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In the first part of the Android Developer Challenge which closes on 3 March, the search giant will award $25,000 each to the 50 best submitted applications.

A second stage of the competition will be launched after the first Android handsets are released, which should be around the second half of 2008. The ten best applications will receive a cool $275,000, with the ten runners up walking away with $100,000.

According to the competition website, Google "welcomes all types of applications but are looking to reward innovative, useful apps that make use of Android's capabilities to deliver a better mobile experience."

Anyone interested in the competition can download the SDK and find further details on the site.

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