I would sincerely suggest to prefer a phone on emulator. Emulator has serious limitations and make one stuck at a very bad state. Thought i am a newbie but i have experienced it in these 4 months and now we are trying to get a cheap used phone for testing.
regards, wahib On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com>wrote: > Ubuntu Explorer wrote: > > I want to purchase an Android developer phone. It seems to be bit pricey > > at $399 (including international shipping). Is it an absolute necessity > > for testing applications before uploading to market? > > The ADP1 and ADP2 are for people building replacement firmware. For > ordinary Android application development, any phone that has the Android > Market on it will do. > > > Also, I wonder what the device provides that the emulator does not. > > It makes phone calls! :-) > > > I would imagine the answer to the above depends on what features of > > Android I wish to use in my app. However, I would like to know the > > extent of device emulation provided by the emulator. > > > > Does it support accelerometer, camera, maps and other sensors? > > Accelerometer, camera, sensors: not in any meaningful fashion. > > Maps: yes. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Android Online Training: 10-14 May 2010: http://onlc.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Beginners" group. > > NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-beginners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-beginners%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en > -- Wahib-ul-haq 3rd year Communications Engineering Student, NUST, Pakistan. Microsoft Student Partner follow me on twitter @wahibhaq -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android 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
