<div dir="ltr">Hello Community,<br> This is my first time starting a new thread in the mailing list and I felt that before investing $400 on something I should really think it out and ask a few questions. I will start with the questions regarding use as a day to day device. I need a minimum of two things from a phone: the ability to make and receive phone calls reliably and the ability to send and receive SMS messages reliably. From what I have read this is not always the case right now. If someone can verify that they have been using the device for this purpose for a matter of time I would really appreciate that. I have been waiting, patiently, for almost 3 years for this phone, since about the time that the 1973 sold out for the last time. I really do want to purchase a freerunner but unless I will be able to make it work as a phone I think I may be tied to my low end POS samsung t409 for the time being.<br>
<br> My second set of questions revolve around the recent storms brewing in the community list. There has been a lot of fighting going on over ONE feature, the toggle option on the keyboard. Personally I would prefer to toggle mine myself but I am NOT going to get into arguments over that right now. What I would like to know is that if a major usability problem is reported by members of the community that we will not be placing information upon deaf ears. I am NOT a programmer but I love playing with anything Linux so the freerunner really looks like it would be fun to have. So long as I know that major problems (echo, the GPS issue, keyboard toggle option, etc) are going to at least be heard I will be willing to take some minor usability problems while a resolution is in the works.<br>
<br>Thank you for taking the time to read and respond.<br><br>-Shawn Thompson<br></div>