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Bug 671563 - contacts online from a mobile device are shown with a LANDLINE phone icon
contacts online from a mobile device are shown with a LANDLINE phone icon
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 644693
Product: empathy
Classification: Core
Component: Artwork
3.3.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: empathy-maint
empathy-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2012-03-07 15:34 UTC by Bilal Shahid
Modified: 2012-03-08 10:49 UTC
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Description Bilal Shahid 2012-03-07 15:34:30 UTC 
Originally reported at:
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/941208

See screenshot.

For ages, on seeing this symbol, I assumed it meant "able to receive an audio call." I fail to see any situation in which a person could use an IM client from a phone like the one depicted in the icon, bar a jailbroken Amstrad e-m@ailer.

A generic mobile phone icon, preferably a generic iPhone- or BlackBerry-style smartphone, would be clearer and more accurate, and reduce the potential for confusion.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: empathy 3.3.5-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic 3.2.6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.93-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Feb 26 01:13:47 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
SourcePackage: empathy
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-16 (9 days ago)
Comment 2 Guillaume Desmottes 2012-03-08 10:49:17 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 644693 ***