The lack of a physical keyboard was a problem for me on the Magic (some of my applications - like Teminal wouldn't work). There are workarounds, but require some advanced techniques, or downloading alternative applications.
The lack of a physical keyboard also made flashing a new ROM more difficult (which may or not be something you chose to do), since there is not way to hit Alt-L or Alt-R during the reboot process. Again, there are workarounds (using Fastboot, etc), but I didn't have success with them. The G1 is not spec'ed as high as the magic (it has less internal memory, and a slower processor). I don't have resource limitations with my G1, but some people might. My personal recommendation would be to get the G1 Dev phone if you can. It will be easy to root, if it doesn't come that way anyway, and has the physical keyboard, which is important for certain applications and activities. On Jul 15, 9:30 am, Rafa Perfeito <rafa.perfe...@gmail.com> wrote: > (Now with an actual subject...) > > Hey all, > Been doing some work in the emulator but the idea (as obvious) is to test > them in an actual physical device. The HTC Magic is already available in my > area, but i'm still thinking of its advantages to the Dev Phone 1... > Especially because i've seen some people with problems connecting the G2 to > the debugger... What is your thoughts about this? Would you pick a G2? > 'Cause the price difference is still significative... > > I've read somewhere (http://www.anddev.org/usb_host_mode_on_g2_-t6866.html) > that the G2 would support host USB. The G1 does not? I will need to > integrate an external device, so that's kind of a big deal there... > > Thanks > > -- > Cumprimentos, > > Hugo Rafael Augusto --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to android-beginners@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
