Comments on: Google's Idol-like Android challenge

Google's second Android Developer Challenge promises to send nine developers home with $100,000 in a contest that seems to borrow elements from "American Idol." A lucky 10th will pocket $250,000.

[gerrrg]

Well, there's that and the free Android phone they gave away to everyone at ADC, eh? Wow, I'd sure have loved to have been there for that.

[forever4now]

Yep. HTC probably liked that quick sale of 1000s of devices, also. Looks like they are really benefiting from being the first into the pool with Android.

[robbelluk]

I love how every competition 'borrows ideas from American Idol or X Factor or Britain/America's Got Talent' - it's like the media think we didn't have competitions before those programmes started 4 or 5 years ago - whereas the reality is that competitions have been around as long as people have, in every format imaginable.

Anyone else think ACD2 sounds like the bastard child of an Australian rock band and a certain Star Wars robot?!?!

[jspencer09]

roflmao! "australian rock band and a star wars robot!" too funny mate!