A while back google announced the winners of its competition to program applications for the G1. Several of these winners walked away with $250k and a big smile.

My personal favorite was the carpool syncing application called Piggyback. With this program, users input a picture of themselves and their car. If you want to carpool, you a linked with other drivers following a compatible driving route according to google maps. Using GPS, you know the position of the driver you are waiting on, and they are given precise directions to your phone. Mileage is tracked based on the driving distances shared between the phones, and two paypal accounts are used to ensure equitable saving of carpool funds.

I wonder if they take the weight of each passenger into account? I’m skinny and that would be a real money saver if i could find a very large carpool partner with a sub-compact.

It’s only a matter of time before these phones are appearing everywhere, and I can’t wait to see the reaction on all those smug iPhone users’ faces when the October 22 arrival date appears. Though T-mobile is the vendor, Verizon has stated late in 2007 that any approved devices could be used on their networks.