Snapshot review/2008-01-31

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OpenMoko Snapshot Review Criteria

Date: 31 January 2008

Rootfs Snapshot name: OpenMoko-openmoko-devel-image-glibc-ipk-P1-Snapshot-20080131-fic-gta01.rootfs.jffs2

Kernel snapshot name: uImage-2.6.22.5-moko11+svnr3874-r13-neo1973.bin

uBoot Snapshot name: u-boot-gta01bv4-1.3.1%2bgit0ec595243dc99edcd248bbcfbfd5a1dc860bde89%2bsvn3817-r1.bin

Device type: Neo1973 GTA01Bv4

Boot

  • Speed - 1m 39.298s (Down 38.668 seconds from 30 Jan 2008)
  • Error Messages - None
  • Failures - None

Phone Functionality

Incoming Calls

  1. Can receive - Yes
  2. Kinetic alert (vibrate) - Yes
  3. Auditory alert (sound) - Yes
  4. Call quality - Good (to caller)
  5. Missed calls display on OM-today2 - Yes. Bug #1210 did NOT appear. Missed call icon, however, is not displaying. Shows red X icon.
  6. Calls recorded in call log - Yes
  7. Stability - No apparent issues.

Outgoing Calls

  1. Can make - Yes
  2. Call quality - Poor. By default, calls pick up a lot of ambient noise

and drown out the other party. Here is a fix

  1. Calls recorded in call log - Yes
  2. Stability - No apparent issues.

Messaging Functionality

Incoming SMS

  1. Can receive - Yes
  2. Kinetic alert (vibrate) - Yes
  3. Auditory Altert (sound) - Yes
  4. Sender identified if applicable - Yes
  5. Is message readable - Yes
  6. OM today2 displays new messages - Yes
  7. Communication logged - Yes
  8. Stability - No issues.

Outgoing SMS

  1. Can send - Yes
  2. Message readable - Yes
  3. Delivery notification works - No
  4. Communication logged - Yes
  5. Stability - No issues.

Person Information Management

Contacts

  1. Can add - Yes
  2. Can create groups - Yes
  3. Can modify - Yes

Calendar

  1. Can add events - Yes
  2. Can view events - Yes
  3. Can remove events -Yes
  4. Events appear on openmoko-today2 - Yes
  5. Events trigger kinetic alarm - No
  6. Events trigger auditory alarm - No

Media Player

Stability Mostly good. However, closing the app via the POWER button occasionally exits but leaves media player unable to open again.

Music

  1. MP3 Playback - Yes
  2. MP3 Pause - Yes
  3. MP3 Next Track - Yes
  4. MP3 Previous Track - Yes
  5. Vorbis Playback - Yes
  6. Vorbis Pause - Yes
  7. Vorbis Next Track - Yes

Video

  1. Theora Playback - Yes, audio only.
  2. Theora Pause - Yes

GPS

After installing gllin As before:

  1. Driver works
  2. gllin finds satellites
  3. gllin puts position and debug output to /tmp/nmeaNP

Bluetooth

  1. Can turn Bluetooth on - Via system tray, yes. Noticed a typo in the popup, Submitted bug #1214 and included a trivial patch. Via Neod panel, no. Bug #1213 submitted]
  2. Can turn Bluetooth off - Via system tray, yes. Noticed a typo in the popup, Submitted bug #1214 and included a trivial patch. Via Neod panel, no. Bug #1213 submitted

Battery Life

No measured test, but I did leave it unplugged for several hours (4-5) and returned to have it still powered on with decent amount of charge displaying.

Software Keyboard

  1. Keyboard type - Multi-tap
  2. Displays correctly - Yes
  3. 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. Bug #1215 reported See also Switching Keyboards.


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