• Submissions begin in August
• There are 10 categories to which you can submit your application and you can ONLY submit it to ONE category:

1. Education/Reference
2. Games: Casual/Puzzle
3. Games: Arcade/Action
4. Social Networking
5. Lifestyle
6. Productivity/Tools
7. Media
8. Entertainment
9. Travel
10. Misc

• Users will decide the finalists by downloading an Android Application and rating randomly downloaded entries/applications
• 200 total (10 from each category) will make the final rounds
• Winners will also be chosen using consumer ratings with the Android Judging App but this time they will only make up 45% of the vote. The other 55% will be decided by Google selected judges.
• Only new applications that have NEVER been released in any way/shape/form are eligible and applications from ADC1 cannot be re-entered.
• Entries must be in English and work on Android 1.5 cupcake

Prizes:

• Every Category: 1st prize: $100,000
• Every Category: 2nd prize: $50,000
• Every Category: 3rd prize: $25,000
• Overall 1st prize: $150,000 (meaning the overall winner will receive $250,000)
• Overall 2nd prize: $50,000 (meaning the 2nd prize winner will receive up to $150,000)
• Overall 3rd prize: $25,000 (meaning the 3rd prize winner will receive up to $125,000)

Tentative Timeline (stressing tentative ahem ahem):

• May 27 - Google I/O: ADC 2 announced
• June: Full Terms and Conditions made available
• August: submission site opens, developers submit apps
• 2 weeks later: submission site closes
• ADC2 client/scoring app goes up on Market; users begin reviewing apps
• Mid October: first-round judging ends
• Mid November: final judging ends, winners announced

One thing that is NOT addressed as of now - it will probably be made clear when the official rules are released - is whether developer’s can enter multiple applications into the contest. I would assume the answer is “Yes” as you would want to create an incentive for developer’s to develop and limiting them is counter productive. Although, I can see how focusing on quality rather than quantity might be a good thing.

We’ll let you know when the full terms and conditions come out but for now, I’ve covered pretty much everything in Google’s ADC2 announcement.