what's not functional?
Tom Kunz
tkunz at solidrocktechnologies.com
Tue Jan 15 15:20:16 CET 2008
This is all very interesting. I will be needing to eventually use it
elsewhere throughout the world, particularly Asia. Will this require
hardware changes, or is it mainly a software issue at this point?
Given the other info stated in the thread, it sounds like it would be
moderately acceptable as a technology demonstrator and as a good
development platform (given the underlying hardware doesn't change too
much) to get my software onto.
Thanks,
Tom
Mark Arvidson wrote:
> Hi Tom,
>
> If your usage is for North America, be aware that the Neo as it is
> offered now does not include support for the 850MHz band, so you will
> only be able to use the 1900MHz in these parts.
>
> The battery life is 3-4 hours, and the phone is best charged turned on
> and plugged into a Linux computer's USB port. My particular device
> only recognizes the sim card every other boot and often forgets to
> tell me if somebody is calling (they drop straight to voicemail).
> Some of this may be improved with the latest modem flash.
>
> The basic hardware platform seems solid enough (other than power
> management issues). The problems I am seeing seem to be software
> related, so if the openmoko software is not required in your
> application, you might have some luck. I have enjoyed writing some
> small bits of software for openmoko, but still cannot use it as a
> primary phone.
>
> Some claim that Qtopia works well on the device. I haven't tried it
> recently enough to comment.
> --Mark Arvidson
>
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