Are you taking full advantage of the Virtual Developer Lab?

Do you know about the Virtual Developer Lab found at NN4D? This is a really cool service, as it allows you to test your app on live devices (hooked up to carrier networks) to see how it works. Yes, the Virtual Developer Lab is powered by DeviceAnywhere and is a testing service that uses actual phones/devices that you control virtually via your computer. Read more about the details of the VDL here!

Best part is that all NN4D members get 5 free Virtual Developer Lab testing hours! This is some serious time, and you can load your app and test it on quite a few devices in five hours! This is entirely FREE for members of NN4D. Not an NN4D member yet? Well, join now!

We are also always adding devices to the VDL! For example, during June-July 2011, we have cleared out some old GPS devices that were not being used for testing anymore and added 17 new devices − based in the DeviceAnywhere Test Center™ in the UK and San Mateo (CA).

Highlights of this updated include:

• Two new tablets from BlackBerry and HTC
• 11 of the latest Android phones from HTC, LG, Motorola, Pantech, Samsung and Sony Ericsson, including the very cool Sony Ericsson Xperia™ PLAY (perfect for creating new, advanced 3D games based on NAVTEQ 3D visual content)
• Two new Windows Phone 7 devices
• New HP smartphone based on webOS
• Java ME/BREW feature phone from Motorola

We have also published some resources to help you get up and running with the Virtual Developer lab, included the embedded video below.

Not only do we have resources on the site, but we are having an upcoming webinar on August 1st, 2011 at 8:30am PST / 4:30pm UK / 5:30pm CET.
If you are looking to get started (or to expand your knowledge of the VDL), then you will want to tune in for sure. This is going to be a very useful webinar as you will learn how to enhance and streamline your manual application testing on real handsets through the NAVTEQ Virtual Developer Lab (VDL), using DeviceAnywhere Test Center.

So, basically, this webinar is going to be an awesome “cheat sheet” to give you some tips and tricks on how to get the most out of the VDL. This will be very helpful so you can fully take advantage of your 5 FREE hours testing you get on the Virtual Developer Lab from NN4D!

Make sure to register now for this webinar and also make sure to sign up and use the Virtual Developer Lab on NN4D!

In the meantime, take a look at the "NAVTEQ Virtual Developer Lab: LBS App Testing Demo" video below to give you an feel of what the VDL is all about.