Re: Free phone: smart or not?

2015-04-02 Thread Boudewijn
On 17-3-2015 2:49, Stefan Monnier wrote: But the FR's hardware is too limited for that in my experience (e.g. the screen is too small for a resistive touchscreen), and the software is not reliable enough. I think, with the constraints of the FR case, a resistive touchscreen is the best

Re: Free phone: smart or not?

2015-03-17 Thread Nick
Quoth Spacefalcon the Outlaw: But I just can't help but wonder: are you using your FR because it's free or because it's a smartphone? I'm using it because it's free, plus I don't like replacing electronics which are still working. For me the FR is just an incredibly inefficient and somewhat

Re: Free phone: smart or not?

2015-03-17 Thread Paul Wise
On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 3:50 PM, Nick wrote: That said, I do like the idea of having access to strong encryption for SMS type messages and voice, but the way to do that which is compatible with what other people use is to use android apps that communicate over the internet. Which would

Re: Free phone: smart or not?

2015-03-16 Thread Stefan Monnier
are you using your FR because it's free or because it's a smartphone? I don't really use my FR for the following reasons: - I don't use its phone part because it's not Free (I guess by now I could try to use your firmware to fix that part) and because I don't like the idea of being actively

Re: Free phone: smart or not?

2015-03-16 Thread Matthias Apitz
El día Monday, March 16, 2015 a las 07:31:52PM +, Spacefalcon the Outlaw escribió: g...@unixarea.de wrote: I'm using since 2008 the FR as my one and only cellphone. This is not lying, it is just a fact. And I do not know any other person from this list who is doing so. Nick

Re: Free phone: smart or not?

2015-03-16 Thread Norayr Chilingarian
Hey, I don't talk on phone. I just don't talk. I chat. I email. That's why I don't need a dumbphone. I need a device with a full operating system so I can compile my preferred applications for it. If I need a gsm then I need it to get an Internet connection. Then I can use ssl/tor for

Re: Free phone: smart or not?

2015-03-16 Thread Spacefalcon the Outlaw
Matthias Apitz g...@unixarea.de wrote: I do not exactly know what a 'smartphone' is. Harald Welte gave a clear technical definition in one of his presentations: a smartphone is a phone that has two separate processors for the application and baseband functions. It's a clear technical

Free phone: smart or not?

2015-03-16 Thread Spacefalcon the Outlaw
g...@unixarea.de wrote: I'm using since 2008 the FR as my one and only cellphone. This is not lying, it is just a fact. And I do not know any other person from this list who is doing so. Nick openmoko-commun...@njw.me.uk followed: I am too. The only thing that makes me tempted to switch