[ot] Pi-Phone or blackberry-pi ?

Hi All, I took a model A raspberry pi [1] a tft screen [2] and a Arduino gsm shield [3] to create a mobile phone [4] It was a fun experiment to do, and in the end it did gave me a phone i can use. Unfortunately, it became so big and heavy, that it is more something to put on your desk as a

Re: [ot] Pi-Phone or blackberry-pi ?

On 06/22/2014 02:15 PM, Ed Kapitein wrote: Some of the reasons to build a phone myself were: -1 because you can ;-) -2 the pi is made in large quantities and has a big community. -3 up-to-date kernel -4 huge collection of programs in the raspbian repository. I hope it inspires someone to

Re: [ot] Pi-Phone or blackberry-pi ?

On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 8:15 PM, Ed Kapitein wrote: I took a model A raspberry pi [1] a tft screen [2] and a Arduino gsm shield [3] to create a mobile phone [4] These folks did something similar: http://www.freetronics.com/products/arduphone-arduino-compatible-cellphone -- bye, pabs