which applications are usable

[Flyin_bbb8]

yea for sure, it's a must.

On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 1:04 AM, Kevin Dean <kevin at foreverdean.info> wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 5:56 PM, Flyin_bbb8 <flyin.bbb8 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanx kevin, that's no good, when does it start warning about low
> battery?,
> > or does it even do that?
>
> It doesn't. This is perhaps my single BIGGEST complaint. I don't
> really mind that the battery dies in 5 hours, because I can plug it up
> within that window. What bothers the hell out of me is that the phone
> runs itself into the ground to the point where it can't even be turned
> on without an hour of slow charging. :( I understand this is a
> firmware issue and that at least this last part has been corrected in
> the Freerunner.
>
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 12:42 AM, Kevin Dean <kevin at foreverdean.info>
> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 5:33 PM, Flyin_bbb8 <flyin.bbb8 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > > Marcus can you please inform me of how long the battery lasts on
> your
> > neo
> > > > 1973? on average ...
> > >
> > > Not Marcus but I have an answer. :) Using the "Dim first, don't lock"
> > > mode which dims the screen after a few seconds and then turns off the
> > > backlight, it's about 5 hours on standby. Less than that if you're
> > > actually using the device.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 8:43 PM, Marcus Bauer <
> marcus.bauer at gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, 2008-04-17 at 16:41 +0200, Eildert Groeneveld wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > with the Freerunner approaching I wonder which applications are
> > > > currently
> > > > > > in a usable status? Apparently, Steve's managed to make a phone
> > call.
> > > > > > What about SMS or addressbook? Is there a list somewhere? or
> does
> > the
> > > > current
> > > > > > qemu download give an impression (its so slow its not really
> useful)
> > > > >
> > > > > Adding to what Kevin said I can say that GPS work very well too. I
> hae
> > > > > been playing a bit with the software stack and being a great fan
> of
> > > > > openstreetmap I developed a little mapping software using these
> maps.
> > > > >
> > > > > If you want to check it out, there are packages for your desktop
> too,
> > > > > i.e. for Ubuntu, Debian, Suse, Fedora and eeePC.
> > > > >
> > > > > The homepage is http://www.tangogps.org/
> > > > >
> > > > > And I fully agree with Kevin that the Openmoko team has done a
> good
> > job
> > > > > in bringing a usable set of apps to us: I use my neo 1973 without
> > major
> > > > > probs on a daily basis. Actually I love the web browser links in
> > > > > graphical mode. Beats everything out there ;-)
> > > > >
> > > > > Marcus
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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