I just got my e-mail confirmation a few days ago. I’d imagine if you haven’t got one yet, maybe you weren’t selected.

Long live the Nexus one!

Ok I was just thinking about this, Since google is giving away free N1′s and driods what is the purpose of getting one of these free phones if you cant actually use them on the others network meaning you cant use a droid on T-mobile. All you can really do is just check out the features but why not just download the sdk with the emulator?

ADL in Austin gave out Droids! I was more than happy to accept their generous gift! However, they didn’t seem so sure that they would be able to continue being so generous in the future.

Anyone confirmed for the US events yet? I registered for Mountain View (its next week) but I haven’t heard anything yet…..

Definitely money well spent. I was there, I got a free Nexus (when I finished falling out of my chair), and I’ve more than doubled my Android app efforts. There’s a huge difference between writing for the (slow) emulator and developing for a real phone.

Not to mention the PR that Google gets from all those happy devs who are keen to demonstrate their new phones. It’s an impressive phone, so those who don’t have any type of Android phone are interested, and those who have older phones such as the G1 are keen to upgrade.

I was on London’s Android Developer Lab. And yes, the gave us free Nexus One.
Very nice event and very very nice gift.

Sergio

Once the Nexus One came out, my wait for a new phone was over. It has everything I wanted in an Android phone.

1 GHz chip
512 MB RAM
large 3.7″ screen
No physical keyboard
Stock Android

I hate custom UIs because not one of them has been updated to a newer version of Android yet on any of the older phones. However, Google is already sending out it’s first update to the N1 and can update it any time they want. It’s possible the N1 will be one of the first phones to see any future Android updates because it’s all controlled by Google.

I would caution being so black or white about native Android app vs. pure web app ( “Only the Sith deal in absolutes” – Obi Wan Kanobi, Star Wars Episode III ).

There’s a happy medium to be had; web pages that include hooks for Android phones. A primordial example is Oil Can

http://oilcan.jsharkey.org

I’d also mention the way desktop browsers extend web page function(s) with plug-ins and scripts.

Android’s current browser is Chrome, and the desktop version only just recently got support for plug-ins and Grease Monkey support.

Factoring in yesterday’s the arrival of FireFox for Android, rumors of Opera for Android, assume Android’s browser will mature to be more like desktop Chrome, and I hope you see that’s its too early to make it “all or nothing”.

Well said. I got into the native vs web app argument just the other day so it’s good to see someone preaching my same angle.