[Cialug] hackable cell phone

[Nathan C. Smith]

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
> _______________________________________________
> Cialug mailing list
> Cialug at cialug.org
> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug
>