Oh, and to be clear, I'm not complaining; I'll take a free Droid any day of the week. I am a bit puzzled about the inconsistency across labs though.
On Feb 6, 7:42 pm, Steeler <[email protected]> wrote: > "Aha... for the one in cambridge, they asked us to bring a laptop > with > sdk 2.1 installed... > This means a free Nexus...? :-)" > > They told us to bring a laptop with 2.1 as well. But they still > focused the talk on 2.0.1 and gave out Droids instead of Nexi. > > On Feb 6, 5:34 pm, Romain Guy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Or give it to a fellow developer :) > > > On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Streets Of Boston > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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. 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.-Hidequotedtext- > > > >> >>> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > >> >> - Show quoted text - > > > >> > -- > > >> > 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.-Hidequoted > > >> > text - > > > >> - Show quoted text - > > > > -- > > > 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. > > > -- > > Romain Guy > > Android framework engineer > > [email protected] > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time > > to provide private support. 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