Google has announced the 20 finalists in its Android Developer Challenge.
The 20 has been split in two, with 10 receiving the top award of $275,000, and 10 receiving $100,000. Android is expected to be launched in the next few weeks. Google has also confirmed it will launch a beta version of the Android Market distribution channel shortly.The 20 finalists are:
cab4me
A taxi calling and comparison app.
Compare everywhere
Shopping comparison app.
GoCart
Barcode scanning and comparison shopping.
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Ecorio
Tracks your mobile carbon footprint, suggests energy saving ideas.
Life360
Some kind of life coaching/organisation app.
Locale
Changes the phone's settings based on external conditions, such as location.
PicSay
Image editor and sharing app.
Softrace
‘Turn your workout into a thrilling race and challenge the world in real time.’ Work that out.
TuneWiki
A player featuring synchronised lyrics for audio or video, translation, music maps and a social network.
Wertago
A ‘nightlife’ app for friends to link up before going out to party.
$100,000 winners
BreadCrumbz
picture-based navigation and user-created navigation content.
Cooking Capsules
A ‘fresh, elegant and portable new way to cook in the palm of your hand’.
Maverick
A Google Talk IM and a Google Blogger publishing tool which runs on the Android Platform.
Pebblebox
Location-based information exchange and sharing application.
Piggyback
A carpooling application.
PhoneBook 2.0
A secure, contextual and social address book.
Pocket Journey
A mobile tour guide created by a community of storytellers worldwide.
Rayfarla
Music based games using a range of virtual musical instruments.
ShareYourBoard
For capturing, processing and sharing whiteboard data.
Teradesk e-Storage
Virtual storage and remote file access
