While that's commendable, the Android OS is meant for use on several devices and not just the G1. Although the G1 is the only hardware out there in mass use currently, we as developers should account for other hardware devices in the future, and under various data plans. Perhaps adding settings which the user could select to allow the data connectivity lock or not. Also, if your app needs to check online from time to time for updating information, this should either be kept to a minimum or let the user select the frequency.
It may require a little extra work to work around this, but at least you are not reducing your target audience to one particular device or devices with X service on them. ~clark On Mar 7, 8:02 am, Marco Nelissen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 7:16 AM, JP <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Alright, at the risk this has been discussed before, let me alert > > everybody that there are customers on metered data plans out there > > (metered as opposed to "unlimited"). This is the first time I've heard > > of it: > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss/browse_thread/thread/2... > > So heads-up when you use wake locks to keep data connectivity alive. > > > I develop with such a scenario in mind, but nonetheless will include a > > note in my manual(s) to not use my app on a metered plan, just to err > > on the safe side. > > While that's commendable, the G1 is meant for use with T-Mobile's 'G1 > plan', which is an unlimited data plan. If users use it with a limited > plan, they should be *very* careful, as all of the bundled apps simply > assume an unlimited plan and don't try to limit data use. Unless those > users know exactly what they're doing (and what the apps they are > running are doing), they should probably just turn off data > altogether. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
