The cheapest Android 1.5 device [closed]

Question

I am searching for the cheapest Android 1.5 device suitable for developing on it. As the emulator is too sluggish for my needs, I want a real device. Can you recommend any source where to get such an old device? I looked at eBay, but do not know which device to search for. Maybe you can recommend a list of Android 1.5 devices still available?

Answer 1

The HTC Dream/G1 should be the cheapest option. I got mine for 88 bucks shipped from eBay... works perfectly.

Actually, the OS may be Android 1.6 (I can't remember as I eventually installed CyanogenMod) but it shouldn't matter since you can still write and test 1.5 applications on it.

Update: According to the phone's Wikipedia page, the official OS version is 1.6.

Answer 2

The most recent (and probably powerful) 1.5 device was probably the Dell Blaze, but it won't be easy to find. The G2 also came with 1.5.