Au revoir, Android!

It's time to say goodbye to our original idea of SO for our project. Due to expensive device, problems with camera applications, and above us, the ease of all windows mobile world with lots of devices, support from Microsoft and all that stuff at 1-click via the net...

So, goodbye Android and Hello Windows Mobile.

Now it's time to start with design and so on.

First of all, what application do we have to use?
We're students working on a uni project, so.. we need a student license. Easy - we thought-. But nevertheless, it's been a long way to finally get our Visual Studio 2008.

After some emails with our Uni director and some teachers, some web search looking for solution (and other stuff not related) and several attempts, we got nothing. We've been trying to obtain the Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition through beautiful website http://www.dreamspark.com/ but always got stucked while trying to verify our Uni and that 'PAPI' server.

But at least, after some more emails to the UBU (University of BUrgos) we finally got it. 3.5 GB of application ready to work.

We're back!

Hello everybody!

We're back! Yes it's true, and this time is for a long time 'cause we've begun with all stuff of our project... Really, I'm not kidding.

Yesterday, we have our very first true day of working in Valladolid with our tutor. A hard-working day consisted in:

• Clarifying ideas.
• Meeting with Microsoft' people to ask for help and also a device to start working.
• Install programs.
• Acquire some information thanks to huge Google search through all day.
• Very first program using Android.

So, we continue with the same doubt.. We've to choose between Microsoft's Windows Mobile of Google's Android.

Let's take some notes...

• Days: 1
• Hours: 7:30
• Km: 290
• Chewing gums: 8 :)

Bye!

First step

Well, now we have to choose our platform to develop the project. We have several options.

The first one is Apple and the iPhone, Apple has recently published the last version of the SDK. The iPhone is a great device (maybe the best) but the SDK provided is a little bit limited (we can’t code in PC e.g.), and we are not convinced by the policy of accepting applications to the iTunes Store.


The second one is Android. Google has announced some days ago the G1 with the support of T-Mobile. We think that the SDK is open and powerful, on the other hand we could use the services of Google natively. The applications are made in Java, an easy language and flexible at the same time.


The last one is Windows Mobile that is on the market longer than Apple and Google, but we believe that the power of movement of Apple and Google is higher than Microsoft, maybe because the applications of windows mobile is more focus on companies and businesses and the others is for everyone.

We are considering that the best option is Android, what do you think?