Kevin Dean at 21:33, 21 April 2008

2008-04-21T21:33:08Z

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[[Category:SnapshotReview]]

===Summary===
Improvements to suspend support (thought not greatly usable), little improvement to userspace. I recommend this image.

====Latest Recommended Snapshot====
The latest recommended snapshot can always be found [http://downloads.openmoko.org/recommended/ here].

===Openmoko Snapshot Review Criteria===

Date: 21 April 2008

Rootfs Snapshot name: [http://buildhost.openmoko.org/daily/neo1973/deploy/glibc/images/neo1973/Openmoko-openmoko-devel-image-glibc-ipk-P1-Snapshot-20080421-om-gta01.rootfs.jffs2 Openmoko-openmoko-devel-image-glibc-ipk-P1-Snapshot-20080421-om-gta01.rootfs.jffs2]

Kernel snapshot name: [http://buildhost.openmoko.org/daily/neo1973/deploy/glibc/images/neo1973/uImage-2.6.24+git20080421-r0-om-gta01.bin uImage-2.6.24+git20080421-r0-om-gta01.bin]

uBoot Snapshot name: [http://buildhost.openmoko.org/daily/neo1973/deploy/glibc/images/neo1973/u-boot-gta01bv4-1.3.1+svnr4297+gitb29661fc1151077776454288051bc9a488351ce8-r3.bin u-boot-gta01bv4-1.3.1+svnr4297+gitb29661fc1151077776454288051bc9a488351ce8-r3.bin]

Device type: Neo1973 GTA01Bv4

==Boot==
*First Boot Speed - 3m14.809s (10.101s slower than 18 April 2008)
*Second Boot Speed - 1m47.926s (1m 26.883s faster than first boot)
*Error Messages - None
*Failures - None.

==Phone Functionality==

'''Incoming Calls'''

# Can receive - Yes.
# Kinetic alert (vibrate) - Yes
# Auditory alert (sound) - Yes.
# Missed calls display on OM-today2 - Yes
# Calls recorded in call log - Yes
# Stability - Mostly stable.

'''Outgoing Calls'''
# Can make - Yes
# Calls recorded in call log - Yes
# Stability - No issues noticed.

'''Call Quality'''
# Quality as heard from Neo - Good.
# Quality as heard from other - Good-. There is a noticeable echo of the other person's voice on their own handset when calling a Neo. [http://bugzilla.openmoko.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1267 Bug #1267] This is either intermittent or affects different handsets differently.

==Messaging Functionality==
'''Incoming SMS'''
# Can receive - Yes
# Kinetic alert (vibrate) - Yes
# Auditory Alert (sound) - Yes
# Sender identified if applicable - Yes
# Is message readable - Yes
# OM today2 displays new messages - Yes
# Communication logged - Yes
# Stability/Usability - Incoming SMS messages aren't matched against Contact list if entered using local format. [http://bugzilla.openmoko.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1345 Bug #1345 Reported]

'''Outgoing SMS'''
# Can send - Yes
# Message readable - Yes
# Delivery notification works - No
# Communication logged - Yes
# Stability - No issues.

==Person Information Management==
'''Contacts'''
# Can create new - Yes
# Can add from call record- Yes.
# Can add from SMS - Yes.
# Can create groups - Yes
# Can modify - Yes
# Stability - Occasionally a (null) contact is created. [http://bugzilla.openmoko.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1332 Bug #1332 reported]. Particularly nasty, [http://bugzilla.openmoko.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1212 If contacts have a null entry, messages will seg fault].

'''Calendar'''
# Can add events - Yes
# Can view events - Yes
# Can remove events -Yes
# Events appear on openmoko-today2 - Yes
# Events trigger kinetic alarm - No
# Events trigger auditory alarm - No

==Media Player==
'''Stability'''

Attempts to play videos results in black screen. Pressing power kills media player and occasionally causes screen flicker and "scrolling".
There is no way to remove items from a playlist [http://bugzilla.openmoko.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1312 Bug #1312 Reported].

'''Music'''
# Playback - Yes.
# Pause - Yes
# Advance - No
# Rewind - No
# Next Track - Yes
# Previous Track - Yes

'''Video'''
# Playback - No.
# Pause - No.
# Advance - No.
# Rewind - No.

==GPRS==
#Enabled by default: No
#Provides options to configure: No.

==GPS==
# Can power up - Yes?
# Can power down - Yes?
# Works out of the box - No
# Default installs provide GPS software - No.
# Driver is under a Free Software license - No.

==Bluetooth==
# Can turn Bluetooth on - Yes
# Can turn Bluetooth off - Yes

==Battery Life==
No measured test.

==Suspend==
# Suspend works: Partially. No way to manually suspend [http://bugzilla.openmoko.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1365 Bug #1365 reported]
# Resume via AUX works: Yes - [http://bugzilla.openmoko.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1353 Sound is broken upon resume.]
# Resume via POWER works: N/A
# All features work after suspend / resume cycle: No, [http://bugzilla.openmoko.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1353 sound is broken after resume.]
# Wake from suspend on incoming call: Yes but [http://bugzilla.openmoko.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1353 Sound is broken] and [http://bugzilla.openmoko.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1366 GSM appears unresponsive after resume]
# Wake from suspend on incoming SMS: No.

==Software Keyboard==
# Keyboard type - Multi-tap
# Displays correctly - Yes
# Usability - Poor. Multi-tap input's lack of CTRL keys harms terminal use. Without predictive input, too many key presses per line make this less than enjoyable to use. Also, the move from a landscape input to a portrait signifigantly decreases usability of many apps (like Contacts and Calendar). Additionally, the game "Solo" is un-playable since there is no way to call up the keyboard. [http://bugzilla.openmoko.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla//show_bug.cgi?id=1215 Bug #1215 reported]

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Kevin Dean at 21:33, 21 April 2008