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Now that round 1 of the Android Developer Challenge has come to a close everyone in the community is obviously anxious to see the winning 50 entries. The ADC organizers have promised to publish an opt-in list of winners very soon. Unfortunately that’s not out yet, but we can already give you an early look at some of the winning applications.

Please note: This list is based on what we learned on the ADC mailing list and various blogs, so it’s neither complete nor confirmed. We will updating this post as new info becomes available. If you’re one of the lucky 50 and wish to be included/excluded or have any corrections to offer, feel free to contact us or post a comment.

Update 1: Added Marvin, BreadCrumz and Eco2Go.

Update 2: Enhanced “callacab-android”with the help of the developers of the project.

So here they are (in no particular order):

CALL A CAB - ANDROID

With CallACab it is possible to get a cab anywhere you are with just
a single click. No need to know a cab company number, no need to know
your current address. Just a single click and the cab is on its way.”

LOCALE

(picture courtesy of www.crunchgear.com)

Locale is one of 7 Android applications submitted by MIT students. It enables you to set up location- and time-based profiles for your phone, so you can make it shut up when you’re at work, forward calls to your landline when you’re at home. This could save forgetful church-goers a lot of embarassment, I imagine.

POCKET JOURNEY

(picture courtesy of www.pocketjourney.com)

Pocket Journey is an application that lets you access user-generated audio and video guides based on your location. There’s a neat demo video on the developers’ website.

ANDROID SCAN

(picture courtesy of scan.jsharkey.org)

Android Scan lets you scan barcodes and searches a number of stores for the best prices. It can even find reviews for CD’s and books, play sample tracks and search your local library for the titles. More info and a demo video to be found on the author’s website.

SPLASHPLAY

(picture courtesy of www.splashplay.co.uk)

SplashPlay is an interactive guitar-trainer for Android. More information here and here.

COMMANDRO

(picture courtesy of www.commandro.net)

Commandro offers location-based social networking and instant messaging. More information at www.commandro.net.

GOLFPLAY

GolfPlay is an application for Golf players. It provides rotateable maps, scoring, statistics and weather information. Website: http://www.inizziativa.com/GolfPlay/

MARVIN

(picture courtesy of marvin.lpontier.com)

Marvin is a geo browser that lets you place user-desined objects on a map. More info at http://marvin.lpontier.com/

BREADCRUMBZ

Apltly named BreadCrumbz is an application that provides picture- and map-based navigation and enables you to generate and share geo content with other users. Project website: http://www.bcrumbz.com

ECO2GO

(picture courtesy of www.eco2go.org)

Eco2go calculates your carbon footprint, finds public transit alternatives for your trips and provides sustainable living community functions. Website: http://www.eco2go.org

BIOWALLET

A biometric authentication system for Android. This application features iris recognition and can act as a password safe and provide single sign-on for other Android apps.

MOBEEDO

Mobile search engine.

And here is a list of the “50″ winners, as you might notice, the list contains “46″ Winners, this is due to the privacy of 4 submitters. They want to keep their app secret.In my opinion, these 4 hidden android applications must be a killer if they still hide them.

• AndroidScan - Jeffrey Sharkey
• Beetaun - Sergey Gritsyuk and Dmitri Shipilov
• BioWallet - Jose Luis Huertas Fernandez
• BreadCrumbz - Amos Yoffe
• CallACab - Konrad Huebner and Henning Boeger
• City Slikkers - PoroCity Media and Virtual Logic Systems
• Commandro - Alex Pisarev, Andrey Tapekha
• Cooking Capsules - Mary Ann Cotter and Muthuselvam Ramadoss
• Diggin - Daniel Johansson, Aramis Waernbaum, Andreas Hedin
• Dyno - Virachat Boondharigaputra
• e-ventr - Michael Zitzelsberger
• Eco2go - Taneem Talukdar, Gary Pong, Jeff Kao and Robert Lam
• Em-Radar - Jack Kwok
• fingerprint - Robert Mickle
• FreeFamilyWatch - Navee Technologies LLC
• goCart - Rylan Barnes
• GolfPlay - Inizziativa Networks
• gWalk - Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus ten Hagen, Christian Klinger, Marko Modsching, Rene Scholze
• HandWx - Weathertop Consulting LLC
• IMEasy - Yan Shi
• Jigsaw - Mikhail Ksenzov
• JOYity - Zelfi AG
• LifeAware - Gregory Moore, Aaron L. Obrien, Jawad Akhtar
• Locale - Clare Bayley, Christina Wright, Jasper Lin, Carter Jernigan
• LReady Emergency Manager - Chris Hulls, Dilpreet Singh, Luis Carvalho, Phuong Nguyen
• Marvin - Pontier Laurent
• Mobeedo - Sengaro GmbH
• Multiple Facets Instant Messenger - Virgil Dobjanschi
• MyCloset - Mamoru Tokashiki
• PedNav - RouteMe2 Technologies Inc.
• Phonebook 2.0 - Voxmobili
• PicSay - Eric Wijngaard
• PiggyBack - Christophe Petit and Sebastien Petit
• Pocket Journey - Anthony Stevens and Rosie Pongracz
• Rayfarla - Stephen Oldmeadow
• Safety Net - Michael DeJadon
• SocialMonster - Ben Siu-Lung Hui and Tommy Ng
• SplashPlay
• Sustain- Keeping Your Social Network Alive - Niraj Swami
• SynchroSpot - Shaun Terry
• Talkplay - Sung Suh Park
• Teradesk - José Augusto Athayde Ferrarini
• The Weather Channel for Android - The Weather Channel Interactive Inc.
• TuneWiki - TuneWiki Inc.
• Wikitude-the Mobile Travel Guide - Philipp Breuss
• Writing Pad - ShapeWriter Inc