Some questions about the freerunne

[Michaël Parchet]

Le 17 oct. 2012 à 22:38, Boudewijn <wankelwankel at yahoo.com> a écrit :

> On Tuesday 16 October 2012 23:45:54 Michaël Parchet wrote:
>>>> I'm looking for a telephone with the free software. I need to read the
>>>> open document file. Unfortunately, In my region, has a cafe I frequent 
>>>> my phone provider have only a 3g antenna.
>> 
>> Can you answer at thees questions ? :
> Harry's answers are quite good. 
> 
> What is your goal? 
> 
> It seems you ask about "Openmoko Neo Freerunner" ("GTA02"), or at least, the 
> answers seem to focus on that model. I enjoyed using it a lot. You probably 
> found the wiki: http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo_FreeRunner (and see 
> distributions as well; though I'd suggest SHR or QtMoko).
> 
> Now I enjoy using my "OpenPhoenux" even better. There's a short page on the 
> openmoko wiki as well (http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GTA04), giving a history 
> of the project. More extended information is available at gta04.org: about the 
> hardware, the software and "us", the community around it.
> 
>> what's last news about freerunner ?
> The latest news in my opinion is what's said in another mail: the Freerunner 
> is superseded by OpenPhoenux. There the story continues. I'll answer your 
> questions from a GTA04/OpenPhoenux-perspective.
> 
>> Is it alway available at the switzerland distributor ?
> OpenPhoenux hardware is developed, build and tested not far away from 
> Switzerland, in and around München. Development is sponsored by Golden 
> Delicious and distributed by handheld-linux.com, GD's webshop.
> There are some more Swiss GTA04 users, if I recall correctly. Maybe someone 
> will chime in and tell where they ordered.
> 
>> What's Qmoko  a software or the phone fondation that support this phone ?
>> If Qmoko is a distribution wat's the current foundation that support and
>> that make the freerunner ?
> I'm not quite sure what you mean with the question. QtMoko is (indeed) a 
> distribution for phones/mobile devices, especially Openmoko devices. It is 
> based on Debian (armel), so all software you're used to using, is available.
> 
>>>> is there a possibility to add the 3g  and make some phone with this ?
> That's how development of GTA04 started: adding 3g to something like 
> GTA02/Freerunner, but with stronger hardware (starting with Beagleboard).

Ok,  it seem  that  need to buy a gta04 to enable 3g for phone but it seems that this maser board is currently not available on Golden delicious site  isn't it ?

I thought that since this phone was free, it always evolve and I always find the pieces therefore no planned obsolescence but strangely, I can't fond the plain of this phone. Why ?


Tanks for your answer ?

Best regards

mparchet
> 
>>>> Is there a software to reed and edit the opendocument ?
> Yes. I have used Abiword on Freerunner. The screen of 640x480 is barely usable 
> for this. I would export it over SSH. On OpenPhoenux there are more 
> workarounds for the screen resolution: there's TV out and if you really 
> wanted, it's possible to get a kit with a larger screen. Besides: working is 
> much more comfortable with the stronger processor and larger memory.
> 
>>>> Wat's the antenna quality ? it's good ?
> Colleagues with "mainstream" smartphones are surprised to see me calling in 
> the elevator at my work. It does not always keep the connection, but their 
> phones (A[ndroid|pple]) would fail for sure. This is with OpenPhoenux, using 
> the Freerunner antenna.
> 
>>>> There are a software to reed the aac (m4a) and mp3
> As much as there is on your desktop, there is on Openmoko devices. At the very 
> least mplayer.
> 
>>>> Whath's the warranty conditions ?
> It's produced and sold in the EU: 2 years (http://www.handheld-
> linux.com/wiki.php?page=Service)
> 
>>>> There is no camera isn't it ?
> Indeed. The hardware is prepared for a camera, but the actual camera module is 
> optional.
> 
>>>> What's your answer ?
> The final answer? Have a look at GTA04.org and join the fun!
> 
> 
> Boudewijn
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