Okay, as others have reported, the non-North American version of the
FreeRunner will work in the US.
In California and Nevada, there is extensive coverage by both ATT and
T-Mobile on the 1900 band. Both offer prepaid SIM cards.
If you do end up getting a prepaid SIM, there are two things to
.
Jeffrey Malone
On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 2:51 PM, Michael Shiloh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Consulting Goat wrote:
Hi - I'm new to OpenMoko (I don't even have a device yet) Personally
I'm interested as an end-user; I know we're not there yet, but I'm
fairly techie so I thought I'd jump in early
The modem is class 12:
http://www.gsmworld.com/technology/gprs/class.shtml
In my tests, I sustained 40kbit down, 24kbit up. The theoretical max is
48kbit down with 12kbit up, or reversed with 12kbit down and 48kbit up.
Basically, sub-56k speeds with a latency of ~700-900ms (round trip) with
From what I can tell on the wiki, both the Neo 1973 and the Neo Freerunner
use the same LCD. Finding someone willing to part with their Neo 1973 -- or
finding someone with a dead 1973 (but good LCD) is probably not going to be
a difficult task.
Good luck
On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 6:18 PM, Ben
I've seen no mention of this elsewhere, but forgive me if this is a topic
that's been covered already.
But after disassembling my Freerunner, I noticed that near the external GSM
antenna connector is an identical connector -- on the wifi module (about 1cm
above the GSM one). I don't have a
(Toronto)...
And as to what they may install... doesn't really matter. The phone is the
phone, the software changes in about 7 minutes, so if it comes with
something you don't want, it really doesn't matter.
Jeffrey Malone
On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 6:06 PM, xaos x [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I
to par with the
feature-rich hardware platform. It seemed to me that a lot of the right
people had their interest piqued, so let's just hope they have $400 burning
a whole in their pocket, and spare time to-boot.
Jeffrey Malone
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Openmoko community
as I'm one of the volunteers at LinuxWorld, I'll see you there!
Jeffrey Malone
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 3:09 PM, Michael Shiloh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
That is a wonderful story. Thanks for sharing!
So, will the baby be named in some way for Openmoko :-)?
Thanks for the great story and the great
I have an entirely free schedule, and free shuttles that take me from my
apartment in SF to the Trans-bay Terminal, a mere 3 blocks from Moscone.
I can commit to volunteering for any times needed, and I'm not a flake.
Jeffrey Malone
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On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 12:15 PM, steve
I can volunteer myself.
I live just a bus ride away from Moscone and have a depressingly open
schedule.
Jeffrey Malone
On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 2:12 PM, Adilson Oliveira
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Michael Shiloh escreveu:
Openmoko will be at Linuxworld, and needs to staff two booths: One
I've actually been able to run the phone without a battery. I booted it,
plugged in the wall charger, and removed the battery.
It sat working for an indefinite period of time, while registered to the GSM
network and with GPS and wifi on (I was testing to see if removing the
battery could aid
I think you're way over thinking this matter to seriously consider the
accelerometers as an option. Sure, it sounds great... but add in
practicality.
So when the phone is vertical, it locks the screen and dims it? What if I'm
in a call, and bend over to pick up something off the floor? Or if my
In my experience, the revision that cpuinfo reports is not as expected:
Hardware: GTA02
Revision: 0350
I've gta02v5, but I would be afraid to simply guess that 0350 means v5.
Querying the modem gives me what I would expect:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# libgsmd-tool -m shell
libgsm-tool - (C)
Went outside, got TTFF in 48s surrounded by buildings and trees.
Definitely confirmed that removing the sd card fixes the gps.
On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 4:12 AM, Tim Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Awesome. At least we now know what's causing the problem.
Is there a chance that changing the
I'm curious how well these work.
Does the cover have any real downsides?
Eg:
Difficult to apply/align
Reduces touchscreen sensitivity
... or otherwise impairs the phone's use or operation.
Thanks for any advice you can give
Jeffrey Malone
On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 9:23 PM, Stephen Pape [EMAIL
international roaming capabilities,
but 1800 is still generally available in most western countries.
So yes, either the 900 or 850 will work fine on T-Mobile US, but the 850 is
preferred for those in the US.
Jeffrey Malone
On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 10:45 AM, Brad Pitcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Harry
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