works for me too : ) actually, i really like the thing. just with the screen was not recessed into the shell. and ffalarms works great for me.
On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Michal Brzozowski <ruso...@poczta.fm>wrote: > 2009/6/20 Joerg Lippmann <jl_li...@donalbain.de> > >> >> OK, maybe I should explain. >> >> My mail should not be taken as FUD. I have a freerunner since it came out >> a >> year ago and - being a linux user since 1994 - I was prepared to get >> something >> rough and unfinished. But I hoped that it would one day be sufficient to >> replace >> first my phone, then my Palm Tungsten C and maybe my Etrex-GPS. It does >> neither >> in a satisfactory way. > > > You're spreading a lot of misinformation. Since you might influence > someone's decision about buying the FR, I'll address those points with which > I completely disagree (about the rest I could argue). > > >> >> I used it for about year now, installed this and that distro and during >> that >> time I defended all the shortcomings as being a work-in-progress and a >> community effort. But all in all I cannot recommend it to anyone as a >> daily >> phone. Here's why: >> >> - The device wakes up too slowly, I lost some calls. > > > The wake up time is about 2 to 2.5 seconds. Usually small enough for > picking up the call quickly. > > >> >> - The vibrator is too weak, I missed more calls. >> - The volume is way to low, You can really only use it indoors. > > > Depends on a particular mixer setting. I could get one that's good enough > for me (found a link on the wiki) > > >> >> - The Display is too dark for sunny days, even in the shade. >> - I lost many SMS. I eventually receiced most of them after restarting the >> device >> - The battery lasts only a few hours, again, I lost many calls (this >> depends >> on the distro. But even with a »good« one, I had cases in which the device >> did >> not suspend due to something crashing) > > > With most distros you get ~48h of suspend time with the GSM running. > Whether the distro you choose crashes a lot or not depends on your luck and > ability to chose the right distro and version (release, testing, unstable). > But agree that most of them crash occasionally, although I don't see how > this influences battery life (just restart the device) > > >> - Sometimes I cannot access the phonebook (Android, SHR) >> - Wifi does not work reliably and it takes a long time to connect. >> - The device/software is terribly slow. How fast was even the oldest palm >> in >> comparison! > > > There is a ton of software, and some of it is slow, some of it is fast. The > device itself is pretty fast for a phone I would say. > > >> >> - the on-screen keyboards are all terrible for finger-typing. I liked the >> one >> from QTe, but you have to install german wordlists by hand. Also it was >> impractical to switch upper/lowercase. Best solution would be to use >> landscape >> automatically. > > > Then you haven't tried the illume predictive keyboard. It's better for > typing sms with your finger than anything else I've seen. Certainly 10x > faster than a phone without a touchscreen. > > >> >> - Even simple tasks like inserting the number of the caller into the >> addressbook is sometimes impossible or very complicated. >> (- Many people I called complained about terrible buzz, but I hope to get >> the >> fix soon) > > > You can buy a buzz-fixed FR. > > >> >> - The alarm clock does not work reliably. >> - When the battery is completely empty, it takes ages to reload the phone >> and >> you're not able to turn it on even when plugged in. > > > I think it takes a few hours to reload it. The problem with starting on an > empty battery have been fixed in recent devices I think. > > >> >> - You cannot sync dates or even contacts, PIM-functions are virtually non- >> existent. >> >> (And I did not mention nice things like video-playback, a good MP3-Player, >> voice-notes, a nice email-Interface or a feed-aggregator...) >> >> Granted, most things depend on the distro you're using. But neither is >> really >> good: >> >> OM: 2007: very stripped down, although I liked the simple interface. > > > That distro is 2.5 years old! :-) > > >> >> >> QTe: Overall quite OK, but no Sync, no working wifi, no usable browser, no >> GPRS, no usable GPS-Application >> >> SHR: good battery life when not crashing. some bad design decisions >> (animations are useless on this phone), slow (especially the setup-menus >> and >> finger-scrolling), ugly phone-function, contacts crash very often, >> tangogps is >> working, many SMS and calls lost. Keyboard either english-only or only >> usable >> with a pen. > > > The slowness can be fixed by tweaking some settings in illume gui. > > Keyboard english-only? Changing the dictionary to another language is as > simple as downloading a word list into the FR. > > >> >> >> Android: Best of the bunch so far. But volume too low, missing keyboard in >> stable versions (cupcake one looks better, but is not stable enough at the >> moment) > > > Well, you definitely forgot about Om2008 and 2009. > > >> >> >> Please, developers, don't feel like I want to thrash your work. It's just >> not >> ready for primetime, yet. I really like the design and the hires screen. >> It >> could make a cool device when it would work... >> > > I will repeat the famous words, "works for me." Just give it some love. > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > >
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