It means bring a laptop with 2.1 installed. Don't take it for granted you're going to get a Nexus. From the talks I've had this week I'm sure they will do what they can, but the talks are being organised on a local ad-hoc level and so they can only do so much.
Al. -- * Looking for Android Apps? - Try http://andappstore.com/ * ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. On 6 Feb 2010, at 19:25, Streets Of Boston wrote: > Aha... for the one in cambridge, they asked us to bring a laptop with > sdk 2.1 installed... > This means a free Nexus...? :-) > > > On Feb 6, 12:23 pm, Steeler <[email protected]> wrote: >> "And, thanks to Googles generosity at the Android Developer Lab in >> London yesterday (yes, that means it was a freebie);" >> >> You got Nexus Ones? We got Droids in the one I went to in the U.S., >> but then they focused the lab on 2.0.1 and not 2.1. >> >> On Feb 3, 1:33 am, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Personally I don't think there is a single "best" device because the number >>> of devices around mean that one test device probably isn't going to cover >>> all the basis. >> >>> At the moment we have 4 test devices which cover the following; >> >>> HTC Tattoo - LCD QVGA screen, Direction pad, HTC Sense UI, no auto-focus >>> camera, Android 1.6 >>> G1 - LCD HVGA Screen, Track ball, keyboard, auto-focus "lower-res" camera, >>> Android 1.6 >>> Acer Liquid - LCD WVGA screen, No trackball or direction pad, auto-focus >>> "higher-res" camera, Android 1.6 >> >>> And, thanks to Googles generosity at the Android Developer Lab in London >>> yesterday (yes, that means it was a freebie); >> >>> Nexus One - AMOLED WVGA Screen, trackball, auto-focus "higher-res" camera >>> with flash, Android 2.1 >> >>> This lets us cover the most of the bases of input methods, screen sizes, >>> and camera abilities. >> >>> At the moment we're ensure all mainstream development runs on 1.6. There >>> are a lot of devices out there with 1.6 on them, some may never see 2.0+, >>> and so using 2.0+ features which would mean abandoning the 1.6 users >>> currently doesn't make much sense. >> >>> Hope that's useful, >> >>> Al. >> >>> P.S. For those interested; the Android developer lab would have been well >>> worth the 4+ hour round trip for me even if I didn't get a freebie phone. >>> If you've not registered for one and there is space at your local lab I'd >>> recommend it as it really is useful to meet people face to face and chat >>> over some ideas. >>> -- >> >>> * Looking for Android Apps? - Tryhttp://andappstore.com/* >> >>> ====== >>> Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company >>> number 6741909. >> >>> The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not >>> necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's >>> subsidiaries. >> >>> On 3 Feb 2010, at 06:16, JP wrote: >> >>>>> Fast hardware can mask performance issues, >>>> Very good point there. The emulator to me seems to be "reasonably >>>> slow" for a good emulation of the G1 however. >> >>>> Outside of that, I'd go with the N1. If I did Android development all >>>> day, the time savings when debugging on the device will add up. >> >>>> I have yet to see a nicely built Android device. Haven't nearly seen >>>> them all though. >>>> By and large there's always a level of flimsiness and they all (the >>>> HTC's at least) heat up when being charged/GPS is on//searching for a >>>> network... or whatever. Cheap parts everywhere you look, but if you >>>> use it for development that shouldn't matter that much. >> >>>> On Feb 2, 10:04 pm, String <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> On Feb 2, 7:08 pm, Jonathan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>>>> I would also like to know which phone(hardware name) is nicely built >>>>>> and 'the best' 2.0 phone and supports nicely for my Android 2.0 >>>>>> application development and testing? >> >>>>> IMHO, you're better off developing on a phone which ISN'T the latest/ >>>>> fastest hardware. Fast hardware can mask performance issues, which >>>>> will nonetheless be seen by the large percentage of users who are >>>>> still on older/slower hardware. >> >>>>> Also, there is no single "best" phone. 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