On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Joerg Lippmann<[email protected]> wrote:
> Then the Freerunner is not for you. > It may sound harsh, but it's definitely *not* suitable for daily use. Period. Brolin, I must respectfully disagree with Joerg's advice to you. There are flaws, including the ones Joerg points out, but they do not necessarily make the Freeruner unsuitable as a daily phone. I think it depends on the person. I use mine daily as my only phone and it works well for me. From your description of yourself, I suspect you would be happy with a Freerunner as well, as long as you don't expect it to do everything you want out of the box. Battery life? Yes, Joerg is correct that it's mediocre. I do charge it every night, but that's not a big deal, especially since it charges off of any USB port. The sound quality is "terrible" according to Joerg, but that has not been my experience. Perhaps I'm just lucky, having bought a later model unit, but people have actually been telling me how crystal clear I sound compared to my old Samsung phone. The one thing I don't like about the sound on the Freerunner is that the default volume is too low, but it's not been enough of a problem for me to even look into how to increase it. Joerg also mentioned that the device is "lame". I'm not quite sure what he means. The Freerunner is certainly lacking features that some proprietary phones boast, such as a multitouch interface and 3G/4G data transfer. Since I live in a big city and have WiFi nearly everywhere I go, the lack of 3G is not a disadvantage for me. And multitouch? Well, somehow I survive without. The one thing that jumps out at me in your request, Brolin, is keeping your SMS messages on the microSD card instead of the SIM. I know that the SHR distribution, which I'm using, stores everything on the SIM by default. Perhaps David Ford's improved SMS app will do what you want? Alternatively, if you are happy with simply archiving your SMS to a text file, David Ford sent out a one line script to do so about a month ago. (I can dig it up if you need.) --Ben > 2009/6/17 David Murrell <[email protected]> >> Fundamentally, at this point, my Openmoko Freerunner fails the Not >> Interested in Technology - Significant Other Acceptance Procedure, >> otherwise known NIT-SOAP. > That is not a problem for me because I am single. :) P.S. You may not be single for long. One little known feature of the Freerunner is that it is an Ultra-Powerful Magnet for Attractive People. They will sidle up to you and exclaim, "OMG! Is that a Debian box in your pocket?!" ;-) _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
