Are you sure that:> ADP 1.1 covers the paid apps access Is this statement official (from Google)? Because the paid apps are copy protected. If the weren`t, the could be easily copied to another device.
This thread is not for the delay of ADP 1.1 . It is for the other statements. I think that there is a way to use ADP for both fully unlocked device and paid/copy protected apps supported device. You can read the topic about the RC 33 in the above links. I think that google can make two versions of the firmware. The first can be fully unlocked, but will not support copy protected apps. The second can be used by developer which want partially unlocked phone, but with protected apps support. When you need the 2 second - you install the 2nd firmware. When you need the first - you can install it. I think that there is a solution for both ways. When you migrate to the 1st - wipe the secure data (paid apps) and etc. Or the second firmware can install a virtual partition where the protected apps will be stored. The partition can be encrypted with the key which only the OS knows. So when you migrate to the first firmware (fully unlocked) you will not have the secret key to decrypt the virtual partition and the protected apps will be protected :) Thats the way I see it. There must be another way and if there is a will, there is a way. P.S. I don`t think that I as a developer should by one more phone, just to support feature which can be implemented and is logical to be. On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 1:02 AM, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > > vendor.net wrote: > > Please vote for +1 if you agree that google should do something to > > allow developers with ADP1 to access the paid and protected apps and > > finally to release the new firmware we all are waiting for ADP 1.1 . > > I don't think there is a vote necessary on the ADP 1.1 firmware -- that > will be released when it's ready, and the core Android team has been > fairly explicit and consistent in saying that it is not ready. The fact > that it is taking so long is regrettable, but I see no reason to doubt > that, when it's ready, it'll be released. > > AFAIK, ADP 1.1 covers the paid apps access, meaning the only gap is in > copy-protected apps, which the G1 supports and the ADP1 does not. > > With respect to "allow developers with ADP1 to access the...protected > apps": > > -1 > > This vote is based on a guess: they won't be able to develop an ADP1 > firmware that supports copy-protected apps *and* can be used for > firmware development. We'll either get one or the other, and a +1 vote > means we get copy-protected app access and no ability to replace the > firmware. > > Right now, and for the foreseeable future, there will be more devices > capable of accessing copy-protected apps than will be usable for > firmware development. In fact, it's not completely out of the question > that the ADP1 will be the only device *ever* truly usable for firmware > development...if the other Android-based phones are all locked for > carriers' use like the G1 is. > > Right now, developers who have an ADP1 and need a G1 for the > copy-protection issue can at least buy a G1 (e.g., one of the few > hundred available on eBay for less than the ADP1 costs) and resell their > ADP1. If the ADP1 gets locked down to allow copy-protected apps access, > firmware developers are screwed, possibly forever. > > If there's some evidence to suggest that the ADP1 will truly be able to > support both roles (more than JBQ's assertion that dual-role was the > original plan, since that may not reflect current reality), that could > easily sway my opinion. Or, if firmware developers chime in and claim > they don't need an ADP1 for firmware development, that too might sway my > opinion. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com > > Android Training on the Ranch! -- Mar 16-20, 2009 > http://www.bignerdranch.com/schedule.shtml > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
