Brian writes – OpenMoko, a project to create an open, Linux-based smartphone, and FIC (the manufacturer) have started shipping a phone for developers who want to play around with OpenMoko and get a jump start on application development, the Neo 1973, which features: * 2.8″ VGA TFT color display * Touchscreen, usable with stylus or […]
Spicy Gadget Rolls has some basic tips on extending the life of Lithium-Ion (Li-ion) batteries, commonly found these days in cellphones, laptops, mobile media players, etc… Battery Storage – If you plan on not using the Lithium battery for prolonged periods of time, then you’ll want to have the charge level at 40% and place […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Curiouslee writes – The iPhone camera lens is flush with the back of the perfectly flat back of the device making it easy to hold a pocket magnifier loupe in front to convert the camera into a microscope. Here I am using a Radio Shack 15x 3-lens magnifier on a […]
Tom writes – I’ve made a cheap and easy to build time lapse camera, using an old mobile phone, some java software, general firmware hackery and an old phone carrycase. Most of the other timelapse camera mods I’ve seen on here and Make are based on wiring up a timer to switch the camera on, […]
Hackszine has a great round up of all the iPhone hackery that has begun… Hackers have been hard at work on the iPhone from a couple of angles. The iPhone restore image has been making the rounds, and hackers quickly discovered two disk images in it: one is a small ramdisk image (694-5259-38.dmg) that kickstarts […]
Pyrofer is working on a great project using old Nokia LCD screens and PICs – You can see ive managed to draw a basic map on the screen. The size of this map is limited by the ram, as the objects within have to change it cant be a rom map. There isnt enough RAM. […]
Joe makes a lot of cool art from cell phones… He writes – These sculptures are made from old broken cell phones. In this particular piece I made a gallery to hang the world’s smalles flat panel abstract artwork. The clamp is there to keep the cell phone’s display on. This phone is activated by […]
