My personal opinion here... Don't get a G1 - they are obsolete, hardly any of them exist in the real world and they are stuck on Android 1.6.
If you want to get a good device that is the most popular one, get a Motorola Droid, the one with the keyboard. There are more of these in the wild than any other device. If you app runs on this one, then you are pretty much good to go. The Droid should get an update to Froyo starting on the 15th of this month, if the rumors can be believed, right now it's on 2.1-update1. You can get a used Droid on eBay for about $200 or so. It doesn't run on AT&T but so what? AT&T will be offering the Samsung Galaxy S line at some point, you might want to wait for that one to be released. The only downside is AT&T will offer a crippled version that can't accept non-market apps. AT&T sucks, what else can you say? The bottom line is for app development, pretty much any device will do. You don't need a "development" device, but you absolutely will need a real one to debug your app. The emulator is nice for quick checks but it isn't much use in finding out if your app will really work, or for figuring out why it doesn't. The sensors on the emulator leave a lot to be desired as well, obviously, shaking your computer isn't going to do much. -John Coryat -- 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 android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
