From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <13426df11002010830i17f30b05j6a121fe76137fa50@mail.gmail.com> References: <13426df11002010830i17f30b05j6a121fe76137fa50@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 11:43:50 -0500 Message-ID: <2781f021002010843xdfe9195i4a9e7bd9760ffeca@mail.gmail.com> From: Joseph Stewart To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016361e831898973c047e8cb082 Subject: Re: [9fans] building the 9phone Topicbox-Message-UUID: cbef31da-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --0016361e831898973c047e8cb082 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 That's pretty neat. Thanks for the pointer. -joe On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 11:30 AM, ron minnich wrote: > 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 > > --0016361e831898973c047e8cb082 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 That's pretty neat. Thanks for the pointer.

-joe

On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 11:30 AM, ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com> wrote:
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


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