Sony Ericsson X10a as sold by AT&T does not meet this standard I believe.
On Jan 8, 3:25 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 8:34 AM, JP <joachim.pfeif...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Jan 8, 7:57 am, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote: > > > "Dev phones" are for people devising alternative firmware. They are > > > not necessary for ordinary Android SDK development. > > ... but sure are a good idea to have. We've seen a selection of "dogs" > > where USB drivers weren't available or LogCat wouldn't pick anything > > up because the device wouldn't provide any output on the USB port... I > > also like the presence of dev devices so scope can be established when > > writing proposals, along the line of "... tested on the Android > > reference devices Google Ion and Nexus One." > > It is required for a device to ship with Market that it full support > development and debugging over USB. If you find a device with Market where > this doesn't work, please let us know -- we aggressively pursue CDD > incompatibilities to get them fixed (it is a requirement for someone to ship > with Market to fix any such issues that are found). > > That said, yes the dev devices are partly there to be a benchmark for how > that platform is expected to behave. (Though for most cases you can test > against the base platform using the emulator as well.) I sometimes like to > refer to them as "Android reference devices." :) > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > hack...@android.com > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. -- 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
