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Good question: Yes and no. Because the software stack is a community effort, there are still a few niggling issues: - problems with suspend (just like Linux

Good question: Yes and no. Because the software stack is a community effort, there are still a few niggling issues: - problems with suspend (just like Linux on "real" computers) killing the sound driver (mostly fixed) or not waking back up (rare) - there's no software yet for the device to wake itself at a specified time, so alarms are not possible when using suspend - WiFi and GPRS is not yet straightforward when using the UI, but work perfectly fine when you can get things set up from a terminal/shell script However, it's not all bad: - The diversity of applications is already growing fast, and there are multiple choices for phone software, from Qtopia apps to Gtk or the latest FSO apps. - GPS works great, and the mapping tools are really nifty and useful, especially TangoGPS: http://www.tangogps.org/ http://www.tangogps.org/ - Once you set up the "good" touch keyboards, using an Xterm is really nice for on-the-go ssh access to servers and such - There's a great app available that will run in the background and auto-rotate the screen based on accelerometer data, which works great for terminals to get a wider screen: http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Rotate http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Rotate

icey 18y ago
How do you find the battery life to be on the unit? I used to keep up with the mailing list, prior to the device actually being released, and I recall that being an issue that there were some concerns about. I'm glad to hear that there have been improvements though! Do you use the phone as your "daily driver" yet?
- nuclear_eclipse 18y ago
  I usually get about a day and a half of battery life, with the Neo suspended whenever I'm not using it, and usually with GPS/WiFi turned off until I need it. There are however people who think the Neo could potentially go for even longer, but it's already comparable to what the original iPhones seem to be getting anyways. I don't yet use it as my only phone; because of the suspend issues, I have to have a more reliable method of being reached, so I still carry my Razr with me, and have my calls forwarded whenever my Neo decides not to come out of suspend, but the Neo is still my primary phone otherwise.

icey 18y ago

How do you find the battery life to be on the unit? I used to keep up with the mailing list, prior to the device actually being released, and I recall that being an issue that there were some concerns about. I'm glad to hear that there have been improvements though! Do you use the phone as your "daily driver" yet?

nuclear_eclipse 18y ago
I usually get about a day and a half of battery life, with the Neo suspended whenever I'm not using it, and usually with GPS/WiFi turned off until I need it. There are however people who think the Neo could potentially go for even longer, but it's already comparable to what the original iPhones seem to be getting anyways. I don't yet use it as my only phone; because of the suspend issues, I have to have a more reliable method of being reached, so I still carry my Razr with me, and have my calls forwarded whenever my Neo decides not to come out of suspend, but the Neo is still my primary phone otherwise.