On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 2:24 AM, Robert P. J. Day <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Jan 2010, topon topaz wrote: > > > Hi Pavan, > > you can give a look at the OpenMoko FreeRunner. It's a Linux phone > powered > > by a Samsung S3C2442 ARM CPU. > > It has USB, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, SD card, touchscreen and it's a > great > > tool for investigating how Linux kernel work. They supply also a debug > board > > for debugging or flashing the boot-loader or OS. You can try several > > distribution on it: OpenMoko, Debian, QT, Android... > > Don't expect to use it as a regular phone because software is not as > stable > > as you might expect, but for experimenting its amazing. > > All software and hardware is open. That means you can easily get the > > schematics or data-sheet from Internet > > I've bought it at the price of 260 Euro (included debug board and > delivery > > fee). > > Regards > > Luca > > if you just want a dev board to get started, why not go with a > beagleboard? > > http://beagleboard.org/ > > rday > -- > > ======================================================================== > Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA > > Linux Consulting, Training and Kernel Pedantry. > > Web page: http://crashcourse.ca > Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday > ======================================================================== If I were you, I would pop open a used mobile phone and try to get linux kernel running... and do all sorts of investigation... i really want to do this... has anyone in this forum ever done something like this with a mobile phone? if yes, could you please give some pointers on how to do it? i'm not sure whether i'm hijacking this thread... if yes, then i'll post in a separate thread... cheers...
