Dang it I totally got in to the Mountain View Event, what did I miss? I have a cold, and I also forgot what day it was.
There seem to be a lot of good Android events in the Bay Area, I enjoyed the SF Android User Group meeting. The next one is NDK focused, so I really should go. I have not done C development in a very, very long time! On Feb 9, 8:05 pm, Roland <[email protected]> wrote: > I'd happily trade you the Droid I got at the Austin ADL for a Nexus > One from Cambridge, should it happen to go down that way. > > Roland > > On Feb 6, 5:33 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. 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