I'm not expecting anything. I'm glad i was in time for the registration and have a seat :-) But one can hope... :-)
And, i already have a Nexus... if they give us a phone, i probably have to put it on e-bay or something. On Feb 6, 5:06 pm, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > It means bring a laptop with 2.1 installed. > > Don't take it for granted you're going to get a Nexus. From the talks I've > had this week I'm sure they will do what they can, but the talks are being > organised on a local ad-hoc level and so they can only do so much. > > Al. > -- > > * 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 6 Feb 2010, at 19:25, Streets Of Boston wrote: > > > > > Aha... for the one in cambridge, they asked us to bring a laptop with > > sdk 2.1 installed... > > This means a free Nexus...? :-) > > > On Feb 6, 12:23 pm, Steeler <[email protected]> wrote: > >> "And, thanks to Googles generosity at the Android Developer Lab in > >> London yesterday (yes, that means it was a freebie);" > > >> You got Nexus Ones? We got Droids in the one I went to in the U.S., > >> but then they focused the lab on 2.0.1 and not 2.1. > > >> On Feb 3, 1:33 am, 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. 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