> Qtextended is probably the most stable at this point, and that has
> it's caveats.
>
> Incoming calls are always registered as missed calls.
>
> Incoming calls are always answered as speakerphone, instead of
> handset. I'm not sure if there is a setting for it, but I haven't been
> able to find it. If anyone can point me in the right direction, I'd
> appreciate it as I hate having to remember to switch it to handset
> after I answer a call.
>
> Often, accessing the keyboard after a call starts is impossible, which
> makes it difficult when you have to navigate through a company VM
> menu. You can use the "Smart" theme which works a little better but
> you will need to use the stylus to access the .5" x .5" dialpad the
> comes up in a call.
>
> SMS messages received will often double themselves, or show five or
> six times the amount of new messages in the New Message alert.
>
> Select All->Move to Trash works sometimes, sometimes not, and it will
> often redownload them from the SMS server after the phone
> crashes/hangs/doesn't-come-out-of-suspend and requires a hard restart
> which, for me, is about every two or three days.
>
> Using the stylus is almost a necessity; you're not going to have much
> luck using your finger for anything other than the largest, most
> well-divided buttons. Even on the menus, you'll find yourself
> selecting the wrong entry over and over (fingernails are not much of
> an option for me. I'm a guitarist and keep them pretty short.) The
> dockable qwerty keyboard works moderately well for composing messages
> with the stylus, but the arrow keys don't work in the terminal, so be
> prepared to type commands over and over, as the bash/ash history is
> not accessible. The predictive text keyboard is mostly unusable due to
> the inability after a word or two to change keyboard types or erase
> characters.
>
> I don't use the alarm so I can't comment on the issues others have had
> with that module.
>
> MP3 playback is pointless as it stutters constantly.
>
> WEP wireless connections seem to only be available via command line. I
> can't connect via WEP by the GUI, so I just wrote a script to do it.
> Even that is weird, as I have to follow the following sequence to get
> that to work:
>
> iwconfig eth0 essid my_ap enc my_encryption_key;
> sleep 2;
> iwconfig eth0 essid any;
> sleep 2;
> udhcpd eth0;
>
> The first time I call the script it fails. so I control-C it, and run
> it again (the up arrow on the keyboard would be very handy here in the
> terminal.) The second time it works and gets an IP address, however it
> seems resolvconf is not updated (even though the DNS addresses are in
> resolv.conf) as I can't ping by DNS, only IP. Now, if i run it a third
> time it works like a charm. I don't know if this is something odd with
> my network and the card on the Neo, or what but my laptop connects
> fine with Ubuntu.
>
> These things of course have all been filed as bugs already AFAIK. If
> there are fixes for anything I've mentioned here, I'd love to apply
> them.
>
> I'm not sure if the phone is just grossly underpowered for what we are
> trying to do with it (MP3 playback) or if it's just that the software
> has a loooong way to go before being usable as a day-to-day phone
> with some extra PDA features.
>
> So, in conclusion, I'd say there are a lot less expensive gadget
> phones out there that do more and will not result in your hair turning
> gray prematurely. The Neo is a wonderful idea, just not implemented
> very well I guess. The design is nice, it's case feels better in your
> hand than any other phone I've used. It's nice to have linux on my
> phone and be able to do all the things I'd do with my laptop or
> desktop, but without GPRS or 3G availability, it's kind of silly. If I
> have access to wireless APs, I'll have my laptop most likely, so why
> use the phone for that stuff? The display resolution is crisp and many
> people have commented to me on that. I like the phone, I just can't
> use it without a lot of finger digit acrobatics.
>
> </rambling>
>
> -Tom
>
> "Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is
> time to pause and reflect." -- Mark Twain
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Alastair Johnson
> <alastair@truebox.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Shawn "prjktdtnt" Thompson wrote:
>>
>>> William Kenworthy wrote:
>>>
>>>> No, you are in the vast majority I think - those who can reliably make
>>>> phone and sms calls are in the minority - if they even exist.
>>>>
>>>> BillK
>>>>
>>> Those of use using reliably are minority but we do exist. Occasionally
>>> the phone will coma on me and require a hard restart (remove battery and
>>> reinsert) but this happens less than once a week in most cases.
>>>
>> For certain values of 'reliably' then ;-) That might pass for reliable
>> in the WinCE world, but not here.
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