Maybe Google can offer each ADCII entry with the option to buy at least one HTC G1 so developer can test the apk? or maybe subsidized by Google? That should be a good move, I think. (Unless we see more Android units popping up world-wide before ADCII, which is unlikely.)
Cheers Eric Wong Portable Electronics Ltd www.hdmp4.com On Sep 26, 3:38 am, gtandon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With the handset released, and a carrier on board, the next thing > Google needs to do is to win back its developer community. After > announcing ADC I results, Google completely focussed on their ~200 > winning developers (say avg 4 per team) and left the majority of the > developer community out in the cold; many of who might have moved to > other platforms. > > At this point, offering a handset and a one year data plan sounds like > a wise step to reach out to ADC I participants (read - a wider > developer community). Developers will feel rewarded for the 1000 or so > hours they put of their own time in being Google's "unofficial" beta > testers of the SDK. And maybe Google could also offer some official > beta testing of apps this time, so higher quality apps can be hosted > with higher confidence by the carrier. > > On Sep 23, 10:58 pm, "Shane Isbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 7:30 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > > Treatment of ADC participants as existing T-Mobile customers has low > > > cost, attracts developers to the T-Mobile location aware network, and > > > serve Google's best interest in every way. > > > Google couldn't even get an invite for plusminus to today's T-Mobile > > announcement. Why would you think they could get 1800 devices and developer > > plans from T-Mobile? > > > Shane --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
