I'm up in Canada and it's almost impossible to get hardware up here... things that could easily be sold aren't for no apparent good reason than that the company that released the product didn't think to put it through their Canadian reseller channels.
However, sometimes we do get the good stuff that you folks down in the US don't. The first thing I'm about to try is talking to some of the smaller carriers up here (we have several new ones: http://mobilicity.ca/ http://www.windmobile.ca/ ) to see if they will set up a developer package where we can open an account with them, and buy phones from them. It would be to both our advantage. So, next plan of attack; I was thinking it might be helpful to set up some sort of developer buying club, maybe using PayPal escrow to get devices into the hands of the people that need them. Not sure exactly of details, but I'm getting very tired of not being able to purchase something, simply because someones order page won't accept a canadian address, or their shipping deal doesn't cover canada (you'd be surprised how often those are actual reasons). I'm thinking that people could buy phones and ship them to others, maybe for a small fee or something the details could be worked out. Admittedly, at this point most orders would go from the US outward, but its possible for things to come back the other way (like some of the cool stuff that comes out in Europe and never sees the light of a North American day). I know there are many companies here in Toronto that would be interested int he idea as well. Is anyone else interested in setting up some sort of dev buying club to get devices where they need to go? If you are, send me a "Reply to Author" and include your location. If I can get enough people we'll set up a private discussion on how this should be organized. Also, if you know a better way, or some way that already exists, I'm not into reinventing the wheel, so let s all know :) - Brill Pappin -- 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
