Hi, from openmoko.com shop page : WARNING: Developers only! Please note that the OpenMoko products are not meant for the end user and explicitly marked as Developer preview at this time. Read this wiki article<http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Developer_preview>to find more technical details of what you can and cannot expect of these devices.
... and when you follow the link you can find ... What you *CAN NOT* expect yet - reliable means of making phone calls, esp. not from the UI - reliable means of sending/receiving SMS, esp. not from the UI - integrated GPRS data access - bluetooth integration (basic bluez driver works) - proper power management (i.e. no reasonable battery life yet) - ringtone (or other) profile management - network preferences (call deflection, manual operator selection, ...) - a complete application framework where third party application developers can write apps that easily integrate with the OpenMoko world As far as i know you had to agree with that when you bought the phone Maciej On 10/01/2008, Nicolas Linkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I sent this to FIC: > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > before I do that [send my device back to FIC and exchange it], > I'll need to find out the following: > > Question: > "I have been following the improving power management conversation on > the IRC logs and on this list but am still not clear if it is only a > software problem (suspend issues, devices not shutting off when being > closed > etc.)or there are Major hardware issues involved (I am talking about the > Gta1 devices not FreeRunner). Could someone from OM or FIC clarify > this?" > > Answer: > "I am not from fic or OM, but from what I can tell (I developed the Neo > parts of Qtopia), power management issues are hardware related, > otherwise Qtopia would suspend/resume perfectly, as it does on the > Greenphone and other handsets Qtopia comes with." > > This appeared yesterday/today on one of the the OpenMoko mailing lists > (Community). IF the answer to the question is correct, then there's no > need to exchange my phone - it simply won't improve then. But IF that is > the case, then I would like to give my phone back. > > Hope someone from FIC can clear this up. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The answer I got: > > "The answer is correct." > > So the GTA01 will in fact never be usable as a phone. Too bad. And some > EUR 300,00 wasted ... > > Best regards, > Nicolas > > _______________________________________________ > OpenMoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >
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