C or Java with some of the more obscure syntax done lazily. Basically, people call it pseudo code so they aren't judged on their coding errors when outside their IDE. ;)
And wow, flowcharts are old school. Most CS types now use UML. Only the more electrical engineers or computer engineers still use less dependancy/relation driven but more execution centered flowcharts because embedded code and drivers are still better modeled like that. - iofthestorm, on 11/13/2007, -0/+6Umm, often mobile platforms such as phones have hardware implementations of Java, so that's not always true. And Java isn't as slow as you think anyway, and it's perfectly fine for small applications on today's hardware.
- xman2, on 11/13/2007, -1/+7Google will earn in billions with all these apps....
- d03boy, on 11/15/2007, -0/+6All you have to do is keep reading. It explains clearly where all the money goes.
- pw378, on 11/13/2007, -0/+6Even if you don't win, you still learned to program in Java, have gained experience writing apps for cell phones, learned about the gPhone/Android environment, learned to develop in a linux environment, and have some good skills to put on your resume... Sounds like even those without the prize money will be winners.
Those who don't know Java, or programming, and think its not worth the effort... well, that probably sums up their entire existence... and explains why they are still living in Mom's basement waiting for the world to give them a break. Not that they would recognize it when it comes... - zombies187, on 11/13/2007, -0/+5Java is what it takes? What else?
- nickthedude, on 11/13/2007, -0/+5android aka windows mobile killer
- bullsfan03, on 11/13/2007, -1/+6If only i wasn't just now learning pseudo code in school... and knew how to program phones.... i would totally jump on this... damn.
- sapo916, on 11/13/2007, -0/+4This could be a nice excuse to get my lazy ass to learn some additional programming and even while I don't expect to win awards the feeling of hope will always be there. Hehe.
- chrisbarr, on 11/13/2007, -2/+6I can program, but not in Java; but one can dream.
- bullsfan03, on 11/13/2007, -1/+5cis 150 (intro to programming... started with flowcharts, now pseudo) =|
- posure, on 11/13/2007, -1/+5Damn Java, making me not program in C#.
- ha1f, on 11/13/2007, -0/+4Get a Java book.
- zootm, on 11/13/2007, -0/+3No, Java's really not bad at performance at all. The common JVMs are tuned for throughput, which makes them seem slow in desktop apps, but that's about it. It's a phenomenally fast system for a lot of applications.
- EvilDude, on 11/13/2007, -0/+3That's called a skin for the emulator :)
- JQP123, on 11/13/2007, -1/+4Balmer was right --- developers, developers, developers --- even if you have to bribe them with prize money.
- EdgarVerona, on 11/13/2007, -0/+3It's about time. We needed something like this to shift our perspectives. There'll always be desktop and server applications: indeed, there'll need to be a whole class of server applications to serve advanced features to mobile devices and provide some of the "standard" services we see today on desktops... but indeed, if the industry switches over to Mobile it'll be a step in the right direction.
- Avian00, on 11/13/2007, -0/+3How about an award for a great handset that's not crippled by the carrier in any way?!?
- TheBeaver, on 11/13/2007, -0/+3Yes, it's a system where you basically pay for really ***** apps, when all you really want to do is surf the web ala iPhone. Verizon has a great network, but they try to keep a stranglehold on their customers by controlling everything on their phones. You can't even take a picture and save it to your computer with most phones, you have to just save it to your account on Verizon's website. Who the ***** wants that?
- roberto_deneero, on 11/13/2007, -0/+3It kills me that lots of people "fear" a looming Google information monopoly, yet other companies fail to push the envelope like Google does. Should we really fear a superior, smarter company? Or should be be fearing the dumb, unresponsive companies which run most of our lives?
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