[Cialug] hackable cell phone

[neal daringer]

unless you have verizon! verizon is gay and doesnt let you do that FUN 
stuff.


Nathan C. Smith wrote:
> Yeah, it's the boost mobile phone.  http://mologogo.com/.  
>
> Many of the Motorola phones are programmable with JAVA. 
>
> Boost mobile is a cheap way to tether if you need access anywhere no matter
> how slow.
>
> -Nate
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Matthew Nuzum [mailto:newz at bearfruit.org] 
>> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 9:00 PM
>> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
>> Subject: [Cialug] hackable cell phone
>>
>> Seems like there was some discussion months back about a 
>> hackable cell phone, I thought it may be called "Boost" but 
>> maybe not. There was some application you could download that 
>> allowed you to share presence information with others (which 
>> probably isn't a great idea) because the cell phone provided 
>> a relatively cheap data plan.
>>
>> Yes, I know about android and I've downloaded the dev kit and 
>> done the hello world, and yes I'm glad I didn't buy an 
>> iPhone. However, in the meantime I'm curious if there is a 
>> hackable cell phone, in the sense that you can write your own 
>> applications (either stand alone or web enabled). Did I 
>> remember the name right (searching my e-mail folder yields no 
>> results, so I suspect I've got it wrong) and did I understand 
>> correctly that this phone is hackable?
>>
>> --
>> Matthew Nuzum
>> newz2000 on freenode
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