> * Is there a way for me to just buy the G1 without phone service for > a reasonable price?
When I bought mine at Best Buy, I had the option of buying *just* the phone for around $500, as compared to $179 with the phone plan. Whether that's a "reasonable price" depends on your budget, I guess. :) ~Daniel On Nov 6, 9:30 pm, William Pietri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! I'm a developer thinking about building a free app or two for the > G1. I'm glad to buy the hardware, but I already have a phone I like just > fine, and T Mobile's service at my house is terrible, so I'm not > interested in signing a contract for phone service I couldn't use. So > three questions for the crowd: > > * Is there a way for me to just buy the G1 without phone service for > a reasonable price? > * If I do that, do the data, GPS, and and accelerometer APIs work > just the same? > * If I don't have phone service, does the radio tower pseudo-GPS > continue to work? > > Just to head off the obvious question about using the simulator, the > apps I'm hankering to build are driven by location. The UI details will > depend a lot on the responsiveness of the GPS and accelerometer as > people walk around and move the device in real-world conditions, so I'll > need to try out the real hardware as I design my UIs. > > I figure there has to be some sort of developer program, but I couldn't > turn up anything despite lots of rummaging on T1 and Google sites plus > various blogs and forums. > > Thanks, > > William --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
