Openmoko Freerunner, Who has it or is going to buy it? Options

[RX Shorty]

Hi all!

Well I thought it would be nice to have a topic about who has or going to get the OpenMoko Freerunner.
You all know (or not) it is a "Open" Smartphone.


As you can see no keyboard, just a touchscreen.
Well the full specs here:

-A very high resolution touch screen (1.7" x 2.27" - 43mm x 58mm) 480x640 pixels
-128MB SDRAM memory to allow operation of many applications at once
-Internal GPS module for map and tracking programs
-Bluetooth for local data exchange
-802.11 b/g WiFi for fast web browsing and data transfer
-A 400Mhz processor
-A hardware Graphics Accelerator chip allowing the acceleration of a limited set of operations.
-2 3D accelerometers so that the phone can know its orientation.
-2 LEDs illuminating the two buttons on the rim of the case (
-Tri-band GSM and GPRS for North America (850/1800/1900 Mhz) and the rest of the world (900/1800/1900 Mhz)
-USB Host function with 500mA power allowing you to power USB devices for short periods

But now the question.
Who is going to get this sweet piece of Moko?

Myself I orderd one and waiting for it
What about you?

Ciao

[zmiq2]

RX,

can you please post some info on the device?

- what internet browser uses? ajax/flash support?

- what is battery performance ?

- external speaker for handsfree operation ?

- video playback performance ?

- touchscreen sensivity/performance? compared to an iphone?

I think I'll wait for the 3G version... and maybe in the meanwhile I'll get an iphone.....

[RX Shorty]

RX,

can you please post some info on the device?
Offcourse

- what internet browser uses? ajax/flash support?
There is no browser standard installed, but you can install Minimo (mozilla based, not tested yet)

- what is battery performance ?
Cannot tell you much about that right now, but what I read around the mailinglist etc, it is not poor but not very good either.

- external speaker for handsfree operation ?
Yes there is an Handsfree option that works pretty good

- video playback performance ?
Also a media player isn't installed by default, need to test it sorry.

- touchscreen sensivity/performance? compared to an iphone?
The performance is very good. Also the sensivity is good, you can tap really fast with losing a tap.

I think I'll wait for the 3G version... and maybe in the meanwhile I'll get an iphone.....
All I can say is that the Iphone is Ready to Use, Openmoko needs some time to play with, then again you have something very special

I will let you know if I tested more, then again I have to wait for the weekend before I have some time

[stupkid]

According to the this thread on the mailing list:

http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/commun...uly/020339.html

As power management gets implemented battery life is improving. The GTA01 (FreeRunner is GTA02) had terrible battery life, 8 hours of operation from what I read. With new software it is getting 21 hours and there are even more things to implement. So, battery life will get better, but currently power management needs a lot of work.