Re: Looking to pick up a FreeRunner

2010-04-25 Thread Shawn Thompson
I personally would 2nd the motion to try Android on Freerunner, had a great experience up until I couldn't afford to pay the phone bill and stopped playing around with it. On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 3:00 PM, Niels Heyvaert wrote: > > > > Anyway, I had a disappointing and frustrating experience with

RE: Looking to pick up a FreeRunner

2010-04-10 Thread Niels Heyvaert
> Anyway, I had a disappointing and frustrating experience with my FR too > until I discovered QtMoko because all of the distros I tried before > QtMoko (Om 2008.x, Om 2009, SHR (misnomer++;)) were unusable. > > swoody: If you get an FR, please try QtMoko first. That way, if you > decide to try o

Re: Looking to pick up a FreeRunner

2010-04-09 Thread Warren Baird
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Brolin Empey wrote: > Which distro were you using?  I recommend QtMoko because it is the best > and only usable distro I have found.  Make sure you use QtMoko v19 or > higher, though, because earlier versions miss some incoming SMS > messages, including notificatio

Re: Looking to pick up a FreeRunner

2010-04-09 Thread Warren Baird
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Sebastian Krzyszkowiak wrote: > Well, experiences depends. I'm really happy with my Freerunner, and > i'm already using it as my only phone for more than year now. But > maybe it's just matter of unix experience, spare time and... just good > luck ;) Well, I've be

Re: Looking to pick up a FreeRunner

2010-04-08 Thread swoody
> Warren Baird wrote: >> Hey Woody, >> >> Just a word of warning - the FR is a very fun device to play with - >> but if you expect it to be a fully functioning phone, you will >> probably be disappointed. I tried to use it as my cell phone for a >> long time, and found it *very* frustating - regu

Re: Looking to pick up a FreeRunner

2010-04-08 Thread Brolin Empey
Warren Baird wrote: > Hey Woody, > > Just a word of warning - the FR is a very fun device to play with - > but if you expect it to be a fully functioning phone, you will > probably be disappointed. I tried to use it as my cell phone for a > long time, and found it *very* frustating - regularly mi

Re: Looking to pick up a FreeRunner

2010-04-08 Thread swoody
> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Sebastian Krzyszkowiak > wrote: >> Well, experiences depends. I'm really happy with my Freerunner, and >> i'm already using it as my only phone for more than year now. But >> maybe it's just matter of unix experience, spare time and... just good >> luck ;) > > sa

Re: Looking to pick up a FreeRunner

2010-04-08 Thread jeremy jozwik
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Sebastian Krzyszkowiak wrote: > Well, experiences depends. I'm really happy with my Freerunner, and > i'm already using it as my only phone for more than year now. But > maybe it's just matter of unix experience, spare time and... just good > luck ;) same here. _

Re: Looking to pick up a FreeRunner

2010-04-08 Thread Sebastian Krzyszkowiak
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 20:10, Warren Baird wrote: > On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 6:02 PM, swoody wrote: > >> I am in a bit of a predicament with my current, closed (bleh!) cell phone. >> The screen stopped working, and incoming and outgoing calls have ceased as >> well. I tried to have it replaced thro

Re: Looking to pick up a FreeRunner

2010-04-08 Thread Warren Baird
On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 6:02 PM, swoody wrote: > I am in a bit of a predicament with my current, closed (bleh!) cell phone. > The screen stopped working, and incoming and outgoing calls have ceased as > well. I tried to have it replaced through my cellular carrier, but they are > trying to blame i

Re: Looking to pick up a FreeRunner

2010-04-07 Thread freerunner
2010-04...@17:02 swoody > Unfortunately, this is a pretty bad time as I can't afford to lay out > $200USD for a new FreeRunner. I'm a full-time student, and funds are indeed > short. I was hoping somebody out there may have an extra FreeRunner, or know hi, if you can read italian (or know how to

Re: Looking to pick up a FreeRunner

2010-04-07 Thread mail...@my.is.it
2010-04...@17:02 swoody > Unfortunately, this is a pretty bad time as I can't afford to lay out > $200USD for a new FreeRunner. I'm a full-time student, and funds are indeed > short. I was hoping somebody out there may have an extra FreeRunner, or know hi, if you can read italian (or know how to

Looking to pick up a FreeRunner

2010-04-06 Thread swoody
Hello OpenMoko fans :) I hope this post isn't out of line, but Craigslist and eBay were of no use. I am in a bit of a predicament with my current, closed (bleh!) cell phone. The screen stopped working, and incoming and outgoing calls have ceased as well. I tried to have it replaced through my cel