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Apr 29 12:23:46 <bab> Hi there, I am new at this channel and am considering to buy a openmoko device for mobile communication. The Neo device should replace my old cell phone which is near by seven years old.
Apr 29 12:25:13 <bab> What is your opinion to use an openmoko device as your one and only cell phone?
Apr 29 12:28:20 <PaulFertser> bab: i'm doing that and it's a considerable pain.
Apr 29 12:28:34 <PaulFertser> bab: what's your usecase? Are you a fan of free software?
Apr 29 12:28:55 <PaulFertser> bab: also, gta02 has no UMTS support, and not even EDGE, only plain old GPRS.
Apr 29 12:29:54 <bab> PaulFertser: okay, yeah, i am a fan of open and free software and ideology
Apr 29 12:30:31 <PaulFertser> bab: well, if maemo "open enough" for you, probably an n900 would be a better choice.
Apr 29 12:30:54 <bab> PaulFertser: my old phone has no UMTS and i am no fan of beeing online around the clock with a mobile device
Apr 29 12:31:10 <bab> PaulFertser: okay, do you test a n900 also?
Apr 29 12:31:28 <PaulFertser> bab: i can't use it as there's still no good free software stack ready for it.
Apr 29 12:31:37 <PaulFertser> bab: but i've seen it in action.
Apr 29 12:31:45 <PaulFertser> (with proprietary telephony)
Apr 29 12:32:54 <bab> PaulFertser: the idea of openmoko is fantastic but it is a really crap of todays commercial world that this project is not strong enough
Apr 29 12:34:01 <PaulFertser> :(
Apr 29 12:37:05 <bab> PaulFertser: My feature phone is a Samsung SGH-D500 ... it is old, but a stable device without a lot of functionallity
Apr 29 12:38:58 <PaulFertser> bab: i think you can buy a cheap used gta02 and also the nokia batteries are compatible, so that might be good enough for you.
Apr 29 12:39:45 <bab> PaulFertser: This is the reason for thinking about "never touch a running system" ... but :-) … a new phone can bring some fun in your live :-D
Apr 29 12:40:20 <PaulFertser> I'd personally like to have a hardware keyboard and a larger screen (i think i'd _love_ n900 if i could use it). But status quo is that gta02 is still my only phone.
Apr 29 12:41:44 <bab> PaulFertser: Does the gta02 have a camera inside. I am not allowed to bring my actual phone to work, because of its old camera module.
Apr 29 12:43:17 <PaulFertser> bab: it doesn't :)
Apr 29 12:43:38 <PaulFertser> bab: you can physically remove the camera module from your actual phone ;)
Apr 29 12:44:29 <bab> PaulFertser: Yes, of course, but I am not a fan of destroying devices which are working fine.
Apr 29 12:45:36 <bab> PaulFertser: I am also abled to let crash the camera module at work ... this is not an option for me
Apr 29 12:46:27 <PaulFertser> bab: i wonder if that requirement to have no camera in a phone makes any sense security-wise or if it's just another stupidity of the management.
Apr 29 12:48:05 <bab> PaulFertser: The company, lovely called as MegaCorp, is a place of a lot of stupid decisions at management level.
Apr 29 12:59:13 <bab> PaulFertser: Thank you for your opinion. I will eventual buy a second phone for testing and use a second SIM for this one. My actual phone still works and when it does not change, why do I change it?! ;-)
Apr 29 13:09:22 <PaulFertser> bab: welcome
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