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I saw Jon Callas talk about the Blackphone at ToorCamp over the weekend and it looked really nice. One interesting factoid he mentioned is that the Blackphone
by tdicola 12y ago
I saw Jon Callas talk about the Blackphone at ToorCamp over the weekend and it looked really nice. One interesting factoid he mentioned is that the Blackphone went from initial conversation with manufacturer to actual shipping product in about _6 months_ which is insanely impressive for a well polished smartphone like this.
- darksim905 12y agoThis isn't as big of a deal as it seems considering the testing & troubleshooting they went through with existing phones to see what works & what doesn't work. The hardware & shell of the phone is probably an off the shelf, off-brand phone design that nobody decided to use with minor customizations.
- tdicola 12y agoFrom what he said it helped that they partnered with folks who had built hardware like this before. However they still had to do a ton of work in the software to customize the OS, build applications, partner with services, etc.