There is one more thing to take in to account, are they just learning to develop or will they actually produce software that others can use? As it is now most Users have a HTC Magic or Hero which means for that something the runs on a new phone might not do as well for the general public also while a keyboard is nice it's in my opinion often better while learning to develop not to start with something that might later on require you to learn it all over again, many people will not have a physical keyboard and forgetting that during development can lead to trouble. This ofc if it's more then just learning the basic idea of the system, I would personally go for the HTC Magic since if you get stuff working on that you can more or less count on it working well on all phones.
On Nov 10, 6:17 am, "SoftwareForMe.com SoftwareForMe.com" <[email protected]> wrote: > Personally, I find all Android phones to be excellent for development. > > However, here are some things I would consider before deciding. > > Let's consider these devices: > HTC G1 > HTC Magic > HTC MyTouch > HTC Hero > HTC Eris > Samsung Galaxy > Samsung Moment > Motorola Cliq > Motorola Droid > > Given the choice of a device with or without a keyboard, I'd choose one with > a keyboard. You can use the soft keyboard on a device with a hard keyboard, > but not vice versa. This leave us with: > > HTC G1 > Samsung Moment > Motorola Cliq > Motorola Droid > > Next, I would make Android 2.0 a priority. The Multi-touch API, Bluetooth > API and others are key to the near-term feature of mobile development. > Nobody seems to know for sure, but it's unlikely the G1 will get 2.0, so I > would probably not consider it unless you hear differently. > > Next, 3D UIs are getting more important, so I'd want a phone that has decent > accelerated 3D hardware. This eliminates the Samsung Galaxy, but leaves all > others. > > Last there is screen size. Most smartphones are HVGA now (320x480), but WVGA > (800 or 854 x 480) will be the standard soon. > > So, the best choice depends on what you want to do. If you only want to > cover the basics and don't mind skipping a few capabilities or API's, then > the cheapest or most rugged might be the best choice. > > If you want the best device to prepare students for all aspects of Android > and mobile development, there's really no choice but the Motorola Droid, > because of it's: > > * WVGA screen > * Terrific hardware accelerated OpenGL > * Android 2.0 > * Hardware keyboard > * Full set of sensors (has a proximity sensor) > > I hope this helps. > > Scott, > SoftwareForMe.com > > On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Ash <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm new to android development. We need to buy around 20 phones for > > android development for our university. Please share your views and > > comments on the phone you think is good for Android development. > > > Thank You > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<android-developers%2Bunsubs > > [email protected]> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > Warm regards, > The PhoneMyPC Team -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
