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Android Developers Challenge Round 1. There is only 46 here and 4 chooses to remain unknown. The list of the finalist is as follows:-

* AndroidScan - Jeffrey Sharkey
* Beetaun - Sergey Gritsyuk and Dmitri Shipilov
* BioWallet - Jose Luis Huertas Fernandez
* BreadCrumbz - Amos Yoffe
* CallACab - Konrad Huebner and Henning Boeger
* City Slikkers - PoroCity Media and Virtual Logic Systems
* Commandro - Alex Pisarev, Andrey Tapekha
* Cooking Capsules - Mary Ann Cotter and Muthuselvam Ramadoss
* Diggin - Daniel Johansson, Aramis Waernbaum, Andreas Hedin
* Dyno - Virachat Boondharigaputra
* e-ventr - Michael Zitzelsberger
* Eco2go - Taneem Talukdar, Gary Pong, Jeff Kao and Robert Lam
* Em-Radar - Jack Kwok
* fingerprint - Robert Mickle
* FreeFamilyWatch - Navee Technologies LLC
* goCart - Rylan Barnes
* GolfPlay - Inizziativa Networks
* gWalk - Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus ten Hagen, Christian Klinger, Marko Modsching, Rene Scholze
* HandWx - Weathertop Consulting LLC
* IMEasy - Yan Shi
* Jigsaw - Mikhail Ksenzov
* JOYity - Zelfi AG
* LifeAware - Gregory Moore, Aaron L. Obrien, Jawad Akhtar
* Locale - Clare Bayley, Christina Wright, Jasper Lin, Carter Jernigan
* LReady Emergency Manager - Chris Hulls, Dilpreet Singh, Luis Carvalho, Phuong Nguyen
* Marvin - Pontier Laurent
* Mobeedo - Sengaro GmbH
* Multiple Facets Instant Messenger - Virgil Dobjanschi
* MyCloset - Mamoru Tokashiki
* PedNav - RouteMe2 Technologies Inc.
* Phonebook 2.0 - Voxmobili
* PicSay - Eric Wijngaard
* PiggyBack - Christophe Petit and Sebastien Petit
* Pocket Journey - Anthony Stevens and Rosie Pongracz
* Rayfarla - Stephen Oldmeadow
* Safety Net - Michael DeJadon
* SocialMonster - Ben Siu-Lung Hui and Tommy Ng
* SplashPlay
* Sustain- Keeping Your Social Network Alive - Niraj Swami
* SynchroSpot - Shaun Terry
* Talkplay - Sung Suh Park
* Teradesk - José Augusto Athayde Ferrarini
* The Weather Channel for Android - The Weather Channel Interactive Inc.
* TuneWiki - TuneWiki Inc.
* Wikitude-the Mobile Travel Guide - Philipp Breuss
* Writing Pad - ShapeWriter Inc

Source Android Blog

More information about each developers could be found at phandroid.

Take a look at the detail timeline of Android updates. HTC Dream Headset with Android OS sounds pretty good.

There is a lot of submission for the Android Developers Chellenge, 1,788 to be exact and I can't wait for the result to be out on 21st July, 2008.

How can you have a mobile OS without any games right? There is 6 new games for Android and you could take a look at view Androids Games on video.

It seems that Apple is not releasing their SDK for everyone who applies and they are sending rejection letters to a lot of developers who applied. (Cnet)

An article about Iphone vs Android shows that Android will be like any other open source but Iphone will remain exclusive and close like any other Apple Computer.

There is definately benefit to close and open source. Stay tuned for the real battle when Android and Iphone 3.5 release.

Sometimes I just think that Google releases Android too early. The first android headset will only be release somewhere on 4th quarter this year and it is not until at least 2 to 3 years for Android to be a mature platform.

10 million will be awarded to developer who comes out with the best code for Android. So I am sure that a lot of developer is working on this right this moment.

Even if we wait, will Android be a hit? Will every handphone user wish to get an Android powered phone?

Some video posted on Youtube on Google's Android.



Android Emulator

Michael Dell will be investing in the mobile world by manufacturing Smartpone to be used with Android. I think that it is a wise choice because Dell is always well known for selling cheaper computers with services.

Since there is no need for Dell to worry about the firmware, Dell will just need to ensure that all the hardware will be compatible with Android framwork.

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Here is some first look at Google's Android Powered Mobile Phone. The version 1.0 is said to be only done in second half of 2008. All we can do now is only wait.

A closer look and Android Front Page. Looks a little like Apple's scroll bar at the bottom.
Gaming on Android Gphone.

If you are interested to learn more about Android Platform or download the SDK.

[Picture Source ApcMag]