Re: [mono-android] Free version: Emulator only? ... Bye bye

2011-12-22 Thread Tomas Finnøy
I understand what you are saying. But keep in mind that there are a lot of .Net developers out there that have no prior experience with apps, and would like to get on this bandwagon. They not only want to test out an application, but also to see if this is a big investment on their part, or not. M

Re: [mono-android] Free version: Emulator only? ... Bye bye

2011-12-22 Thread Tomas Finnøy
I don't see how an x86 emulator would make me test apps properly? Phones has abilities, like GPS and gyro, that simply doesn't exist on a desktop computer, and you would have to write an emulator for that as well. Most apps these days use these phone specific abilities in their apps, and I would

[mono-android] Free version: Emulator only? ... Bye bye

2011-12-21 Thread Tomas Finnøy
I'm just posting here to say I have quit my Monodroid experimentation. This is solely due to the fact that you have restricted the use of the free version to only work on the emulators. A very poor choice, indeed. The emulator is incredibly slow, and is close to impossible to test applications