First off, thank you for approaching the dev community (I assume to speak for the rest here...)
Question (cc to androidsupp...@htc.com, for reference: this is a response to your post in the Android Developers group): After devs exhaust the tools and resources that Donut offers, and access to a physical device is still needed to appropriately test the apps for the different screen sizes (and potentially other behavioral changes outside of that aspect) - does HTC offer a path to such devices outside of having to purchase the devices outright? Example: Augmented Reality apps rely on sensor inputs that DDMS does not seem to support, at least at this point (Outside of that, it's a pain to work with DDMS/emulators to begin with). At the current price point of the average app, it takes a considerable amount of executed sales to recover that potential cost, to a degree that the acquisition of the various devices to perpetuate the app beyond the current set of devices cannot be justified. (Assuming the dev is unwilling to go into the hole on an ongoing basis). On Oct 10, 8:46 am, "htcand...@gmail.com" <htcand...@gmail.com> wrote: > HTC Corporation is set to launch the HTC Tattoo™ — the first Android > phone with QVGA resolution — this month with major European and Asian > operators. The QVGA screen has helped make the HTC Tattoo a very > affordable offering, while it still maintains HTC Sense and features > such as a 3 Megapixel camera, WiFi, GPS and 4-way D-pad navigation to > ensure compatibility with your applications and provide an excellent > user experience. Because it was designed as an affordable, > customizable phone, we expect it will lead many new users to the > Android platform and create additional demand for Android Market > applications. > > HTC Tattoo is powered by Android 1.6, also referred to as Donut, in > order to support the QVGA resolution. Due to the new Android Market's > filtering mechanism, QVGA devices will only see applications which > have been recompiled with Donut. We strongly recommend that you > recompile your applications with Donut to ensure that it is available > to Tattoo and other Donut devices that take advantage of new > resolutions on the market. > > To help you reach your total potential customer base on Android > Market, we would like to share our experiences about the porting > process. We will be posting FAQs and porting suggestions on our > website so that you can leverage what we have learned and get your > QVGA compatible applications published quickly and effectively. > Furthermore, if you encounter problems not mentioned in our FAQ > section, feel free to email us at androidsupp...@htc.com. Our > engineering support team will try our best to resolve any porting > issues. > > For HTC – Tattoo QVGA Technical support, visithttp://developer.htc.com/ > For more information on HTC Tattoo, > visithttp://www.htc.com/www/product/tattoo/overview.html --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
