by Baguette5242 on 1/26/2025, 7:05:17 PM
by yaky on 1/26/2025, 1:40:28 PM
I tried to find some technical details, but there is nothing on the tutorials page. The press page links to a few articles in French, but all I found was that there is that there is no 4G, and "Circuit artisinal fonctionnel" on a diagram.
It would be great to know how it compares with other DIY phone projects like ZeroPhone.
by antongribok on 1/26/2025, 1:43:11 PM
The way it looks reminds me of the Handspring Visor[1] for some reason (with less buttons).
by rzr on 1/26/2025, 2:06:01 PM
With all respect to the younger generation, this is project is oversold compared to previous similar projects.
BTW, which OSHW project is advanced enough to deserve more contributions ?
Back to paxo one, According to
https://github.com/paxo-phone/paxo-electronic
It is integration of SIM800L modem with ESP32
Software side, the main app (aka OS):
by GJim on 1/26/2025, 3:49:36 PM
A rather unfortunate choice of name!
by jonesjohnson on 1/26/2025, 4:12:27 PM
Oh man. Again one of those projects where someone glues together an Arduino (ESP, Raspberry,...), a modem module and a battery. I'm not sure where this is "educational" (except for the creators, of course).
I've been using hacky phones all my life (N900, N9, Sailfish, Ubuntu Touch, Pinephone, Librem5) and I really really really just want people to finally concentrate their efforts and build a (non-android) open-source phone (HW + ecosystem) that's actually usable.
Sorry for this non-constructive post, but this is a topic that bothers me quite a lot.
I read a lot of negative/pesimistic comments, but just to put things in perspective, this phone was developped by a middle/high school guy when he was 13~16 years old… come on guys…