Freerunner v. HTC v. ....

[Steven Le Roux]

On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 1:39 PM, Federico Lorenzi <florenzi at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 12:45 PM, Al Johnson
> <openmoko at mazikeen.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > Comparing with the FreeRunner hardware wiki page:
> > http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo_FreeRunner_GTA02_Hardware
> >
> > Comms: Freerunner only has GSM/GPRS triband.
> > Connectivity: WiFi equal, Freerunner has Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR
> > CPU: same core and clock
> > Camera: Freerunner doesn't have one
> > Memory: Freerunner has double the RAM and double the ROM
> > Memory card: Equal
> > Screen: same size, Freerunner is 480x640 but has no keyboard.
> > Weight: Similar? Freerunner 110g without battery, battery weight not
> quoted.
> > Size: Similar, but different shape. Freerunner is 120.7 x 62 x 18.5 mm
> > Battery: Freerunner has 1200mAh
> >
> > USB host mode: only Freerunner. I don't know of another phone that has
> this.
> > GPS: only Freerunner
> >
> > media decode/3D: both have the hardware and neither do much with it yet.
> > Openmoko have been open about exactly what the capabilities are, while
> HTC
> > were rather evasive when customers started questioning the media
> performance.
> > There are other phones that are better in this area.
> You left out the ability to connect to a phone that has HSDPA / 3g (in
> my case the Nokia E51) via Bluetooth or USB, and use it as a modem :)
>
> Cheers,
> Federico
>

and we are talking about a "phone"... so the camera... is clearly NOT a
priority for a first phone;..

fortunately there is no keyboard ;) ! or where's the point with the
touchscreen...



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