[Tfug] Hackable phone?

[Jude Nelson]

T-Mobile G1.  Hands down the best handheld device for potential
hackers I've ever seen.  It runs Google's Android OS (Linux) natively,
and with a bit of hacking, you can get root access and flash a
bootloader that doesn't required signed firmware, allowing you to do
whatever you want with it.

Just my 10b cents.

Regards,
Jude

On 2/15/09, Zack Williams <zdwzdw at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm looking for a phone with buil-in WiFi, touch screen, etc.
>> that I can *hack*.  Preferably, something that is "outdated"
>> (i.e., that I can pick up on eBay -- I'd hate to end up
>> busting a brand new iPhone, etc.).  Ideally, something I
>> can find a *couple* of (so I can break one while I am
>> dicking around with it  :> )
>
> If the phone portion isn't needed, there are plenty of iPaqs and other
> PDA's that work.
>
> Supposedly Nokia's S60 phones will run python and other open code, but
> they lack touchscreens:
>
> http://opensource.nokia.com/projects/index.html
>
> There's not a whole lot else out there unless you buy an Android
> phone, through their developer program
>
> - Zack
>
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