Chris, You can develop on any Android phone. The Developer phones are only specific in that they are guaranteed to come without a sim-lock and can easily be rooted.
AFAIK the G1 developer phone can't be upgraded to any Android version higher than 1.6. due to memory limitations, so if you want to specifically test on a physical device that's on 2.1 getting a Nexus One would be a good idea. If you get a phone, you might want to check that the OS is Android without any manufacturer specific add on like e.g. the HTC Sense user interface. From what it looks like those phones are the last ones to receive any OS upgrades, as the manufacturers need to adapt their specific Android OS add-ons as part of the upgrade. Apart from that you can of course develop using the different emulators that come with the SDK. You'll need to do this anyhow for testing, as it will be very difficult to get your hands on any type of combination of Android OS, Screen Resolution and hardware features that's out on the market. Cheers, Tobias On Apr 28, 2:17 pm, chris <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I plan to develop several apps for the android platform. I'm not yet > entirely sure if I need a google developer phone or if it is > sufficient to buy any android phone (e.g. HTC Desire, which is > available in Germany) ? > > As far as I know there are three google developer phones available: > G1 > G2 > Nexus One > > But only the Nexus One is deployed with Android 2.1. Do I really need > to import a Nexus One via the United States to get a google developer > phone which runs Android 2.1. Maybe I'm missing something? > > Any tips are appreciated. > > Thanks, > Chris > > -- > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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
