Hi I have found the G1 pretty good. I have written apps which combine sensors (acceleration, orientation), GPS, 3D graphics and some maths. It would be nice if the processor were faster, but generally it's great. The UI (touch) response could be better, but for development it is sufficient (especially if you're on a low budget).
The main issue I have is getting the Wifi to work consistently, but this seems to be the same with the Hero so perhaps this is not hardware related. Also this hasn't affected development. I haven't read anything yet saying the G1 will not run 2.0. No matter what you get, there will be something better though, once your device arrives... ;-) Cheers, Julius. On 13/11/2009, at 3:43 PM, Nathan wrote: > I'm sure this comes up once a while > > For me, this is one developer buying one phone. Not someone who can > afford a fleet of them. > > Google Market offers two dev phones. They have a few specs but I don't > know if it tells the whole picture. What retail phones are these ones > most like? > > Dev Phone 1: Keyboard. No Wifi. > Dev Phone 2: No Keyboard. Seems more advanced otherwise than Dev Phone > 1. > > Would you recommend one of these - or neither because you think they > will never run 2.0? In that case I would be stuck with trying to > unlock a locked phone. I don't know how successful I'd be at that - I > never even managed to unlock a Nokia phone from AT&T after the > contract was up. > > The things I would hope to test out that I can't do with an emulator > (at least don't know how): > GPS > Sensors. > Gestures. > > The dev phones don't seem to mention what sensors they have. > > Possibly useful (not sure): > Some 3D Capability > > I'm thinking the keyboard is helpful because I can always test with > and without it. > > -- > 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
