On Saturday 24 May 2008, Ajit Natarajan wrote: > It would be great if someone who has used or is otherwise aware of the > feature sets of the Freerunner, HTC, and other smart phones to compare > and contrast these. > > I was especially worried about a posting a day or two ago saying that > the Freerunner is 1990s era hardware. I would like to know what makes > the hardware 1990s era.
I don't think you have much to worry about on the hardware front. Here's the spec of the HTC TyTN according to wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_TyTN Manufacturer: HTC Type: Smartphone / PDA Communications UMTS / HSDPA tri band: UMTS 850, UMTS 1900, UMTS 2100 GSM / GPRS / EDGE quad band: GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800, GSM 1900 Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.0 without EDR CPU: 400 MHz Samsung SC2442A with Qualcomm chipset Operating System: Windows Mobile 5, with a free upgrade to Windows Mobile 6 available through HTC e-Club Camera(s): 2.0 MP still/video camera (excluded on AT&T 8500). Video conferencing camera (excluded on AT&T 8500/8525) . Memory: 64MB RAM, 128MB ROM Memory card: MicroSD/MicroSDHC (Not officially supported) Screen: 240x320, 2.8" (42 x 57 mm) TFT-LCD, switches to Landscape 320x240 when retractable keyboard is extended. Weight: 176g (6.2 ounces) Size: 112.5mm (L) x 58mm (W) x 21.95mm (T) Battery: Li-Po 1350 mAh. Li-Ion 1300/1350 mAH on AT&T 8525. Comparing with the FreeRunner hardware wiki page: http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo_FreeRunner_GTA02_Hardware Comms: Freerunner only has GSM/GPRS triband. Connectivity: WiFi equal, Freerunner has Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR CPU: same core and clock Camera: Freerunner doesn't have one Memory: Freerunner has double the RAM and double the ROM Memory card: Equal Screen: same size, Freerunner is 480x640 but has no keyboard. Weight: Similar? Freerunner 110g without battery, battery weight not quoted. Size: Similar, but different shape. Freerunner is 120.7 x 62 x 18.5 mm Battery: Freerunner has 1200mAh USB host mode: only Freerunner. I don't know of another phone that has this. GPS: only Freerunner media decode/3D: both have the hardware and neither do much with it yet. Openmoko have been open about exactly what the capabilities are, while HTC were rather evasive when customers started questioning the media performance. There are other phones that are better in this area. The only part that is remotely 1990s is the GPRS connection. Depending on where you live and what you want to do this may or may not be an issue. _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
