I am doing much as you are considering: using a G1 for development, only rarely putting my AT&T sim into it. I usually connect by WiFi.
My impressions of the G1, based on this one unit only, are: 1) it is rather slow, often to the point of being unresponsive to UI 2) WiFi connection is NOT reliable 3) I am very underwhelmed by the way they implement the trackball: it is just silly how far I have to roll it before it goes to the next line of text (or whatever). 4) both the accelerometer and the switch detecting when the keyboard has been slid out are unreliable. 5) battery life is OK as long as you don't try to use it:( The WiFi is the major culprit for draining the battery. Keep that off and the battery will last a good long time. Despite all that, I am finding it quite workable for development. Of course, it helps that my apps to date have not made extensive use of the network. But it has the right screen size for testing your Views to make sure they work on most phones in both orientations. Of course, you should not rely on this alone, you should test in the simulator for other sizes/densities and both orientations. On Jul 6, 8:45 pm, steve ravet <steve.ra...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm new to Android and Java but working my way through the demos. On > my computer the emulator is hopelessly slow so I want to get a used > phone to develop on. I'm looking at a G1, but before I buy one from > ebay I thought I'd ask here and see what others are using. This will > be strictly a development platform, although I may put my AT&T SIM in > it on occasion if I need to test telephony functions. If you use > something other than your personal phone for developing android apps > on, what is it and why did you choose it? > > Is anyone using a beagle board or other non Android hardware to > develop Android apps? > > I didn't see much discussion of hardware platforms in the archives so > my apologies in advance if this is't the right group. > > thanks, > --steve -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
