I am a programmer developing web applications. I was madly interested in electronics during school days, then got carried away by the charm of programming, when the little me saw a few lines of Basic, controlling such a complex electronic device (the computer). Even after getting into programming, craze for electronics never left me. The combined interest motivated me into embedded programming where software talked to hardware directly.
Nowadays I do Web 2.0 application development for a living - code which doesn't even come near any hardware. Even though I enjoy writing web based software which reaches people all around the globe through the magical web, the electronics enthusiast inside me was craving for programming that involved controlling and using some hardware devices.
So when I started hearing about mobile applications, I was excited. Got into Iphone, but soon got disgusted by the extreme proprietary style of Apple. An open minded developer who comes from the GNU/Linux world cannot cope up with Apple & Iphone. Tried other mobiles as well with J2ME. But they all lacked an open environment and community participation which I was used to.
When the Open Handset Alliance was formed and Google came up with Android - open source Linux based OS for mobile computing devices - I couldn't ask for anything more. I used to follow news related to Android very closely. Was waiting for Google & HTC to launch their phones in India. 3G Networks became available in India during this time period. Came to know about Google's Dev Phone G1 - fully unlocked version of the Google phone for developers. Couldn't wait any longer. Even though import duties + shipping charges were very high, went ahead and ordered the dev phone.
Google dev phone G1 - costs $399. Including shipping and import duties $571.
Visit http://android.brightstarcorp.com/ for full details about the phone.
Nowadays I do Web 2.0 application development for a living - code which doesn't even come near any hardware. Even though I enjoy writing web based software which reaches people all around the globe through the magical web, the electronics enthusiast inside me was craving for programming that involved controlling and using some hardware devices.
So when I started hearing about mobile applications, I was excited. Got into Iphone, but soon got disgusted by the extreme proprietary style of Apple. An open minded developer who comes from the GNU/Linux world cannot cope up with Apple & Iphone. Tried other mobiles as well with J2ME. But they all lacked an open environment and community participation which I was used to.
When the Open Handset Alliance was formed and Google came up with Android - open source Linux based OS for mobile computing devices - I couldn't ask for anything more. I used to follow news related to Android very closely. Was waiting for Google & HTC to launch their phones in India. 3G Networks became available in India during this time period. Came to know about Google's Dev Phone G1 - fully unlocked version of the Google phone for developers. Couldn't wait any longer. Even though import duties + shipping charges were very high, went ahead and ordered the dev phone.
Google dev phone G1 - costs $399. Including shipping and import duties $571.
Visit http://android.brightstarcorp.com/ for full details about the phone.
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