[android-developers] Re: Google Nexus S - Please provide as DEV phone, asap :-)

2011-01-11 Thread Leon Moreyn-Android Development
So clarify this once and for all. Unless I buy the phone as a developer phone, ie out of contract, the provider doesnt not have to give me access to be able to install out of market apps, ie my own developed apps unless they are on the market? On Jan 10, 10:05 pm, Dianne Hackborn

Re: [android-developers] Re: Google Nexus S - Please provide as DEV phone, asap :-)

2011-01-11 Thread Dianne Hackborn
Your phrasing is confusing. The CDD *requires* that for a device to ship with Market it *must* have full ADB support. This is what you use to develop applications on a device: install them, debug them, and everything else involved with development. Being able to install non-Market apps as a

[android-developers] Re: Google Nexus S - Please provide as DEV phone, asap :-)

2011-01-11 Thread Leon Moreyn-Android Development
Dianne Thank you for your time in clearing up this matter. I now have clear understanding. Again thank you. On Jan 11, 1:11 pm, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.com wrote: Your phrasing is confusing. The CDD *requires* that for a device to ship with Market it *must* have full ADB support.  

[android-developers] Re: Google Nexus S - Please provide as DEV phone, asap :-)

2011-01-10 Thread Leon Moreyn-Android Development
Sony Ericsson X10a as sold by ATT does not meet this standard I believe. On Jan 8, 3:25 pm, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.com wrote: On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 8:34 AM, JP joachim.pfeif...@gmail.com wrote: On Jan 8, 7:57 am, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: Dev phones are for people

Re: [android-developers] Re: Google Nexus S - Please provide as DEV phone, asap :-)

2011-01-10 Thread Dianne Hackborn
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 6:27 AM, Leon Moreyn-Android Development lmor...@earthcam.com wrote: Sony Ericsson X10a as sold by ATT does not meet this standard I believe. The ATT devices don't have side-loading through the UI enabled. They still allow development (including installing) through

[android-developers] Re: Google Nexus S - Please provide as DEV phone, asap :-)

2011-01-10 Thread Leon Moreyn-Android Development
Can you provide more details about CDD or confirm that the X10A as sold by ATT meets the CDD standard and is fully available for developer use with all features running. On Jan 10, 2:18 pm, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 6:27 AM, Leon Moreyn-Android

Re: [android-developers] Re: Google Nexus S - Please provide as DEV phone, asap :-)

2011-01-10 Thread Kumar Bibek
CDD Details here http://source.android.com/compatibility/overview.html I believe it should be. Kumar Bibek http://techdroid.kbeanie.com http://www.kbeanie.com On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:06 AM, Leon Moreyn-Android Development lmor...@earthcam.com wrote: Can you provide more details about CDD

[android-developers] Re: Google Nexus S - Please provide as DEV phone, asap :-)

2011-01-10 Thread Leon Moreyn-Android Development
Ok. So here is what I am trying to understand. I have an X10A from ATT. I can not develop on the phone because it doesn't allow me to install third party none market applications. If I try to root the phone it will remove the 3G and WIFI from functionality from the phone. At this point I am

Re: [android-developers] Re: Google Nexus S - Please provide as DEV phone, asap :-)

2011-01-10 Thread Mark Murphy
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Leon Moreyn-Android Development lmor...@earthcam.com wrote: Ok. So here is what I am trying to understand. I have an X10A from ATT. I can not develop on the phone because it doesn't allow me to install third party none market applications. You can still use adb

Re: [android-developers] Re: Google Nexus S - Please provide as DEV phone, asap :-)

2011-01-10 Thread Dianne Hackborn
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.comwrote: On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Leon Moreyn-Android Development lmor...@earthcam.com wrote: Ok. So here is what I am trying to understand. I have an X10A from ATT. I can not develop on the phone because it doesn't

[android-developers] Re: Google Nexus S - Please provide as DEV phone, asap :-)

2011-01-09 Thread RobBln
On 8 Jan., 21:25, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.com wrote: That said, yes the dev devices are partly there to be a benchmark for how that platform is expected to behave. [...] I sometimes like to refer to them as Android reference devices. :) Don't you think reference devices should be

[android-developers] Re: Google Nexus S - Please provide as DEV phone, asap :-)

2011-01-09 Thread gjs
Hi I now have a Nexus S as well as a Nexus One. Nexus One has better back camera with zoom and more pixels. Nexus One has better framerate on my 2d game 58fps vs 52fps Nexus S. Nexus S has 2.3 vs 2.2 (not for long). Nexus S has front camera + gyro + nfc (nfc is not much use here without tags).

