Google's Android Challenge
Internet giant Google unveiled its Android Developer Challenge on Monday -- a contest that will give $10 million to developers who build mobile applications for Android™, the first complete, open, and free mobile platform.
The competition is designed to support the developer community and spark innovation on the Android platform by awarding cash prizes for as much as $275,000, Google said in a press release.
"We've built some interesting applications for Android but the best applications are not here yet and that's because they're going to be written by developers," Google co-founder Sergey Brin said.
Andy Rubin, Google's director of mobile platforms, said the race will "stretch [developers'] imaginations and skills to leverage the full capabilities of this new platform and to create something amazing."
Android was announced earlier this month by the Open Handset Alliance, a group of more technology and mobile industry leaders committed to fostering innovation on mobile phones.
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