VentureBeat - Latest Comments in Android developers, start your engines: Google unlocks the G1

Re: Android developers, start your engines: Google unlocks the G1

HAROLD KATZ — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:14:02 -0000

have you been able to set up your phone to work with AT&T? if not i can help

Re: Android developers, start your engines: Google unlocks the G1

Arvind — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:12:59 -0000

I just had my dev phone delivered to India (Chennai). The Dev phone is identical to the G1 (except for the unlocked bootloader), and has a full GPS implementation. The phone rocks!

Re: Android developers, start your engines: Google unlocks the G1

Vladimir Kelman — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:39:46 -0000

Did anyone successfully set up Android Dev Phone to work with AT&T? I received my phone today and need some guidance. Could you connect me at vkelman at gmail dot com?

Re: Android developers, start your engines: Google unlocks the G1

Colin Waters — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:01:04 -0000

Alright this is what I'm talking about. I really enjoy the G1, although the blackberry storm really made me think differently about the touch screen keyboard. I'll definitely be looking into purchasing one after Christmas.

Re: Android developers, start your engines: Google unlocks the G1

Yuri Ammosov — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:22:18 -0000

Well, this is exactly what we do.

Re: Android developers, start your engines: Google unlocks the G1

Eric — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:04:50 -0000

Except on the dev phone, even the bootloader is unlocked so you can flash custom builds of the android OS if you want to. You can't do that on the G1 unless you've jailbroken the phone.

Re: Android developers, start your engines: Google unlocks the G1

Mike_at_Wanna_Develop_COM — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 06:23:16 -0000

So now app developers have to develop for both... Great :)

Re: Android developers, start your engines: Google unlocks the G1

Shekhar Govindarajan — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:25:39 -0000

Okay after several reties I can see the page to buy the phone. In the specs GPS is not mentioned. But G1 has GPS.

Re: Android developers, start your engines: Google unlocks the G1

Shekhar Govindarajan — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:55:49 -0000

I payed for the Android Market registration and I did spot the link on my home page (@ Andoid Market) which says as follows:
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Development phones
As a registered developer, you can purchase an unlocked phone.
Buy now »
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But when I click on Buy Now, I'm shown the same home page. Nothing happens. I'm using Firefox 3 on Linux and registered for Anroid Market from India. I want to phone to be shipped to India.

Re: Android developers, start your engines: Google unlocks the G1

stb — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:01:13 -0000

why would do it if they already did it for you?

Re: Android developers, start your engines: Google unlocks the G1

Yuri Ammosov — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 21:58:20 -0000

Pardon me, but if you ARE an advanced developer you can unlock your phone yourself in about 10 minutes.

Re: Android developers, start your engines: Google unlocks the G1

Jay Martinez — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 21:23:56 -0000

blah as an existing tmobile customer the cost of the phone is the same already. 399.00 without a contract extension or 349.99 with a 2yr extension. Pass.

Re: Android developers, start your engines: Google unlocks the G1

MG Siegler — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 20:23:31 -0000

I suspect yes, as long as you're willing to lie and say you're developing an app. Doubt they'll enforce this too hard though.

Re: Android developers, start your engines: Google unlocks the G1

shivaas — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 20:19:06 -0000

so does that means that people can purchase this, and use it on any network they wish like ? irrespective of whether they are a developer or not !