Seriously, I can't sleep. I'm sitting here in Eclipse messing with these layouts and getting stoked for the BYU Mobile App Competition. A partner and I are developing a super awesome Android app that is going to be a blast. Too bad I can't say what it is yet. But, in about three weeks we should be ready to push it out. We're under way right now and will be working on it as much as possible to get it ready for the competition. Man, I feel like saying more but I guess I won't for now. People could be out there snatching up our idea as we speak. That sucks. But believe me once it's out there I'll be all about spreading the news. The cool thing is that this app has never been done before on Android, it's a fresh market! There's one on the iOS app store, but it's lame. Maybe we'll try xcode and iphone development if this goes well.

Here's how the BYU mobile app competition works:

Teams of 1 to 4, with at least one member a current BYU student
Build your app for Android, iOS, WP7, or Blackberry
Release it to the Market/App Store November 2-16
Cash prizes as follows:
Grand Prize: $6,000
Analytics 1st Place: $3,000
Judged 1st Place: $3,000
Analytics 2nd Place: $1,500
Judged 2nd Place: $1,500
Audience Choice: All team members will be awarded with an iPad 2 (or 3). This award will be based on audience input at the final event

Basically there's a grand prize, a first and second for most popular based off the analytics, and a first and second based off the judge's opinions. Then there's iPad prizes for audience choice. So there's a good chance of winning something if you have a good idea, successful implementation of that idea, and a killer marketing strategy. Assuming we get the product we want we're going to spread the word like wildfire. I'm talking BYU, UVU, Utah State booths, and spreading the word all across the map... up in Washington, back in Georgia, Michigan, out in Hawaii. I'm pumped about the whole project.

In other exciting news, Mango's came out yesterday, the $250 Amazon tablet is being announced today, and iPhone 5 is set to come out in less than a week. This is huge! I want an Amazon Kindle Fire tablet (or whatever it's going to be called) already.