Snapshot review/2008-02-11
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OpenMoko Snapshot Review Criteria
Date: 11 February 2008
Rootfs Snapshot name: OpenMoko-openmoko-devel-image-glibc-ipk-P1-Snapshot-20080211-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 - 1m38.662s (Down .636 seconds from 31 Jan 2008)
- Error Messages - None
- Failures - None
Phone Functionality
Incoming Calls
- Can receive - Yes
- Kinetic alert (vibrate) - Yes
- Auditory alert (sound) - Yes
- Call quality - Excellent.
- Missed calls display on OM-today2 - Yes. Missed call icon, however, is not displaying. Shows red X icon.
- Calls recorded in call log - Yes
- Stability - No apparent issues.
Outgoing Calls
- Can make - Yes
- Call quality - Good. (Louder than previous reviews, very little "feedback" or echo.) Slight "buzz".
- Calls recorded in call log - Yes
- Stability - No apparent issues.
Messaging Functionality
Incoming SMS
- Can receive - Yes
- Kinetic alert (vibrate) - Yes
- Auditory Altert (sound) - Yes
- Sender identified if applicable - Yes
- Is message readable - Yes
- OM today2 displays new messages - Yes
- Communication logged - Yes
- Stability - No issues.
Outgoing SMS
- Can send - Yes
- Message readable - Yes
- Delivery notification works - No
- Communication logged - Yes
- Stability - No issues.
Person Information Management
Contacts
- Can add - Yes
- Can create groups - Yes
- Can modify - Yes
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 Sounds is still frequently choppy. After a while, Media Player refuses to start. Reboot makes it work again.
Music
- Playback - Yes
- Pause - Yes
- Next Track - Yes
- Previous Track - Yes
Video
- Playback - Yes, audio only.
- Pause - Yes
GPS
- 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 - 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]
- 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.
Coming from a full charge, after making my test calls the power indicator dropped to 2/3. I'm not sure if this is the indicator's problem or if two short calls actually killed 1/3 of my battery power or if it's part of an on-going issue.
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. Bug #1215 reported See also Switching Keyboards.
User Feedback
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(erko) Thanks for all the testing. This is great. I have a suggestion for an additional test. Receiving a phone call while GPRS is connected has not worked yet as far as I know. I think this is pretty important for general usability of the neo.
(Kevin Dean) Indeed it is. Right now, the GSM modem doesn't have a multiplexer so this feature isn't "broken", it simply doesn't exist. I'll do my best to get GPRS working on my phone and try and add that to future reviews!
