Ian got a phone with the Apps based on GTK. everyone will. However, I wanted to let the community see the NEXT STEP.
So the next step ( ASU) is now public. you need a GTA02 to appreciate it. and even then it's a raw first look at pre alpha software. maybe Kevin Dean or the Ians can make some vids of ASU. -----OrThe phone will iginal Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of nickd Sent: Monday, May 26, 2008 10:43 PM To: List for Openmoko community discussion Subject: Re: My experience with the Freerunner Sounds expensive Ian! Keep up the good research ;) As for the OS, wouldn't it be the GTK frozen snapshot (pre QT)? Steve said the ASU was at a pre-Alpha stage and I can't see it going out on the sample phones unless you've updated it yourself recently. If it's not the case then mea culpa. -Nick ian douglas wrote: > ian douglas wrote: >> With the ASU software, with no power saving at all, I placed a phone >> call to my Freerunner with a T-Mobile SIM from an AT&T phone. There >> was no audio, just two phones sitting side by side. The next morning, >> of course, the Freerunner was completely drained (my AT&T phone was >> plugged into its charger). The phone call lasted 3 hours and 52 >> minutes -- just shy of 4 full hours. >> >> I'm running another test right now with power saving turned on >> (dimming, no locking), to see if that has any additional impact on >> call life. > > To follow up, the second phone call hung up after 3 hours and 54 > minutes -- only a two minute saving, but the Freerunner's battry icon > still showed lots of power available, instead of being completely > drained like my test with power saving turned off. > > Since the call ended about the same amount of time as my test last > night (236 minutes vs 234 minutes), I'm curious if either AT&T or > TMobile simply kill a phone call just shy of 4 hours of talk time to > free up their network. > > To solve that riddle, I'll try both my AT&T SIM card and TMobile SIM > card in the Freerunner and call it from my Vonage VoIP line, see if I > can narrow down what killed the call. > > My speculation at this point is that the 3 hour 52 minute call last > night that drained my battery might not have drained the Freerunner's > battery completely, but that the phone just ran out of power at some > point after the phone call because power saving was turned off. > > Stay tuned, > Ian Douglas > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
