Portable Device: Android smartphone (Raspberry Pi; Ouya)

Ben,

This is a viewer challenge for your show. I sent you an email a couple of weeks ago about this idea. You should build an android smartphone from a raspberry pi or from an ouya.

The ouya is based off of android applications, so the whole android idea might work for it. And, there is a version of the android OS that is compatible with the raspberry pi.

I hope you keep this idea in mind. Thank you.

colecago over 12 years ago

I don't see a good reason for this. It would be huge, bulky, only work for skype or google talk, and much less powerful that current smartphones.
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Former Member over 12 years ago

Well, actually, it probably won't be too big. The Ouya and the Raspberry Pi are single board computers. Ben has done something like this before when he made the raspberry pi game console. Parts can be removed. Of course, a touch screen, a camera and a keyboard are required, but it probably will be no bigger than a Nintendo DS.

I'm not sure about the Ouya, but the Raspberry Pi has a 512 MB ARM processor, so it probably will be about the same as a regular smartphone. And if the Ouya is used, most game consoles have decent running compatibility. It will run just fine.
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colecago over 12 years ago in reply to Former Member

It's also a single core at 700 or 900Mhz. A lot of the processors out there are dual or quad core 1Ghz+.
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benheck over 12 years ago

I suspect we'll do an Ouya project of some kind in the future, I have like 3 sitting around.

-Ben
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electricman12 over 12 years ago in reply to Former Member

you might not need a keyboard, because android operating systems usally come with on screen keboards, so it might just be as big as the top section of a DS, and the size would make it great for gaming, depending on the screen size. i would make the screen atleast the size of a ds lite screen, i have one laying around. well thats all i have to say.
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colecago over 12 years ago in reply to electricman12

If your goal is to have a handheld android gaming console, you are probably better off modifying an Android phone by adding buttons and joysticks. That will be the best way to get that small of a form factor, the Raspberry Pi handheld is not particularly small.
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Former Member over 12 years ago

My goal is not to make an android gaming console. My idea was to have a smartphone-like device from a raspberry pi or from an ouya based off of android.

As Ben said, he will probably do an ouya project, and that's good enough.
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