A loaner program, certainly a possibility. However devices don't cost much to produce any more, while the cost to set up and run such a program remains constant at best. Cost would quickly outstrip the benefit. To make the relevant devices available at cost/steep discount would be the way to go in my view.
Hmm, "warm and fuzzy"... would be nice if the "dark side" would actually engage in a dialog (notable exceptions are some of the Android engineers that post out here in the cold). On Oct 28, 7:07 am, Stelian Iancu <[email protected]> wrote: > Just wanted to chip-in and ask respectfully for an unlocked device for > development purposes. > > I came to Android from the Symbian world and there Nokia has this nice > program where they loan phones to developers for a specified amount of > time (don't remember exactly how much time it was, I think a month or > so). > > It would be great if HTC would provide such a service! Of course, the > developer would have to pay a yearly fee or so to be enrolled in the > program. But I think it would be a huge success. Also, HTC could use > this opportunity to create a "warm fuzzy feeling" within the developer > community with such a program. > > Just my 2c. > > S. > > On Oct 28, 2009, at 14:11 , HTC Tattoo wrote: > > > > > Thank you for your question. > > > We expect the same look and feel between the QVGA emulator and the > > device, so if the UI of your application does not have a problem > > displaying on the emulator, then it should not have a problem on the > > device. > > > Regarding providing unlocked devices to developers, currently we don't > > have such a plan. If we do receive enough demand from developers, then > > we may consider to start offering our support in this area. > > > On Oct 12, 2:37 pm, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > >> First off, thanks for engaging with the android-discuss list. It's > >> always great to see vendors becoming involved with the Android > >> community. > > >> We've got AndAppStore working under the 1.6 QVGA emulator, but can > >> you > >> tell us if there is anything we should expect to see different > >> between > >> the QVGA mode of the emulator on 1.6 and the device itself so we can > >> all get checking for any obvious problems which may not appear in the > >> emulator. > > >> Thanks, > > >> Al. > > >> P.S. I already have aTattooon pre-order, but Is there any way for > >> developers to get a SIM-free device from you directly, possibly > >> with a > >> discount as we'll be helping provide software for your device? > >> -- > > >> * Looking for Android Apps? - Tryhttp://andappstore.com/* > > >> ====== > >> Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the > >> company number 6741909. 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