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$150 is a pretty nice price point compared to a €450 Fairphone or a $1000 iPhone. When the price is low, the expectations are low, which I find increases the a
by gorgoiler 7y ago
$150 is a pretty nice price point compared to a €450 Fairphone or a $1000 iPhone. When the price is low, the expectations are low, which I find increases the amount of fun you can have with a platform.
It’s not about the raw technical specs, it’s about what doors a platform can open. Kind of like what Arduino did for making hardware fun. The phone would have to actually be usable though.
The last time I did anything like this was a few years ago with a £30 Alcatel device that I repurposed as a GPS tracker, but which I couldn’t get root on.
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- megous 7y agoYes, I recently someone hack an e-ink reader to add GPS and show maps. I can't find the link anymore. :) Other avenue for fun is buying broken stuff on auction sites, and reverse-engineering/fixing it.