On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 4:49 PM, Cheng Wang <[email protected]> wrote: > As you know, Geeksphones have shipped and people are just starting to get > them, so here's some feedback. The feedback is super limited, though so this > is basically everything (n=1 for most things) > > Overall: > > People seem to be happy with it as a pre-release beta but it needs work. > Given how little feedback we have, the following issues get mentioned a > number of times: > > 1) Marketplace apps don't install. > 2) Connectivity problems > 3) Problems migrating contacts from SIM card > 4) SIM card support is lacking for some carriers > 5) General responsiveness could be improved (some comments that this is > better if you update to latest Gaia) > 6) Font size is too tiny (probably on the Peak) > 7) Youtube doesn't play > 8) SMS doesn't work (may be people updating to a non-official build?) > > There are also a lot of recommendations around telling people to move off > the official GP builds and onto Gaia v1-train. This concerns me because this > means we're getting less testing on the actual builds that will ship in July > and there may be an issue with 1.0.1 builds that is driving this move that > isn't getting attention. > > Lastly, given that we can't get build/device information automatically via > the user agent, it's making my job very difficult, since there are now at > least 6-7 builds out there, not to mention people using the emulator. I > can't promise anything about how current this feedback is.
How is this feedback reported. I would imagine it's quite possible to pull out hardware and more specific software information if the feedback is done through a built-in certified app. / Jonas > Detailed feedback: > > Positives: > > 1. "This is amazing!!!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE port it to Android devices, > such as Samsung Galaxy S2,3,4, etc. Please make Google Play/App Store apps > available... Thanks for being great! :) P.S.: Love the keyboard too!" > 2. "excellent, encore pas de boulot à faire dessus mais pour le moment c'est > correct et je suis d'accord avec d'autre utilisateur il a beaucoup de > potenciel Je l'attends avec impatience personnellement " > 3. "Using my brand new geeksphone with #firefoxos … it's really cool! I love > it!" > 4. "After updating to latest Gaia on #FirefoxOS Peak phone the whole user > experience makes a big leap forward." > > GP forums: > > Keon: > 1. Reset to factory defaults breaks the phone: > http://forum.geeksphone.com/index.php?topic=4783.0 > 2. No support for SDHC cards (not verified): > http://forum.geeksphone.com/index.php?topic=5189.0 > 3. Difficulties importing Gmail contacts (importer tool doesn't work): > http://forum.geeksphone.com/index.php?topic=4794.msg57702#msg57702 > > Peak: There's a lot more here probably because peaks are outselling Keons: > Here's a long review thread: > http://forum.geeksphone.com/index.php?topic=4711.0, > > summarizing it and other threads: > 1. Feels very beta but the interface looks good. > 2. Issue with sound recording and camera > 3. Touch/scrolling is unreliable > 4. Browser doesn't wait for connection before erroring out > 5. OS can get unresponsive when trying to download or on bad connections > 6. Landscape mode/portrait mode issues > 7. Poor bluetooth audio quality and needs contact support > 8. SIM import of contacts truncates names and merges fields > 9. Lots of connectivity issues (especially after extended use). We hear this > a lot from Telefonica as well. > 10. Problems with SIM cards in Israel > http://forum.geeksphone.com/index.php?topic=5183.0 here's another (location > unknown): http://forum.geeksphone.com/index.php?topic=4755.0 > 11. Camera has a fixed (low) resolution > http://forum.geeksphone.com/index.php?topic=5176.0 > 12. Other problems with contacts and importing: > http://forum.geeksphone.com/index.php?topic=5187.0 > 13. Font size is too small. > > Mozilla reps (keons): > > 1. Marketplace app is not working -- some comments that you have to open it > in the browser first > 2. Youtube videos aren't playing > 3. Lots of audio problems: confusion around things not making sound when > they should. Seems to be related to different audio levels for different > streams but the one for the radio seems to override the others. > 4. Some issues when switching to and from landscape mode. > > > Twitter: > > Discounting blogs/news links and posts by Mozilla employees/acccounts, it's > mostly "I got a phone", "look at the potential" so far. General theme seems > to be that it's a low-end device and it's worth keeping an eye on for future > developments. > > Twitter is definitely more positive than other channels but possibly because > it's not a good place to report issues and it's more likely where people go > when they're excited. > > Input: > > Lots of developer questions/concerns and people clearly using the browser > tool. > > Some (likely) physical phone feedback: > 1. Installing marketplace apps doesn't work > https://input.mozilla.org/en-US/dashboard/response/3753474 > 2. Pairing bluetooth devices that require a 6-digit pin isn't possible: > https://input.mozilla.org/en-US/dashboard/response/3737569 > 3. SIM import: https://input.mozilla.org/en-US/dashboard/response/3735311 > 4. SIM card support: > https://input.mozilla.org/en-US/dashboard/response/3735219 > 5. Gallery isn't picking up all the pictures on the SD card: > https://input.mozilla.org/en-US/dashboard/response/3732809 > 6. Font size issues (likely peak): > https://input.mozilla.org/en-US/dashboard/response/3729668 & > https://input.mozilla.org/en-US/dashboard/response/3731692 > 7. Need to switch off of Bing: > https://input.mozilla.org/en-US/dashboard/response/3730944 > > > Let me know if I can follow up on anything. Also, this kind of report gets a > lot better if I know what kind of information you are looking for > specifically as I can focus my efforts and even proactively get feedback. > > Cheng. > > _______________________________________________ > dev-gaia mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-gaia _______________________________________________ dev-b2g mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g
