best. email. yet.<br><br>you should link that sms script. perhaps it can be modified to siphon off the contacts too<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 10:24 PM, Ben Wong <span dir="ltr"><<a href="http://lists.openmoko.org">lists.openmoko.org</a>@<a href="http://wongs.net">wongs.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Joerg Lippmann<<a href="mailto:jl_lists@donalbain.de">jl_lists@donalbain.de</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> Then the Freerunner is not for you.<br>
</div>> It may sound harsh, but it's definitely *not* suitable for daily use. Period.<br>
<br>
Brolin,<br>
<br>
I must respectfully disagree with Joerg's advice to you. There are<br>
flaws, including the ones Joerg points out, but they do not<br>
necessarily make the Freeruner unsuitable as a daily phone. I think<br>
it depends on the person. I use mine daily as my only phone and it<br>
works well for me. From your description of yourself, I suspect you<br>
would be happy with a Freerunner as well, as long as you don't expect<br>
it to do everything you want out of the box.<br>
<br>
Battery life? Yes, Joerg is correct that it's mediocre. I do charge<br>
it every night, but that's not a big deal, especially since it charges<br>
off of any USB port.<br>
<br>
The sound quality is "terrible" according to Joerg, but that has not<br>
been my experience. Perhaps I'm just lucky, having bought a later<br>
model unit, but people have actually been telling me how crystal clear<br>
I sound compared to my old Samsung phone. The one thing I don't like<br>
about the sound on the Freerunner is that the default volume is too<br>
low, but it's not been enough of a problem for me to even look into<br>
how to increase it.<br>
<br>
Joerg also mentioned that the device is "lame". I'm not quite sure<br>
what he means. The Freerunner is certainly lacking features that some<br>
proprietary phones boast, such as a multitouch interface and 3G/4G<br>
data transfer. Since I live in a big city and have WiFi nearly<br>
everywhere I go, the lack of 3G is not a disadvantage for me. And<br>
multitouch? Well, somehow I survive without.<br>
<br>
The one thing that jumps out at me in your request, Brolin, is keeping<br>
your SMS messages on the microSD card instead of the SIM. I know that<br>
the SHR distribution, which I'm using, stores everything on the SIM by<br>
default. Perhaps David Ford's improved SMS app will do what you want?<br>
Alternatively, if you are happy with simply archiving your SMS to a<br>
text file, David Ford sent out a one line script to do so about a<br>
month ago. (I can dig it up if you need.)<br>
<br>
--Ben<br>
<div class="im"><br>
<br>
> 2009/6/17 David Murrell <<a href="mailto:dmurrell@waikato.ac.nz">dmurrell@waikato.ac.nz</a>><br>
</div><div class="im">>> Fundamentally, at this point, my Openmoko Freerunner fails the Not<br>
>> Interested in Technology - Significant Other Acceptance Procedure,<br>
>> otherwise known NIT-SOAP.<br>
<br>
> That is not a problem for me because I am single. :)<br>
<br>
</div>P.S. You may not be single for long. One little known feature of the<br>
Freerunner is that it is an Ultra-Powerful Magnet for Attractive<br>
People. They will sidle up to you and exclaim, "OMG! Is that a<br>
Debian box in your pocket?!" ;-)<br>
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