Two points: First, I'm just getting a second Nexus One although it may end up being locked to Vodafone UK (my first came direct from Google). I am also seriously considering picking up a couple of older phones specifically for testing on earlier platforms and less powerful hardware.
Second, this is an area that Google and the manufacturers are missing a trick in. The manufacturers should be supplying a device hardware profile and ROM image that the SDK emulator (or a new emulator) could use to better simulate specific platforms. Short of purchasing every phone, I see no other way to begin to test realistically. On Jul 28, 5:12 pm, Robert Casto <[email protected]> wrote: > In theory that sounds great. > > But the reality is vastly different. > > Each manufacturer has different hardware and software that runs on top of > it. They will build to the Android spec of course, but each implementation > is going to be different. I only know of one phone where the hardware and > software are both built by the same company. > > On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Fabrizio Giudici < > > > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > On 7/28/10 17:36 , Robert Casto wrote: > > > Lots of phones, tons of phones. > > > > Someone pointed me towww.deviceanywhere.com > > > I know it too - from the old times of JME. Indeed, I don't want to > > reason in the old JME terms, that you basically needed to test on > > everything you deployed to. With Android it should be different - I > > mean, I've learned by trial and error that there are quite a number of > > things that can be different, but after learning them probably you can > > control them. So maybe just two "sampling points" (= two phones, the > > older and the newer os.es you want to support) are ok? > > > - -- > > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager > > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." > > java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici -www.tidalwave.it/people > > [email protected] > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla -http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > > iEYEARECAAYFAkxQVIUACgkQeDweFqgUGxfYigCeJ6nvI13AfDjdosS+VFiXbhUV > > y58An3vVaCMPK499EdXJbvkjM+ZgA+rb > > =ntIH > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > Robert Castowww.robertcasto.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" 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/javaposse?hl=en.
