Thread: FreeRunner hardware specs

The FreeRunner's hardware specs are impressive for a mobile phone:

• A high-resolution touch-screen 0.7 x 2.27 inches, or 43 x 58 mm), over a bright and vivid 480 x 640 pixels display

• A 400 MHz Samsung SC32442 System-an-Chip with an ARM920T core

• An SMedia 3362 2D/3D graphics accelerator

• 128 MB of SDRAM memory and 256 MB of integrated flash memory, expandable with a microSD or microSDHC card (the single internal slot supports up to 8 GB SDHC (Secure DigitalHigh Capacity) cards, but is not switchable on-the-fly-it requires you to shut down and remove the battery and lift up the SIM gate to get at the microSD gate).

• An internal GPS module, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR and (via an Atheros chipset AR6001 flash version) 802.11 big Wi-Fi connectivity.

• Tri-band GSM and GPRSClass12/CS4/B 2.5G (not EDGE)-available in two versions: 85011800/1900 MHz for North America, and 9001180011900 MHz for the rest of the world. As of the current model, the FreeRunner is a GSMonly phone; later models may support CDMA.



• Two 3D accelerometers enable automatic re-orientation of the display between portrait and landscape mode, as well as enabling use of 'gestures' to invoke common actions on the phone-such as performing Bluetooth pairing by shaking two phones that are held together.

• Two LEDs illuminate the two buttons on the rim of the case-a blue/orange one behind the power button, and a red one behind the AUX button.and a red one behind tke AUX button.

• A 1200 mAh smart Li-ion battery powers all that hardware; despite packing more power than batteries of comparable size, it is still a bit overwhelmed at present, especially if you have any of the radio components turned on when in a low-or-no-signal area. Better power management code is expected to increase battery life up to 150-200 hours on standby, or a talk time (with backlight off) of 3-4 hours.