My apologies, I mistakenly misquoted someone. In relation to the startup sound, the actual description was that it sounded like the Neo whimpered. I think that word is a bit more vivid.
-Kevin On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 6:06 PM, Kevin Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Today's full review can be found at > http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Snapshot_review/2008-04-04 and the list > of reviews at http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Category:SnapshotReview > > First and foremost, as of yesterday I updated my uBoot image. I've had > several people ask me about if certain uBoot versions work better than > others and I'm not able to answer that. I didn't buy a debug board, so > once I got a good image I left it. Yesterday I took the plunge and > updated to the msot current image (at the time). The full review now > reflects that I use the > > u-boot-gta01bv4-1.3.1+svnr4297+gitb29661fc1151077776454288051bc9a488351ce8-r3.bin > image on my device. A link has been put there and the image can be > found in the recommended section in Openmoko Downloads > (http://downloads.openmoko.org/recommended/) > > This is also the first time in a few days I've seen a reduction in > boot speed and I think I attrbute it to uBoot which has a slightly > faster startup (doesn't scroll up, just appears). > > Not too much has changed since yesterday's review, but I did a few > different tests on the "Echo" issue and I'm finding that it's somewhat > inconsistant. Testing on my work phone had very little echo though the > echo I heard was slightly distorted (could have been the work line). > I'll do some more testing tonight and tomorrow and see if my wife's > phone has shown any improvement or if it's just as bad. > > I forgot to mention a tiny issue the other day when I commented about > the new startup sound. On the Neo this sound is pretty much two notes > (low-high) but when connected to my car's AUX input the sound is full > of life with echos and tone changes... In short, it's a neat sound in > my car (and I'd guess on a PC) but on the Neo, it sounds quite dull. > I've heard someone in IRC say they felt like their Neo was moaning. > > My recommendation today is that anyone wishing to upgrade their image > do so. Today's image is pretty good, though I don't think someone > running a very recent image would benefit too much from an update, but > doing so always helps test the most recent code. :) > > -Kevin Dean >
