On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 15:19 +0200, Michele Renda wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Norbert Hartl wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 14:35 +0200, Tobias Kündig wrote: > >> This is the worst review I ever read from Golem. > >> > >> So many mistakes. They bought their Freerunner and wrote the review. I > >> bet they haven't tested it for more than 1 day. > >> > > Fow how long do you think you should check a device before > > writing a review? I find the review ok. It is very clear that > > the tester doesn't has to be an expert in this domain. And > > I found most points to be true. What are the big mistakes in > > it that makes this review so horrible? > > > > The conclusion is that you get a linux computer with many > > possibilities from which the most are not made available , yet. > > And it is quite unusable as phone. All true for me. > > I can't use it as my daily phone and I know how to tweak the device. > > And that is the same openmoko says about their own product. So > > where is the problem? > > > > I think that before to test something you must to know what are you > testing. You can not to test a phone and than to say: > > Oh... it is stupid, it is not able to prepare me a coffee :) > Nobody expected from a mobile phone that it should be able to make coffee. But you can expect from a mobile phone to make phone calls, can't you? From a PDA you can even expect to have a addressbook where you can store and find addresses, can't you? To be extremely biased towards this device does not help anyone.
>From the view point of a mobile phone the freerunner is the second worst device (nokia communicator 9100 was much worse :)) I ever saw. From the perspective of an open mobile platform it is coolest thing invented since sliced bread. my 2 cents, Norbert _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community