I don't disagree on the last point. I just hate that Apple forces these things down our throats. And I love my Apple products. On May 23, 2012, at 7:08 PM, Richard Hoffbeck wrote: > That strategy works reasonably well on iOS devices where the adoption rate of new versions is fairly rapid. I'd have no problem with doing an app that required 5.0 or above. Android is a different beast with 4.0 just starting to appear but with something like 100M devices running 2.3 or less. > > The OP just wanted something to test on so he could show a potential employer that he'd worked through the process from start through posting to the Google store. For that a cheap phone works as well as a new tablet.