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Vodafone is looking for ideas to develop as Android applications, with 10 HTC Magic handsets for the top ideas, plus a prize of £1000 and a promise to develop the very best one.

The Magic is an Android-based handset, and Vodafone is hoping to sell the handset on the basis of the applications available for it – something Apple has managed with the iPhone but which remains difficult for everyone else. So Vodafone is offering a prize of £1000 to encourage anyone over 16 to submit an idea, as long as they are also prepared to indemnify Vodafone against any patent infringement that might emerge.

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