Homebrew Mobile Phone Club Mentioned in Wired
If you happen to have a copy of the December 2006 issue of Wired handy, turn to page 105 for a nice, but brief description of the July 2006 Homebrew Mobile Phone meeting. There's also an online version of Rob Strohmeyer's article at the DIY Cell Phone page on their site.One thing I would like to mention though... The article only mentions me by name which is exciting, but kinda bypasses a lot of the story. Any valuable project these days takes a complete team to be successful, and there's a bit more of a story and more people than what the article represents.
First off, I should identify Surj Patel and Deva Seetharam as the club's spiritual guidance. Surj and Deva were working on homebrew mobile phone's way back in 2005 using a lot of the parts Larry and I were using in 2006. You can find more info about Surj at his site at http://www.surjpatel.com/. Deva posts there a lot too. The Open Cell Phone Site has a lot of information about the TuxPhone, which was designed by Surj and Deva and Colin Cross.
The article at Wired seems to imply that TuxPhone is a Homebrew Mobile Phone Club project. It's not... It's designed by Surj and Deva and Colin. There are a couple of projects going on with the Mobile Phone Club including FrankenPhone, SqueakyMoPho and Albion. Each of them are Linux based mobile phones built from commonly available parts...
You can find more info on the club at hbmobile.org.
And... let me spend a few moments to list all the people without whom the club (and it's projects) would not have existed.
First off... thanks to Larry Cohen for being there to bounce ideas off of. If anyone's seen Larry recently, please ask him to phone home. Tamara Colby gets a big shout out for moral support and logistic support (ditto for her husband Steve.) Chris DiBona of Google stepped in just at the right moment to provide a meeting place for our initial meetings and I'm forever in his debt. Gordon and Craig over at GumStix continue to be a great help to the community. Ditto for everyone at SparkFun.
Most importantly... thanks to everyone who gives up the Wednesday nights to meet and gab about mobile phones.
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