Google finally releaed the results of the first Android Challenge, which started in April:

These are the Best 10 Applications, winning $275.000:
- cab4me
- Konrad Huebner, Henning Boeger
- Ever been looking for a cab? cab4me is the answer. Anywhere. Anytime.
- CompareEverywhere
- Jeffrey Sharkey
- Shop smarter using your phone. Compare prices, read reviews, and connect with local stores.
- Ecorio
- Jeff Kao, Gary Pong, Robert Lam, Taneem Talukdar
- Ecorio automatically tracks your mobile carbon footprint, suggests transit and carpooling alternatives and lets you stay carbon neutral by offsetting your trips easily.
- GoCart
- Rylan Barnes
- Scan a product's barcode with your phone's camera and view all the best prices online and at nearby, local stores.
- Life360
- Chris Hulls, Dilpreet Singh, Luis Carvalho, Phuong Nguyen, Steve Potell
- From major natural disasters to little things like your child wandering away at the mall, there is a lot you might worry about. Life360 can help.
- Locale
- Carter Jernigan, Clare Bayley, Jasper Lin, Christina Wright
- Locale is an advanced settings manager that automatically changes your phone's settings based on conditions, such as location.
- PicSay
- Eric Wijngaard
- Easy to use image editor that enables you to quickly personalize your pictures and share them with friends or photo sites.
- Softrace
- Staffan Kjellberg, Thomas Kjellberg
- Turn your workout into a thrilling race and challenge the world in real time.
- TuneWiki
- TuneWiki Inc.
- TuneWiki Social Media Player, is an advanced player, featuring synchronized lyrics for audio or video, translation, music maps and a social network.
- Wertago
- Kelvin Cheung,Teresa Ko, Peter Ree, Robert Sarvis, Douglas Young
- The mobile application nightlifers have been waiting for. Find the hottest parties in town and connect with friends and others all night long.
:idea: See all finalists here: http://code.google.com/android/adc_gallery/
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