[All] FR survey and locations
Thomas Otterbein
th.otterbein at gmx.net
Mon Feb 2 16:19:19 CET 2009
Dear all,
questions about buying a FR now or later, waiting for this or that software
and using this or that distribution arrive on a regular basis on this list. I
read them all although I'm usually quite unhappy with the answers that happen
to arrive on such a mailing. IMHO they represent -naturally- rather the
authors personal liking of a certain distro than a neutral perspective on the
most common issues (buzz, echo, battery, etc.). I understand that it depends a
lot on the concrete device (revision) one uses and the circumstances
(location, provider, gsm band, etc.) it's used in and -of course- on the
personal expectations.
So here's my approach to get the most urgent questions answered by a large
group of users while allowing to take the decession on a most neutral base of
data.
I created a survey with the most important questions - at least to me but I'm
happy to "optimize" it to make it usefull for a larger group of people. The
questions are: What revisions of the FR are are out there and in use? What
distro is used at the most? How many are (still) suffering from buzz/echo? Is
there any indication that these problems are located or more frequent in
certain corners of the world?
The survey is a simple Google-Form. You can see the any entered records as a
sheet here:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p2ZQdcRSVg9XfYLwBVsZicg
To take part in the survey click here:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=p2ZQdcRSVg9XfYLwBVsZicg
I also created a Google-Map where everyone can enter the location of his or
her FR, so people, who would like to see and/or touch it before buying their
own, could find the closest FR-owner
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=115352610340426907999.000461ec26b35ac3fad63&z=7
The Google-Form offers a kind of summary too, which may show some usefull
statistics if enough FR-owners take part in the survey. However it cannot, for
whatever reason, be made public. If someone is interessted I'll publish the
summary somewhere else then.
Thanks in advance for your support!
Regards
thomas
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