The incentive to release the ADP1 would have been smaller if the G1 had been available in more geographies, since for a lot of SDK-related cases the G1 is an adequate development platform, but it wouldn't have disappeared, and we'd probably have tried to make it happen on the exact same schedule anyway.
JBQ On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 8:03 AM, Al Sutton <a...@funkyandroid.com> wrote: > > And there was me thinking many ADP1 buyers were splashing the cash > because they wanted an android 'phone and the G1 wasn't available in > their region ;). > > Al. > > Mark Murphy wrote: >> vendor.net wrote: >> >>> People buy ADP1 to develop apps for G1. >>> >> >> Not necessarily. In fact, one can argue that is of secondary importance. >> >> As I understand it, the primary intent of ADP1 was to provide a hardware >> platform for firmware development. >> >> One can certainly debate whether the priority of the intended uses for >> ADP1 should have been more loudly proclaimed at the time of its release. >> >> > > > -- > > * Written an Android App? - List it at http://andappstore.com/ * > > ====== > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the > company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, > 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not > necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's > subsidiaries. > > > > > -- Jean-Baptiste M. "JBQ" Queru Android Engineer, Google. Please don't contact me directly. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
