[via Ambarish] News.com writes:
Surj Patel is building his own cell phone, bit by soldered bit.
It’s not easy. It starts with parts that cost around $400. Then Patel and his partner, Deva Seetharam, have to write code to run on the tiny Linux-based computer that he’s hoping will serve as the brains of his new phone.
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“I want the phone to be much more open,” Patel said. “The world’s best research and development lab is all the hackers out there. Enable them, and they’ll do it.”