TuxPhone

TuxPhone

Information appliance| title = TuxPhone


manufacturer = DIY
type = Mobile Phone
connectivity = USB
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operatingsystem = Linux based
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The TuxPhone is a mobile phone which runs on free and open-source software, and is currently in the prototype stage. The goal of the project is to develop a phone that anyone with basic soldering equipment can construct, with support from the free and open source software community for downloads, such as ring tones, backgrounds, and music. [ [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.12/posts.html?pg=2 Wired; DIY Cell Phone] ]

History

The developers of TagSense Inc. originally got the idea to build their own phone after developing RFID readers for existing phones in early 2005. However, the cost of acquiring the licenses to know the interfacing details on most phones was too much. Many at the company (Deva Seetharam in particular) thought about developing their own phone, so that they could interface additional hardware however they wanted. Surj Patel then came up with the idea to build a "do-it-yourself" Linux-based phone. The project started in November 2005 with the first prototype completed in January 2006. Meanwhile, Matt Hamrick started the Silicon Valley Homebrew Mobile Phone Club which provided an online community for people interested in building their own phones. Eventually the club became a major part of the TuxPhone project. [ [http://www.opencellphone.org/index.php?title=Main_Page#History History from the official TuxPhone website] ]

References

ee also

*OpenMoko
*Greenphone
*Android (mobile phone platform)

External links

* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/tuxphone/ SourceForge project for software development]
* [http://telefono.revejo.org/article/10/silicon-valley-homebrew-mobile-phone-club Silicon Valley Homebrew Mobile Phone Club] [Server down when checked 2008-06-18, now domain-parked and unusable on 2008-07-19.]
* [http://www.hbmobile.org/wiki/ Homebrew Mobile Phone Club Wiki] [Site suspended when checked 2008-09-02.]


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