Folks have been using Raspberry Pi computers to build smartphones and other mobile devices for almost as long as Raspberry Pi hardware has been around. But developer Evan Robinson’s new OURphone is a new build that does an impressive job of balancing features, price, and open source design. It’s kind of chunky though. The OURphone […]
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Lilbits: DIY Raspberry Pi phone, Windows on the Steam Deck, and iPhone 14’s roller coaster detection
4 Comments on Lilbits: DIY Raspberry Pi phone, Windows on the Steam Deck, and iPhone 14’s roller coaster detectionValve has released a driver update that should allow Windows to run more smoothly on the Steam Deck (you still need to install Windows yourself, since it ships with the Linux-based Steam OS though). Roku may be preparing to launch a line of smart home products (that are actually rebranded Wyze products). And it turns […]
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MAKERPhone is a $99 DIY, hacker-friendly phone (crowdfunding)
Some of the best smartphones on the market today have price tags in the $1,000 range. The MAKERphone costs just one tenth as much… but that’s only part of the selling point for this crowdfunded cellphone. It’s a DIY phone that comes as a kit that you assemble. It’s programmable, allowing you to code your […]
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Kite modular DIY smartphone kit heading to Kickstarter soon
Have a hard time finding a smartphone with just the features you need and none of the ones you don’t? If you could build your own phone then you might have a bit more control over choosing the hardware you do and don’t need… and that’s sort of what the upcoming Kite phone could let […]