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 <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 3:48 PM, r...@thelogicbox > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > 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 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 before > > high st users (well at least not months after!). > > Except for NFC, I don't think there is much any other high-end Android > device would be holding you back from doing. > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. -- 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
