On Tue, 2007-10-02 at 09:27 +0100, Thomas Wood wrote: > On Mon, 2007-10-01 at 19:28 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Will I be able to use GTA02 as a phone? Or will I still be required to > > have the neo plugged in via usb tied to a computer and ssh in, and face > > east while standing on one leg to make a phone call? > > > > More direct question: What state will the software be in when the GTA02 > > ships? (Not that I will buy a GTA02, I am just wondering when I can use my > > GTA01) > > If you're using the latest OpenMoko software (i.e. in the last week or > so), you should find it is becoming a lot more usable. There are quite a > number of patches to gsmd being applied in OpenEmbedded which means it > appears to be a lot more stable, which in turn means making calls is a > lot more reliable. We've been using two Neo1973s to call each other > multiple times in the last week without any fiddling on the command > line. > > Of course, battery life is a separate issue.
Maybe I spoke to soon. If you enable the "Full Power Management" mode from the power button menu, the battery will last for much longer (e.g. overnight). Regards, Thomas -- OpenedHand Ltd. Unit R Homesdale Business Center / 216-218 Homesdale Road / Bromley / BR1 2QZ / UK Tel: +44 (0)20 8819 6559 Expert Open Source For Consumer Devices - http://o-hand.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community