The Droids You’ve been Looking For: Get Rich Building Apps For The Google Phone

Google has posted the official SDK and documentation for its new Android mobile OS, and developers should take note — there’s money in them thar apps. Yes, Google plans to give away over $10 million in no-strings-attached money to Android developers. Those interested in participating in the Google gold rush can peruse the project at […]

paranoidandroid.jpgGoogle has posted the official SDK and documentation for its new Android mobile OS, and developers should take note – there's money in them thar apps.

Yes, Google
plans to give away over $10 million in no-strings-attached money to Android developers. Those interested in participating in the Google gold rush can peruse the project at code.google.com/android. There are some video overviews to be found there, and and tutorials like the one embedded below.

From a consumer standpoint there's nothing to see here. The 'droid you're looking for won't see the light of day for some time, but the release of the SDK means the developers can get busy building cool applications for your future phone.

The fine print can be seen here, but this is the gist of it:

The award money will be distributed equally between two Android Developer Challenges:

  • Android Developer Challenge I: We will accept submissions from January 2 through March 3, 2008
  • Android Developer Challenge II: This part will launch after the first handsets built on the platform become available in the second half of 2008

In the Android Developer Challenge I, the 50 most promising entries received by March 3 will each receive a $25,000 award to fund further development. Those selected will then be eligible for even greater recognition via ten $275,000 awards and ten $100,000 awards.

So study up on the documentation and check out this quick and dirty intro to development on the Android platform:

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