The original development phone was the nexus one, however the concept of an official "development phone" hasn't been around for a long time, and people just generally use their own devices for development these days. As long as you buy a nice device (for what you want to do with it) you should be fine, optionally one that you think you can quickly root.
Kris On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 9:55 AM, kypriakos <demet...@ece.neu.edu> wrote: > > Hi all, > > the Market lists only one phone, the Nexus One and it says it is not > longer > available. Does that mean that Google is out of stock or does it mean > that > they are simply switching to a new phone and so this was off their > pages? > > Thanks > > On Aug 18, 1:26 pm, Mark Ayers <markthe...@gmail.com> wrote: >> The Nexus phones will always get updates quickest, though I'd be willing to >> bet that after the Nexus Prime, they will all be made by Motoogle. >> On Aug 18, 2011 6:06 AM, "ColorTheorist" <colortheorydevelo...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > "Sorry, that was just a throwaway comment. Eventually Motorola will >> > become the gold standard for Android phones due to their proximity to >> > the software, but in the short term they're no different than any >> > other >> > device. If whoever it was needs a phone today any of the phones that >> > are >> > out there should be fine." >> >> > That's not entirely true. Motorola phones are still on top of their >> > updates faster than most other devices, while other cheaper phones >> > might not receive updates at all, or take quite an extensive amount of >> > time to get the newest releases. As a developer it is useful to get >> > the newest updates in a timely manner if you plan on using them >> > anywhere near the newest OS release. >> >> > -- >> > 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 > > -- > 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 > -- 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
