Comments on: I’m Programming For Fun Again

By: Amit

Amit — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:35:13 +0000

I’ve started looking, but in general I would like to pay much much less than that. I’m looking for used phones on eBay, but there have been rumors that existing Google phone won’t be able to receive OS updates after 1.5 (aka Cupcake), which would suck for me as a developer.

I’m basically waiting for a friend of mine at work to buy an HTC G1 and maybe try my app on his phone. In any case it will take a while because even for this small app there’s still much to do. Luckily the emulator provides a complete environment for application developers that don’t go into the low level capabilities of the phone.

By: Alik

Alik — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:28:06 +0000

I want to buy an android as well.

I heard that HTC produces easy breakable phones, so paying ~2500 NIS for phone which can break after few months is a bummer.

In the US you can buy one with a 2 year warranty, which costs a bit more but I think is worth it.

It is also a bummer paying 2500+ for a phone, where, for the same price, you can buy a whole computer – LCD screen included.

So, when r u going 2 buy one and which?

By: Amit

Amit — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:44:05 +0000

:) Unfortunately there isn’t much to see in terms of GUI – it’s mostly preferences. But I guess most non-graphics apps are like that.

By: rom

rom — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:31:40 +0000

Cooool! Show me the gui :)

By: Amit

Amit — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:44:55 +0000

Thanks. I didn’t know about the option to buy a dev phone. From from what I can tell:
1. It’s not available in Israel.
2. For applications the emulator is good enough, I believe. The dev phone appears to be for people who want to do stuff like replace the system image.

Still… now I want one… should be fun to mess with it :)

By: Kila

Kila — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:54:15 +0000

Great that you already have something working.

There is an option to buy a developer phone:
http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/device.html#dev-phone-1

I heard that you can’t use it for downloading application from the market (Perhaps just need to use a new account?)

Good luck.