It's highly unlikely the G1 will ever see an official update to Android 2.x or higher, so it is obsolete.
In the OPs shoes I personally would put the money towards a better computer as it'll most likely make the whole development process more pleasant. Al. On Jul 8, 7:32 am, Indicator Veritatis <mej1...@yahoo.com> wrote: > G1 obsolete? Well, almost. But take a look at the famous Platform > Version 'dashboard' > athttp://developer.android.com/resources/dashboard/platform-versions.html. > It shows that as many as 21.3% of phones connecting to the market are > still on 1.5. 45% are running 1.6 or 1.5. > > So by that standard the G1 is not obsolete, since it is already on > 1.6. > > Now sure, the hardware is slow and the runtime memory limited compared > to the hot new phones running 2.1 and accounting for 53% of the > market. But it would be a mistake to design your app -- or test your > app -- on only the latest and greatest (unless, of course, your app > relies on features only available on the latest hardware). Especially > when 45% of the market is still running 1.6 or earlier. > > When you are looking for development hardware, and are limited in > budget, there is really no point in buying "the most popular one". You > need a more general test platform than that. The G1 meets that > description since an application that runs correctly on the G1 will > run correctly on many other platforms as well. One cannot say the same > for the Droid. > > On Jul 7, 3:28 pm, "Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru)" <cor...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > 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
