Homebrew Open Phone

[Ian Darwin]

Doug Sutherland wrote:
> Compulab does have, and has always had, very interesting
> embedded boards. But before you get excited about this one
> that the article states "starting at $122" ... Unless they have 
> changed their way of doing sales, you don't just buy one 
> module, you buy an evaluation kit, which runs up close to
> $2000. Only after buying said kit can you buy just modules.
> Also, what is the "starting at" module? 

The quantity 1 prices are 2.5x the listed prices which are for quantity 
1000. Add in a GPS, GSM (not included in base), enough memory to be 
usable, and you'll be paying about US$600 for it. Plus $100 for shipping 
to North America.

So unless somebody has the cash to buy 500 or 1000 of these, it's not 
going to be a DIY project anytime soon.