There's some pretty cool stuff going on out there.<br><br>To try and get some of this off the mailing list and into the wiki, I've created a 'Successful Use Cases' wiki page: <a href="http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Successful_Use_Cases">http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Successful_Use_Cases</a> <br>
<br>The idea is to gather together all the cool things people are doing with the FR, and to give hints to others about how best to do things like read a pdf, send an IM, or how to disable an alien mothership.<br><br>I hope anyone who is doing interesting things with their FR can add a quick note there describing what they are doing.<br>
<br>Warren<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Warren Baird <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wjbaird@alumni.uwaterloo.ca">wjbaird@alumni.uwaterloo.ca</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;">
There seems to be a repeated theme of people posting how crappy the Freerunner is and how nothing works for them. Usually a number of people then jump on the thread and talk about how the FR works well for them.<br><br>I like to try turning that around and start a thread for people to talk about their successes. Maybe if we get enough good ones we can push it onto the wiki.<br>
<br>Here are a few of my own:<br><br> - the GPS with tangogps has been really useful to me a number of times, especially on business trips<br> - Pidgin over GPRS has come in quite handy several times, either when I didn't have my laptop with me, or didn't have wifi coverage<br>
- It's very useful as a PDF reader - with the high-res screen I've been able to read documents while walking or while standing on a metro or bus, when getting out a laptop wouldn't have worked well.<br> - I was able to show off the client software from my 'day job' - a quite complex j2se application - running on a cell phone, which definitely impressed people.<br>
<br>What are your successes with the Freerunner?<br><br>Warren<br><font color="#888888"><br>-- <br>Warren Baird - Photographer and Digital Artist<br><a href="http://www.synergisticimages.ca" target="_blank">http://www.synergisticimages.ca</a><br>
</font></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Warren Baird - Photographer and Digital Artist<br><a href="http://www.synergisticimages.ca">http://www.synergisticimages.ca</a><br>