Or give it to a fellow developer :) On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Streets Of Boston <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not expecting anything. I'm glad i was in time for the > registration and have a seat :-) > But one can hope... :-) > > And, i already have a Nexus... if they give us a phone, i probably > have to put it on e-bay or something. > > On Feb 6, 5:06 pm, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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? - 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 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. It's all a matter of >> >>>>> opinion. :^) >> >> >>>>> String >> >> >>>> -- >> >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> >>>> Groups "Android Discuss" group. >> >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> >>>> [email protected]. >> >>>> For more options, visit this group >> >>>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.-Hidequoted text >> >>>> - >> >> >>> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> >> >> - Show quoted text - >> >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> > "Android Discuss" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > [email protected]. >> > For more options, visit this group >> > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > >
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