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Android Devs: Borrow a phone, for free, courtesy of SONY
- SODaniel 15y ago30 days, and if you lose it, break it or otherwise they charge FULL price + restocking fee.. I think I'll stick to my 100% free Nokia Lumia 800 courtesy of Nokia Developer Program :)
- alvarosm 15y agoGood luck making money selling apps on the Nokia :) (there's a reason it's free)
- alvarosm 15y agoonly us/canada.. bummer Do you know of any other manufacturers that let developers test on their phones?
- LinaLauneBaer 15y agoMaybe this will also interest you: http://testdroid.com/ http://testdroid.com/
- nmridul 15y agoThe idea is good for Sony. A cheap way to make sure that the latest android apps are working on their device. But the to and fro shipping and the full charge on loss of phone kills the deal. I wonder what these companies do with the phones that are later returned ? Or better, what they do with the phones that are trade in by customers ? They should be providing it at a discount to the developers.
- hristov 15y agoI think they mostly want to remove those phones from the secondary market, so that they can ensure everyone gets shiny new phones from sony.
- jwarzech 15y agoAt first glance I really like the idea of Microsoft/Nokia/Android manufacturers giving away free phones to get developers to write for their platform. However it makes me wonder: does a platform where the developer chooses it for their personal phone yield better apps?
- b0o 15y agoThey also don't allow the use of gmail, yahoo, hotmail, earthlink, msn, and aol email accounts when you sign up. Odd.
- faragon 15y agoI'll always remember Sony for screwing the Playstation 3 Linux Kit. I'll pass, que te vaya bonito, Sony.