RE: PiPhone

Former Member — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 11:39:04 GMT

RE: PiPhone

nbizzell — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 11:20:13 GMT

Someone else has had a go at this now - http://www.davidhunt.ie/piphone-a-raspberry-pi-based-smartphone/

Some good ideas but leaves plenty of room for adding your own twist. I guess for you cost is going to be the major issue, but if you can acquire some of the parts from old equipment that could bring costs down for you.

RE: PiPhone

toxxn — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 08:26:17 GMT

Here are a few videos from the Ben Heck Show that pertain to the mentioned topics:

Portable Raspberry Pi Build:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUZjzQuTNX4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DVyHE8MJLY

Creative Case Hacks: No 3D Printer Required:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grG3EVPg1vI

DIY Cell Phone Build:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SlcVTfP4MA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAbppnXpfHc

You can purchase TFT Touchscreens in various sizes for the Raspberry Pi including a 7 inch LCD that would be perfect for a "tablet" build.

The PiPhone build is also not a new concept, and has already been done by Dave Hunt, using a GSM Module and a TFT Touchscreen from Adafruit.

PiPhone – home-made Raspberry Pi smartphone | Raspberry Pi

As far as Media Center and Web browsing is concerned, the Noobs software allows you to do both.

Introducing the New Out Of Box Software (NOOBS) | Raspberry Pi

Noobs will allow you to install one or more OS's such as Raspbian, Raspbmc, etc. Raspbian is a Linux Distribution for Raspberry Pi that essentially turns the Pi into a mini Linux Computer capable of web browsing and much more. And then there is Raspbmc and other various sorftware like XBMC which turn the Pi into a Media Center. With Noobs, you can install both, so when the Raspberry Pi is booted up, you have the choice in which OS you wish to boot. I personally have Raspbian and XBMC loaded on a few of my SD cards.