TestingAndroid.com
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device testing service
SHOW HN2011
21points
11comments
#482of 1,097 in 2011
Top 44%of 2011 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
2 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.
Idea: 2 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Video of the testing process is an interesting idea
From 1 comment
The first thing that comes to mind is uTest (http://www.utest.com/). It does the similar type of crowdsourcing, but the quality of the testers we experienced were pretty horrible…
ydant on HN
Android fragmentation creates a market
From 1 comment
As long as everyone complains about Android fragmentation, I think you will have a market. If I was you I would improve the video.
base on HN
Objections
Commenter questions whether praise comments are genuine
From 1 comment
Who are pt-ziegen and blord? They appear to have come out of the woodwork to give you effusive praise.
sc68cal on HN
Tester quality may be inconsistent, as with uTest
From 1 comment
The first thing that comes to mind is uTest (http://www.utest.com/). It does the similar type of crowdsourcing, but the quality of the testers we experienced were pretty horrible…
ydant on HN
Requests
Structured functionality test with user-provided checklist and devices
From 1 comment
The video shows someone testing the user experience but what about a structured functionality test amongst a set of devices. If I were using the service I would like to provide a…
abijlani on HN
Test complex NDK apps such as VLC across devices
From 1 comment
This looks really nice. I don't really care about the videos, in fact, but just knowing if a complex NDK app (VLC, for me) runs on different devices (and Android version) would…
jbk on HN
Questions
Who are the commenters pt-ziegen and blord
From 1 comment
Who are pt-ziegen and blord? They appear to have come out of the woodwork to give you effusive praise.
sc68cal on HN
Alternatives named
uTest
From 1 comment
The first thing that comes to mind is uTest (http://www.utest.com/). It does the similar type of crowdsourcing, but the quality of the testers we experienced were pretty horrible…
ydant on HN
DeviceReady
From 1 comment
Sounds like you want DeviceReady http://www.deviceready.com/
pilom on HN