My current phone is a Nokia N70, and that's what I compare the Neo with. I used the phone in various situations - snowboarding on 3000 meters, while standing on 50 meter high free-standing towers, at 180 km/h on the German Autobahn, and in different data centers. With all the noise and/or the wind in this situations, I never had a problem with the Nokia - it of course was not perfect, but I could understand everything. Long way to go for the Neo. At least it's definitely possible to use it in your office :) Let's see how the Neo performs on the coming snowboard-trip (where I hopefully can use the GPS).
On 2/20/08, Kevin Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm familiar with the echos, I commented on them many times during my > reviews. For me, however, they were mostly corrected as of the 11 Feb > 2008 official snapshot. > > Talking in the wind is difficult with the Neo, but then I've never > actually had a phone that did that well. > > I use my Neo as my primary phone and in MOST cases it works well. I am > a bit nervous, however, because there are enough stability issues > (dialer crashing while phone calls are in progress, gsm randomly > dying, freezes, misrepresentation of level of charge, et cetera) that > I'm afraid of what will happen in the event of an emergency. > > I am frequently told by my wife that she's called or sent SMS that I > didn't get, all the while my Neo is still saying I'm connected to my > carrier. > > If you want to develop on a device that can make phone calls, the Neo > works. If you want a functional phone you can develop on, it would be > best to wait for the Freerunner hardware (which, now that I think > about, it's the only OpenMoko hardware you'll be able to get on the > primary market - Neo1973 units have sold out!) > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 7:28 AM, Thomas Gstädtner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > After flashing the newest snapshot (and 2.6.24 kernel) yesterday, I > decided > > to give the Neo a try as everyday-phone again. > > So I took it with me today, did some calls and so on. > > It mostly worked fine, the battery lasts about a day (standby + doing > some > > calls and playing around), except one freeze after waking it up from > > standby. > > Unfortunately I can't use the Neo as phone. > > As I work in field service for a big mobile carrier, I use my phones > outdoor > > and usually some hours a day. Especially the first point is not really > > possible with the Neo. > > The volume of the speaker is _much_ too low, it's hard to understand > your > > opponent if the wind is blowing and there's a street close. There also > are > > echoes on both sides, so it's really hard for the opponent to understand > > you. There also is a hall effect that is very annoying. > > At moment there's no chance for me to replace my Nokia with the Neo. > Hope > > it's getting better. > > > > Well, last but not least there are some positives to report: SMS and > > Incoming/Outgoing calls work good now, the Neo wakes up from standby if > a > > call is comeing in, what is pretty good for the battery. Thanks to the > > bright display it's also possible to dial and read SMS in the sun, > although > > the display is transmissive. > > >
