So there are tons of pics showing up all over the place of Android phone prototypes. There are even some pics of the new UI google has been working on. Just thought I would share. Enjoy! :)
http://www.engadget.com/photos/google-attacks-android-at-mobile-world-congress-1/
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/02/hands-on-with-g.html
http://www.phonemag.com/e28-show-working-android-cellphone-video-from-mwc-02950.php
So if you haven’t heard, the deadline to turn in your Android app has changed to April 14th instead of March 3rd. This is great news! Im not quite sure why Google decided to bump it back but it gives more people time to submit worthwhile apps. Perhaps they are planning on releasing some new additions to the API that they want exposed to developers before the due date… who knows.
As I mentioned in an earlier post I am actively working with the Android SDK along with some friends to create a submission to hopefully win some cash. I originally started working on one idea with some friends but most of us just got too busy and things just werent progressing fast enough. We also wasted a lot of time talking about different ideas and what to go for. This same thing has happened in the past many times though. We usually come up with an awesome idea, but then no one really takes charge and the idea and any progress dies. You’d think that you could get away without having some kind of CEO figure when you’re all good friends working towards the same goal. But, even between friends it seems you still need to apply the same principles that exist in the workplace. People get distracted, people have different opinions and ideas and without someone with a schedule and a vision nothing really gets done. Thats why its so easy to just work on stuff by yourself. Meetings are easy to arrange and your opinion is always right ;) . Even with this early fallout I was still determined to develop something new for the Android competition.
What am I working on now? Well, an Android app of course. I actually just started working on something by myself once things got too quiet with the other idea. I played with the SDK and learned a little bit of everything that I would need to get something basic working. First I went and learned how to make a REST service using .Net and WCF. I went with REST because I learned online that parsing SOAP wasnt not an ideal thing to do on a mobile phone to be doing. If youve ever used any sort of public webservice from Yahoo or Google youll notice that almost everything is in REST too. So, I wrote a whole datalayer wrapped in a service and created a small proof of concept for an idea I’ve had for some time now. I had my idea written down on a couple of Google Docs to get all my thoughts and questions down somewhere so I wouldnt forget anything. I ended up sharing this with some friends and ended up with their support.
So now we’re going for it. We’re going to try and create the next big thing. One friend mentioned to me that the new mobile frontier is our chance at making it big. We were too young to be able to do anything when the internet first came out, but the mobile net is just waiting to boom. Hopefully we’ll get our project done on time and if we’re lucky we could make off with a great prize and HUGE opportunity to be part of something big.
I’ll share details about the actual idea soon :)
