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rubyraj
rubyraj

Reputation: 611

Which handset or mobile should be opted for testing the Windows Phone 7 application?

I m building an application for WP7. So till now i was working on emulator but now i have to test the application on device. Can anyone tell me which company's mobile (HTC and Nokia) is good for it do specify the model no also. As i come to know that HTC is switching to Android so i have to emphasize on long run also. One thing more i require to know how to deploy an application on device?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 73

Answers (2)

Steve Mayne
Steve Mayne

Reputation: 22808

Is your program graphically intensive, or does it use features that are only found on specific phones? If not, I would buy the slowest device you wish to be able to support. In that way, it'll run superbly on higher-powered phones.

Having said that, the Dell Venue Pro and HTC HD7 are currently being updated to the "NoDo" update (which brings in copy and paste) - so if you want to be able to develop against the latest and greatest, it would seem sensible to buy one of these.

Upvotes: 1

Matt Lacey
Matt Lacey

Reputation: 65564

If you can only test on one device, get the slowest device, with the least RAM and the smallest screen you can.

This applies for all situations where you need to test something on a mobile where the same code will be used on different powered and sized devices.

If possible test on multipel devices. If you know someone with a different make/model ask to borrow theirs.

One of the current advantages to developing for Windows Phone 7 is that the same code SHOULD run on all WP7 devices. There have been a couple of exceptions reported but they are a very tiny minority or cases.

Upvotes: 2

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