[android-developers] Re: Google Nexus S - Please provide as DEV phone, asap :-)

2011-01-08 Thread RobBln
On 19 Dez. 2010, 01:08, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.com wrote: Except for NFC, I don't think there is much any other high-end Android device would be holding you back from doing. This applies also to the availability of Nexus One and ADP2: Why are they available as dev phone when every

Re: [android-developers] Re: Google Nexus S - Please provide as DEV phone, asap :-)

2011-01-08 Thread Mark Murphy
On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 10:34 AM, RobBln robert.jaemmr...@googlemail.com wrote: This applies also to the availability of Nexus One and ADP2: Why are they available as dev phone when every recent phone has the same or better features? Dev phones are for people devising alternative firmware. They

[android-developers] Re: Google Nexus S - Please provide as DEV phone, asap :-)

2011-01-08 Thread JP
On Jan 8, 7:57 am, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: Dev phones are for people devising alternative firmware. They are not necessary for ordinary Android SDK development. ... but sure are a good idea to have. We've seen a selection of dogs where USB drivers weren't available or

Re: [android-developers] Re: Google Nexus S - Please provide as DEV phone, asap :-)

2011-01-08 Thread Dianne Hackborn
On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 8:34 AM, JP joachim.pfeif...@gmail.com wrote: On Jan 8, 7:57 am, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: Dev phones are for people devising alternative firmware. They are not necessary for ordinary Android SDK development. ... but sure are a good idea to have.

[android-developers] Re: Google Nexus S - Please provide as DEV phone, asap :-)

2010-12-23 Thread gjs
Hi, Android NFC would be much more useful if it supported NFC device to device comms. Unfortunately the 2.3 sdk only supports reading tags, hopefully it will be updated in future to provide full NFC support for device to device comms... Regards On Dec 22, 5:42 pm, r...@thelogicbox

[android-developers] Re: Google Nexus S - Please provide as DEV phone, asap :-)

2010-12-23 Thread metal mikey
On Dec 8, 2:17 pm, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.com wrote: You will be able to walk into Best Buy and buy one as soon as it comes out. Google's Online Phone Store was GOOD! Bring it back, give it more time, don't worry about useless journalists hanging shit on it (e.g. saying its a flop)...it

Re: [android-developers] Re: Google Nexus S - Please provide as DEV phone, asap :-)

2010-12-23 Thread TreKing
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 8:15 PM, metal mikey coref...@gmail.com wrote: Google's Online Phone Store was GOOD! Bring it back, give it more time, don't worry about useless journalists hanging shit on it (e.g. saying its a flop)...it was REALLY, REALLY GOOD! The useless journalists were just

[android-developers] Re: Google Nexus S - Please provide as DEV phone, asap :-)

2010-12-23 Thread Nishant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_field_communication this link might help you Regards, Nishant Bhargava -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe

[android-developers] Re: Google Nexus S - Please provide as DEV phone, asap :-)

2010-12-21 Thread Bogdan Hlevca
Yes, we need to protect our US application developers from unfair competition. Sorry, but I fail to understand your logic. How would developers around the world make an unfair competition. I would rather think that it is the other way around since they don't have access to this phone. Don't you

[android-developers] Re: Google Nexus S - Please provide as DEV phone, asap :-)

2010-12-21 Thread Robert
Hmmm... lets see.. I just went to the website of 2 of your big electronics stores, MediaMarkt and Saturn to see if I could buy the really nice Toshiba Android tablet that I saw on my last trip to Osnabrueck ... Oh.. they don't have webstores or a presence in the USA. Want to put them in the

[android-developers] Re: Google Nexus S - Please provide as DEV phone, asap :-)

2010-12-21 Thread vdbaan
I don't see unfair competition in supplying this phone as a Dev Phone. Doesn't the android developer market allow US developers to buy the phone as well (like the nexus One and ADP2)? On Dec 19, 1:08 am, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.com wrote: On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 3:48 PM, r...@thelogicbox

Re: [android-developers] Re: Google Nexus S - Please provide as DEV phone, asap :-)

2010-12-21 Thread TreKing
On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Bogdan Hlevca bogdan.hle...@gmail.comwrote: Yes, we need to protect our US application developers from unfair competition. Sorry, but I fail to understand your logic. I may be mistaken, but I thought she was being sarcastic. Except for NFC, I don't

