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Title: Build your own cell phone
Post by: angryChineseKahanist on April 29, 2014, 03:11:52 PM

http://www.zdnet.com/build-your-own-smartphone-with-raspberry-pi-7000028880/

http://www.raspberrypi.org/piphone-home-made-raspberry-pi-smartphone/

Title: Re: Build your own cell phone
Post by: Lisa on April 29, 2014, 09:15:38 PM

I wouldn't mind trying to make my own tablet. 

Title: Re: Build your own cell phone
Post by: angryChineseKahanist on April 29, 2014, 09:46:34 PM

Quote from: Lisa on April 29, 2014, 09:15:38 PM

I wouldn't mind trying to make my own tablet.

Not that hard. But not sleek.

A lot of cheap tablets use the AllWinner A10/A20 all-in-one chip.

I have the cubieboard 2 that uses the A20 dual core ARM processor. It comes with the Android 4 built-in.

Building your own desktop replacement is definitely a possibility in the very near future.