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On 01/02/2012 08:14 PM, Kurt Keville wrote:
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<div>Maybe something built around GNU Radio? I know they can do
the backhaul part of the equation...</div>
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<div>wouldn't look much like a cell phone though... the USRP is
pretty big...</div>
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<div>On Jan 2, 2012, at 7:25 PM, Tom Metro wrote:</div>
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<div>[Cross posting to Hardware Hacking from BLU.]<br>
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Stephen Adler wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite">...I've set out for my new years
resolution, to build my own cell<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">phone...<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">Anyone on BLU ever attempt or know
of anyone who attempted to build<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">their own cell phone?<br>
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Didn't the Openmoko (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.openmoko.com/">http://www.openmoko.com/</a>)
guys run into some<br>
significant roadblocks when it came to creating open
firmware for the<br>
GSM radio? The carrier don't take kindly to arbitrary code
running at<br>
that layer.<br>
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However, your goal is a bit fuzzy. Presumably you aren't
planning to<br>
build your own GSM radio. How much of the phone do you
need/want to<br>
build to achieve your goal? You best bet might be to start
with a<br>
purchased phone and mod it in some fashion. I'm not aware of
any phones<br>
that are designed to permit swapping components.<br>
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-Tom<br>
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I didn't know there was a hardware hacking list, I'll sign up! This
is going to be a long project, since I have a feeling building a
cell phone is not like building a PC from component parts. Maybe I
should first start by building a touch pad PC or an equivalent
iTouch type hand held system. Maybe a better term is a hand held
Gnu/Linux PC with at least WiFi capability. One can then move on to
adding the cell phone component. I took a quick look at the openmoko
and will revisit it, but it didn't seem like something I could build
from scratch, like I do a PC.<br>
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Thanks for the replies, and I guess I should sign up to the hardware
hacking mailing list.<br>
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Cheers. Steve.<br>
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