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For anyone interested in a similar, slightly higher specced, hackable ex-consumer device for next to nothing: ZipIt Wireless have been clearing their old "ZipIt
by angusgr 15y ago
For anyone interested in a similar, slightly higher specced, hackable ex-consumer device for next to nothing: ZipIt Wireless have been clearing their old "ZipIt Z2" messenger range for some time now.
http://linux.zipitwireless.com/ http://linux.zipitwireless.com/
ARM9 ~300Mhz, 32MB RAM, wifi, QVGA display, keypad, mainline linux kernel support, etc.
Decent sized hacking community: #zipit on freenode & sites like http://mozzwald.com/ http://mozzwald.com/
Believe prices are as low as $18 for a single one, or $10/unit if you buy 16. We bought around 20 in a group buy at our local Hackerspace. Not quite cost of postage, but still pretty cheap.
- joshu 15y agoDid you ever do anything interesting with one?
- angusgr 15y agoTo be honest, not as much as I'd initially hoped. - Fitting a USB interface is possible, but it's a bit fiddly, so not many got added. - I ported OpenWRT, as a good Linux distribution, but I haven't used it for anything after! :/ - There have been some cool projects made by others though, like the zipitbot: http://justinbox.aresgate.net/html/make_page.php?n=zipitbot http://justinbox.aresgate.net/html/make_page.php?n=zipitbot
- joshu 15y agoYeah. I have a terrible urge to get all these low-end machines and they inevitably are not terribly useful. I did just buy a TP-Link 703n which seems pretty useful for a low-end box.