[Noisebridge-discuss] interesting semi-open phone and development platform

[Andy Isaacson]

On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 09:20:02PM -0700, Michael Shiloh wrote:
>>> here's a phone that can be used to develop on, which i assume means 
>>> it can  be reprogammed at the lowest levels and is unlocked, but 
>>> could be wrong.
>>>
>>> price ($400) is less than Andriod, no?
>> [snip]
>>> http://www.ziilabs.com/products/platforms/ZiiEGG.aspx
>>
>> Well, it's not a phone; the specs don't list a 2G or 3G radio.  It
>> reminds me of the iPod Touch, but with more interface options.
>
> Oops! I must have the wrong link. The one I quoted the price for was a  
> phone. 2.5G I thing.

Hmm, this one is a 3G phone.

http://www.ziilabs.com/products/platforms/ziitrinity.aspx

It's an interesting looking device, I'd like to play with one, but
unless they have a seriously active developer community I'd doubt that
it'd be a useful phone per se.

-andy