Is a FreeRunner sufficient for me?

[Rui Miguel Silva Seabra]

On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 04:23:34PM +0300, Risto H. Kurppa wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Al
> Johnson<openmoko at mazikeen.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >> Can I still receive phone calls while the FreeRunner is suspended?
> >
> > Of course! It wouldn't be much use as a phone otherwise :-)
> 
> You can even talk on the phone when FR is suspended! (yes, this is
> because Calypso, the GSM chip is separated from the main processor)

Not always. Currently when it happens I loose audio. But I liked that a lot
in Om2008.12

> > Best case scenario is 160hrs standby time IIRC.
> 
> 140: http://totalueberwachung.de/blog/2009/06/03/freerunner-deep-sleep-standby-time
> 
> There's also now some research going on on scaling the frequency of FR
> CPU - it'll save another 40mW or something.. So I think we can expect
> the battery lifetime to slowly go up to longer than one day.

To me it already lasts longer than one day, but one of my main uses is
actually as a phone :)

Rui