From ben at mzjtechnology.com  Sun Apr 14 11:37:48 2019
From: ben at mzjtechnology.com (Ben Wilson)
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 08:37:48 -0700
Subject: [melbourne-pug] WiPhone, a phone you can program in Python
Message-ID: <CALm-KLmQa=YJkG-hj7NeOVkzq9L1YSO0+8tPSc_8WQsV4CqJCA@mail.gmail.com>

Hey all... I'm making a VoIP mobile phone that runs Python apps. The
firmware will be open. Wanted to share and get the word out.

I wanted a phone that lets hackers do what they want (instead of trapping
you in a walled garden, huge IDE, non-serviceable design, etc.). The
hardware is also meant to be easily expandable: the back of the phone is a
PCB that can be swapped out for custom modules. Sort of like project Ara,
except it's just a PCB. any hobby-level electrical designer should be able
to make their own custom module.

Kickstarter link:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2103809433/wiphone-a-phone-for-hackers-and-makers?ref=1jz5jk
<https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2103809433/wiphone-a-phone-for-hackers-and-makers/>

recent Reddit discussion:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/bagyxv/wiphone_a_phone_you_can_program_in_python/project

build logs: https://hackaday.io/project/159811-esp32-wiphone

Happy to answer questions here or on Reddit.

-Ben
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From ben at wiphone.io  Sun Apr 14 12:34:11 2019
From: ben at wiphone.io (Ben Wilson)
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 09:34:11 -0700
Subject: [melbourne-pug] WiPhone, a phone you can program in Python
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Hey all... I'm making a VoIP mobile phone that runs Python apps. The
firmware will be open. Wanted to share and get the word out.

I wanted a phone that lets hackers do what they want (instead of trapping
you in a walled garden, huge IDE, non-serviceable design, etc.). The
hardware is also meant to be easily expandable: the back of the phone is a
PCB that can be swapped out for custom modules. Sort of like project Ara,
except it's just a PCB. any hobby-level electrical designer should be able
to make their own custom module.

Kickstarter link:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2103809433/wiphone-a-phone-for-hackers-and-makers?ref=1jz5jk

recent Reddit discussion:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/bagyxv/wiphone_a_phone_you_can_program_in_python/project

build logs: https://hackaday.io/project/159811-esp32-wiphone

Happy to answer questions here or on Reddit.

-Ben

From ben+python at benfinney.id.au  Thu Apr 18 16:09:20 2019
From: ben+python at benfinney.id.au (Ben Finney)
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 06:09:20 +1000
Subject: [melbourne-pug] WiPhone, a phone you can program in Python
References: <CALm-KLmQa=YJkG-hj7NeOVkzq9L1YSO0+8tPSc_8WQsV4CqJCA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <86ef5zvzwv.fsf@benfinney.id.au>

Ben Wilson <ben at mzjtechnology.com> writes:

> Hey all... I'm making a VoIP mobile phone that runs Python apps. The
> firmware will be open. Wanted to share and get the word out.

Thanks for starting this project, I want to see more open-design and
free-software mobile devices available.

(Readers should note: it is a ?VoIP mobile phone? because the device
doesn't come with a cellular network adapter, only Wi-fi 802.11.)

I can't easily see description of dimensions on the project page, can
you update that to show the W?H?D in millimetres? Oh, now i see it's on
an image. Would be better if it is searchable text in the specifications
on the page.

It's also not clear whether the keypad is the only user input, or if the
face is also a touch-screen.

I love the hint in one of the animations about adding wheels to the side
so it can drive itself around?!

Good luck crowd funding this great project!

-- 
 \        ?A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.? |
  `\                ?Oscar Wilde, _The Portrait of Mr. W. H._, 1889-07 |
_o__)                                                                  |
Ben Finney


From ben at wiphone.io  Sun Apr 21 03:38:00 2019
From: ben at wiphone.io (Ben Wilson)
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 00:38:00 -0700
Subject: [melbourne-pug] WiPhone, a phone you can program in Python
In-Reply-To: <86ef5zvzwv.fsf@benfinney.id.au>
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Thanks!

To answer your question: the screen is not a touchscreen.

On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 1:09 PM Ben Finney <ben+python at benfinney.id.au>
wrote:

> Ben Wilson <ben at mzjtechnology.com> writes:
>
> > Hey all... I'm making a VoIP mobile phone that runs Python apps. The
> > firmware will be open. Wanted to share and get the word out.
>
> Thanks for starting this project, I want to see more open-design and
> free-software mobile devices available.
>
> (Readers should note: it is a ?VoIP mobile phone? because the device
> doesn't come with a cellular network adapter, only Wi-fi 802.11.)
>
> I can't easily see description of dimensions on the project page, can
> you update that to show the W?H?D in millimetres? Oh, now i see it's on
> an image. Would be better if it is searchable text in the specifications
> on the page.
>
> It's also not clear whether the keypad is the only user input, or if the
> face is also a touch-screen.
>
> I love the hint in one of the animations about adding wheels to the side
> so it can drive itself around?!
>
> Good luck crowd funding this great project!
>
> --
>  \        ?A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.? |
>   `\                ?Oscar Wilde, _The Portrait of Mr. W. H._, 1889-07 |
> _o__)                                                                  |
> Ben Finney
>
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