Reviews?

nickd blumph at gmail.com
Tue Jul 8 01:55:34 CEST 2008


Looks like his server hosting the images suffered a hard-drive failure: 
http://www.monochromementality.com/index.php/blog/show/This-Site-Broken-Articles-And-Learning-Python.html

Milos Mandaric wrote:
> Have look at this one
> http://www.monochromementality.com/index.php/blog/show/Day-One-Openmoko-Freerunner-1.html
> from Kevin Dean. I am not sure why the photos are missing.
>
>
> On Mon, 2008-07-07 at 16:02 -0700, sumstultussedesquoque at gmail.com
> wrote:
>   
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Does anyone know if there are any good reviews floating around for the
>> FreeRunner yet?  (And if not, does someone who already has theirs want
>> to write one?)  I'm a college student so money's very tight and I'm
>> trying to justify purchasing one, but I want to know exactly what I'm
>> getting first (in terms of functionality).  Specifically, I'm
>> wondering about:
>>
>> Cell phone functionality:  Is full cellphone functionality (i.e.
>> sending and receiving calls/SMS) currently working stably?
>>
>> Internet connectivity:  At what stage of development is internet
>> connectivity, both through wifi and the cellular network?  Is there a
>> decently functional browser yet?
>>
>> SSH:  Related to above, is SSH working?
>>
>> Audio:  How functional is the FreeRunner as a PMP?  OGG support is a
>> must and mp3 and FLAC would be good.
>>
>> Development & portability:  How easy is it to develop/compile new
>> programs for the platform and how easy is it to port existing
>> applications?
>>
>> Misc:  Battery life for normal usage?  Is there a JVM yet?
>> Ruggedness?  Compatibility with AT&T SIMs?
>>
>> If anyone has any input on these, it's greatly appreciated.  Feel free
>> to e-mail me privately if you don't feel it'd be interesting to anyone
>> else on the list.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Evan
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