Re: [android-developers] Re: Google Nexus S - Please provide as DEV phone, asap :-)

2010-12-21 Thread Brill Pappin
I understood it that way as well, but NFC is a *major* addition... at least in the circles I run in. - Brill Pappin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To

Re: [android-developers] Re: Google Nexus S - Please provide as DEV phone, asap :-)

2010-12-21 Thread Dianne Hackborn
On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 8:04 PM, TreKing treking...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Bogdan Hlevca bogdan.hle...@gmail.comwrote: Yes, we need to protect our US application developers from unfair competition. Sorry, but I fail to understand your logic. I may be

[android-developers] Re: Google Nexus S - Please provide as DEV phone, asap :-)

2010-12-21 Thread r...@thelogicbox
Seems we all agree NFC is a significant hardware advancement! So the question remains for all non-US developers - how can we get our hands on hardware without paying over the odds or waiting months for our local carriers to deliver? We don't need access to every new phone that comes to market,

Re: [android-developers] Re: Google Nexus S - Please provide as DEV phone, asap :-)

2010-12-20 Thread MrChaz
Aah, assumptions. Do you know if it'll be released as an ADP 4? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

Re: [android-developers] Re: Google Nexus S - Please provide as DEV phone, asap :-)

2010-12-20 Thread Dianne Hackborn
No idea. On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 1:26 AM, MrChaz mrchazmob...@gmail.com wrote: Aah, assumptions. Do you know if it'll be released as an ADP 4? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to

[android-developers] Re: Google Nexus S - Please provide as DEV phone, asap :-)

2010-12-20 Thread Brill Pappin
Haha. by making sure the unfair competition advantage stays at home :) I love free trade... On Dec 18, 7:08 pm, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.com wrote: On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 3:48 PM, r...@thelogicbox richlarco...@gmail.comwrote: Valid point, or maybe it's intentional for non-US

[android-developers] Re: Google Nexus S - Please provide as DEV phone, asap :-)

2010-12-18 Thread RobBln
On 8 Dez., 04:17, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.com wrote: You will be able to walk into Best Buy and buy one as soon as it comes out. I'm sorry, but this answer is very ignorant for all non-US developers willing to develop cool new NFC and gyro apps. There is no Best Buy in Berlin, Germany

[android-developers] Re: Google Nexus S - Please provide as DEV phone, asap :-)

2010-12-18 Thread r...@thelogicbox
Valid point, or maybe it's intentional for non-US developers to be significantly disadvantaged? Understand there's logistical challenges for global distribution, but surely it's in everyone's interest to find ways for developers around the globe to gain access to such significant hardware updates

Re: [android-developers] Re: Google Nexus S - Please provide as DEV phone, asap :-)

2010-12-18 Thread Dianne Hackborn
On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 2:14 AM, RobBln robert.jaemmr...@googlemail.comwrote: On 8 Dez., 04:17, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.com wrote: You will be able to walk into Best Buy and buy one as soon as it comes out. I'm sorry, but this answer is very ignorant for all non-US developers

Re: [android-developers] Re: Google Nexus S - Please provide as DEV phone, asap :-)

2010-12-18 Thread Dianne Hackborn
On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 3:48 PM, r...@thelogicbox richlarco...@gmail.comwrote: Valid point, or maybe it's intentional for non-US developers to be significantly disadvantaged? Yes, we need to protect our US application developers from unfair competition. Understand there's logistical

[android-developers] Re: Google Nexus S - Please provide as DEV phone, asap :-)

2010-12-07 Thread Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru)
How about sending me a free one, oh, make it an ATT network version please. I dislike T-M. (in the mean time, I'll continue to enjoy the heck out of my Nexus One) -John Coryat -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this

[android-developers] Re: Google Nexus S - Please provide as DEV phone, asap :-)

2010-12-07 Thread Brill Pappin
Sure you will, in the US... Us Canadian are always the last to gen anything google releases... it even goes to Europe first! - Brill On Dec 7, 10:17 pm, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.com wrote: You will be able to walk into Best Buy and buy one as soon as it comes out. -- You received this

[android-developers] Re: Google Nexus S - Please provide as DEV phone, asap :-)

2010-12-07 Thread gjs
Hi, It's a long walk from here in Australia to Best Buy, hence requesting it as a Dev phone ;-) They are starting to appear in ebay with +$200 or more over the rrp... Regards ps Wish it had 8MP+ camera (!), guess I'll have to buy some other non google nexus phone as well... On Dec 8, 2:17 pm,