Snapshot review/2008-02-20

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Contents 1 OpenMoko Snapshot Review Criteria 2 Boot 3 Phone Functionality 4 Messaging Functionality 5 Person Information Management 6 Media Player 7 GPS 8 Bluetooth 9 Battery Life 10 Software Keyboard 11 User Feedback

OpenMoko Snapshot Review Criteria

Date: 20 February 2008

Rootfs Snapshot name: OpenMoko-openmoko-devel-image-glibc-ipk-P1-Snapshot-20080220-fic-gta01.rootfs.jffs2

Kernel snapshot name: uImage-2.6.24+svnr4082-r4055-r3-neo1973.bin

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

Device type: Neo1973 GTA01Bv4

Boot

• Speed - 1m48.872s (Down 42.906 seconds since 14 Feb 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
5. Missed calls display on OM-today2 - Yes
6. Calls recorded in call log - Yes
7. Stability - No issues.

Outgoing Calls

1. Can make - Yes
2. Call quality - Good. Slight buzz noticeable in the background but clear enough to use for calls.
3. Calls recorded in call log - Yes
4. Stability - No issues.

For me, GSMD appears to go down randomly, leaving me with no ability to make or receive calls. It seems to come back up OK when it's restarted, but then it will go down again.

Messaging Functionality

Incoming SMS

1. Can receive - Yes
2. Kinetic alert (vibrate) - Yes
3. Auditory Alert (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

No noticed issues.

Music

1. Playback - Yes
2. Pause - Yes
3. Next Track - Yes
4. Previous Track - Yes

Video

1. Playback - Audio only.
2. Pause - Yes.

GPS

1. Works out of the box - No
2. Default installs provide GPS software - No.
3. Driver is under a Free Software license - No.

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.

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.

User Feedback

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