[android-developers] Re: Android Market Developers need phones

2008-11-12 Thread Mark Murphy
tberthel wrote: > What are poor developers (Registered with the Android Market) supposed > to do that can't afford to have a 2 year contract for each Android > phone? The same thing that Windows Mobile, Symbian, Palm, and other mobile device developers have had to do since the dawn of the PDA: t

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Developers need phones

2008-11-13 Thread Al Sutton
One solution is "Release Early, Release Often" (http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar/ar01s04.html) You can keep a list of devices you've tested against in your app and if the app is run on one you haven't tested against you can let the user know it's untested on

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Developers need phones

2008-11-13 Thread blindfold
> Maybe some third party will offer such a service. Remote application testing through paid services like those of deviceanywhere.com ( http://www.deviceanywhere.com ) could be an option. This also forms the backbone of "Sony Ericsson Developer World's Virtual Lab" ( https://developer.sonyericsso

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Developers need phones

2008-11-13 Thread tberthel
deviceanywhere sucked for J2ME. The phones they have require that apps have certs for the network provider to install since they do not have developer settings. Well at least if they provide Android phones that won't be a problem anymore. So, I look forward to trying this solution again even th

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Developers need phones

2008-11-13 Thread tberthel
While, I am on the 2-4 week iteration process this does not replace real device play testing. On Nov 13, 2:21 am, Al Sutton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One solution is "Release Early, Release Often" > (http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar/a...) > > You can keep a l

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Developers need phones

2009-01-07 Thread blindfold
Here it is, at last, although we mostly needed this before the dev phone 1 became available: http://www.deviceanywhere.com/index.aspx?sid=6&nid=81 On Nov 13 2008, 11:23 am, blindfold wrote: > > Maybe some third party will offer such a service. > > Remote application testing through paid services