Folks,

Christmas is a good timing for a party for Android developers. Assume more new Android models as well as Android hiring will be announced before Christmas.

We have following sponsors for this event:

1 Samsung will give away two more free android phones.
2 Google, Getjars, Device Anywhere, Tech CU, Greystripe had pledged to sponsor this event with food, gift, rewards, drinks and so on.

Agenda:
5:45PM: Food and networking
6:30PM: Introduction
6:40PM: Speaker & Presentations

Martin Tannerfors; Samsung, head of Developer Relations for Samsung's Mobile Innovator program

David Horner; DeviceAnywhere; Business Development Manager
Dave Horner graduated from San Jose State University with a degree in Business Administration and an emphasis on Digital Marketing. Over the past few years at DeviceAnywhere he’s climbed the ranks starting as an inside account manager and has worked into an outside sales director role working with larger accounts such as Salesforce.com, Cisco, Oracle and Verisign. Through his experience working with multiple verticals within the industry, he’s gained an abundance of knowledge around the mobile development process, handset testing and go to market strategies. He strives to share his knowledge and consult with the companies he has the pleasure to work with.

Greystrips: Daniel Cheng

7:30pm: break

7:45: Lighting Demos
8:10: Silicon Valley Developer's Favorite Android App Award (By GetJar)
8:20: Fun games
8:30: Announcement
8:35PM: lucky draw & Free gift

Lighting Demos
Name: Christian Grant, Solution architect, AmberChild
Bio: M.Sc., Boeing, Netscape, IBM, Hitachi, Executive Talks.
AmberChild used with AmberParent is a child tracking application. It enables parents to see the child’s location on a map on their Android phone within seconds of a location change, or when the child's location is requested. Hopefully the application can help avoid the disappearance of a child or speed up a safe recovery.

Andy Liu, Software Engineer, Huarong Trail (Lite)
Abstract: Huarong Trail is a traditional Chinese sliding block puzzle game. There are small square blocks, verticle/horizontal rectangle blocks, and one big square block. The goal is to move the big square block from one position to the exiting position. The game is based on the "Romance of Three Kingdoms" chapter 50. After suffering his defeat at the Battle of Red Cliffs, Cao Cao, the warlord of Wei, made his escape with his surviving men towards the cit of Jiangling. Finally, Cao Cao escaped throught Huarong Trail.

Darshana, Access Bollywood: Access Bollywood keeps you up-to-date with the latest Bollywood News, Gossips and Movies. The intuitive interface of the app enables you to easily browse through the pictures and tap on celebrity to read the story. Be the first one to share the gossip story with your friends, just with a touch. By AppKettle, specializes in building Mobile Apps. Currently we build apps on Android and iPhone and especially cater to the Indian community around the world.

Kai Mai. Fake-call Me Pro
It is an Android application that allows you to fake receiving a call from anyone with customized ringtone/vibration/picture. It gives an excuse to get out of whatever situations. Check it out at http://blog.mobileapp...

Vote for your favorite Android App.
Qualification & rules
1 All the Android app candidates must be developed locally in the Silicon Valley.
2 The candidates must be an Android app submitted to Android market in 2009.
3 All the presenters in the past 2009 Android meetups will be automatically selected as candidates. (you can email me to add links to your app, or add one sentence description)
4 Submission deadline is 10PM Saturday.
5 We will reward the top 5. The first winner will get $100 worth of gift.
6 Each developer can only have one app to be candidate.

All candidate should submit url using market:// protocol?

Introduction:
http://androiddevstud...

Voting will done using poll of meetup.com. Each member can only vote once. Can vote multiple. Official vote starts on Sunday, and ends at Wednesday 5PM. All the attendees for the Christmas party will get extra vote at the dec 16 in the event.

Please vote for your favorite App here:
Candidate Group I
http://www.meetup.com...
Candidate Group II
http://www.meetup.com...

Reward (gift card sponsor by Getjar):
Winner: $100
Runner: $50
Third place: $30
Forth & Fifths Place: $20 each.

Sponsors:

• Google

• Samsung

• Access Growth
  Access Growth LLC is a global growth consulting and innovation management firm that was founded in 1989 to help companies successfully grow through a proprietary 360° commercialization process. The Access Growth team currently supports 27 countries and provides world-class growth strategies, innovation planning, and commercialization services to early-stage, emerging growth and Fortune 500 companies to quickly penetrate markets and drive top-line growth. To learn more, please visit www.AccessGrowth.com.

  
  Our services include the following:
  Start-up Access
  SMB Growth
  Venture Center
  Urgent Business Care
  VentureMatch
  Corporate Innovation
  Soft Landing Network
  Commercialization: which includes a series of services for emerging growth and fortune 1000 type companies.
  Contact Information: Chris Zelenka, Director, VentureMatch
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• GetJar is the world’s largest cross platform app store with over a half billion downloads to date. The company provides more than 50,000 mobile applications across all major handsets and platforms to consumers in more than 200 countries. In addition to distributing content directly to consumers, GetJar also works with a select number of distribution partners including but not limited to Sony Ericsson, Sprint, Opera, Vodafone, 3UK and Virgin Mobile. In June of 2009, GetJar was named winner of the 2009 Meffy Award for Best Direct to Consumer Service. GetJar is backed by blue chip investors Accel Partners and is based in the UK, Silicon Valley and Lithuania.

• DeviceAnywhere is an award-winning company that provides a simple route to mobile application testing, test automation, QoS monitoring, application certification and post-development sales and support. – enabling organizations worldwide to bring better mobile content to the market faster and more efficiently than ever before. DeviceAnywhere caters to the entire mobile value chain, from mobile application, content, and web developers, to handset manufacturers and mobile operators. It also caters to organizations seeking to develop enterprise mobility applications, and retailers and carriers tasked with customer support and sales. DeviceAnywhere currently supports more than 2000 devices (including the latest Android devices) on over 30 different carrier networks worldwide, with locations in the U.S., U.K., Canada, France, Germany, and Spain. To learn more about DeviceAnywhere please visit www.deviceanywhere.com.

• Technology Credit Union is among the top 1 percent of the nation’s largest credit unions, with more than $1.3 billion in assets and growing. Tech CU has ten full-service branches in the Silicon Valley, and more than 60,000 surcharge-free ATMs nationwide.

  Whatever the size of your business you need a financial partner that sees your potential. From business checking and savings accounts to lines of credit to payroll processing—at Tech CU, we specialize in meeting your business needs and providing you the personalized attention you need to grow.

  To find our more about Tech CU, please call us at [masked], or send us an email at [masked].

  
  

• Greystripe is the leading rich media mobile advertising network for mobile applications. Greystripe's product suite enables brand advertisers to communicate their brand message in a superior ad format, developers to gain sustainable advertising revenue by serving rich media ads through their applications, and consumers get access to high quality applications for free. Greystripe is a venture funded company backed by Steamboat Ventures (Disney) and Peacock Equity (NBC). Greystripe was named the E-Tech CTIA award winner for the Mobile Marketing/Mobile Advertising category in 2009 and AlwaysOn OnMedia 100 winner in 2009.

  Contact: Daniel Cheng, Director of Business Development, [masked], Ph. [masked].

  Happy Holidays Android Developers,

  We are excited to have the opportunity to work with you to monetize your free mobile applications. We have recently announced the launch of our Android platform. Feel free to check out the SDK which is available now on our website at www.greystripe.com. Let us know if you have any questions and feedback. We look forward to working more closely with the Android group in 2010. Hope you have a great Holiday season and New Year!

  -Greystripe