From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 08:30:28 -0800 Message-ID: <13426df11002010830i17f30b05j6a121fe76137fa50@mail.gmail.com> From: ron minnich To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: [9fans] building the 9phone Topicbox-Message-UUID: cbea77b2-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 For all of you who have not seen this: http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=7917 The manual is here: http://www.gm862.com/en/products/gsm-gprs.php?p_id=12&p_ac=show&p=7 You can build up a little phone with a gumstix and one of these. You can script with Python. Or you can use a beagleboard, and you have the option of plugging your phone into display/keyboard when you are home. It's the anti-iPhone, you own the whole thing, you can do what you want. Headphone/mic would not go via Plan 9, it is a direct connect. These really are little cell phones in a module. I worked with these several years ago at LANL. It was not so easy back then as the SIM support was not great in the US. I never got PPP working on it as you were supposed to be able to do. You have to be careful, too: I fried one, guess it was static sensitive? But note that they're even selling modules for use as controllers for your house!http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8700 Just an interesting project for someone. I think it would be easier now, I even see SIMs for sale in airports. ron