How did you come to choose the Eris? On Mar 9, 7:09 pm, Brian Conrad <[email protected]> wrote: > FYI Matt, I own an HTC Eris. And I didn't mention 'simulators" which > both Palm and Pocket PC also had which I found to also good for testing. > > > > Matt Kanninen wrote: > > If you can't afford to "own" a phone, don't. Rent one, borrow one, or > > partner with someone who can rent or borrow one. Such as > > DeviceAnywhere. > > > There is no way an emulator can ever replace the need to test on the > > same hardware your users will use. If you plan to limit your > > application to emulators that have the Market installed, THEN I am ok > > with you only testing on the emulator. I would suggest if you do > > that, and you detect that your application is being run on something > > else you popup a warning message that your product is not supported on > > that platform. Kind of like Google does for Wave on Android. > > > Neither the Palm, nor Windows Mobile emulators are as good as you seem > > to be claiming they are. They certainly weren't 2-4 years ago. I > > admit I haven't used the emulator for either in a couple years, but I > > can't imagine anything they could have done that could replace testing > > on an actual device used by a consumer. > > > You do not need to own the phone, you simply need access to it. > > > -MK > > > On Mar 9, 1:12 pm, Brian Conrad <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Matt Kanninen wrote: > > >>> I doubt its an accident that you are required to have a phone to fully > >>> participate in the Android Market. I don't want more developers > >>> shipping applications without testing them on phones. Does anyone? > > >> Though owning a phone is a good idea many can't afford owning "phones." > >> Hence the emulator should be robust enough like the Palm and even > >> Windows Mobile ones are and have been for years to test applications. > >> I only owned one of each of those devices.
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