Thanks a lot to everyone. May i know from where i can buy NexusOne, provide web link or store address?
Jonathan/ On Feb 3, 12:33 pm, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > Personally I don't think there is a single "best" device because the number > of devices around mean that one test device probably isn't going to cover all > the basis. > > At the moment we have 4 test devices which cover the following; > > HTC Tattoo - LCD QVGA screen, Direction pad, HTC Sense UI, no auto-focus > camera, Android 1.6 > G1 - LCD HVGA Screen, Track ball, keyboard, auto-focus "lower-res" camera, > Android 1.6 > Acer Liquid - LCD WVGA screen, No trackball or direction pad, auto-focus > "higher-res" camera, Android 1.6 > > And, thanks to Googles generosity at the Android Developer Lab in London > yesterday (yes, that means it was a freebie); > > Nexus One - AMOLED WVGA Screen, trackball, auto-focus "higher-res" camera > with flash, Android 2.1 > > This lets us cover the most of the bases of input methods, screen sizes, and > camera abilities. > > At the moment we're ensure all mainstream development runs on 1.6. There are > a lot of devices out there with 1.6 on them, some may never see 2.0+, and so > using 2.0+ features which would mean abandoning the 1.6 users currently > doesn't make much sense. > > Hope that's useful, > > Al. > > P.S. For those interested; the Android developer lab would have been well > worth the 4+ hour round trip for me even if I didn't get a freebie phone. If > you've not registered for one and there is space at your local lab I'd > recommend it as it really is useful to meet people face to face and chat over > some ideas. > -- > > * Looking for Android Apps? - Tryhttp://andappstore.com/* > > ====== > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company > number 6741909. > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily > those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. > > On 3 Feb 2010, at 06:16, JP wrote: > > >> Fast hardware can mask performance issues, > > Very good point there. The emulator to me seems to be "reasonably > > slow" for a good emulation of the G1 however. > > > Outside of that, I'd go with the N1. If I did Android development all > > day, the time savings when debugging on the device will add up. > > > I have yet to see a nicely built Android device. Haven't nearly seen > > them all though. > > By and large there's always a level of flimsiness and they all (the > > HTC's at least) heat up when being charged/GPS is on//searching for a > > network... or whatever. Cheap parts everywhere you look, but if you > > use it for development that shouldn't matter that much. > > > On Feb 2, 10:04 pm, String <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Feb 2, 7:08 pm, Jonathan <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> I would also like to know which phone(hardware name) is nicely built > >>> and 'the best' 2.0 phone and supports nicely for my Android 2.0 > >>> application development and testing? > > >> IMHO, you're better off developing on a phone which ISN'T the latest/ > >> fastest hardware. Fast hardware can mask performance issues, which > >> will nonetheless be seen by the large percentage of users who are > >> still on older/slower hardware. > > >> Also, there is no single "best" phone. It's all a matter of > >> opinion. :^) > > >> String > > > -- > > 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 > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > -- 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.
