From paul at boddie.org.uk  Wed Apr 24 01:11:10 2024
From: paul at boddie.org.uk (Paul Boddie)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 01:11:10 +0200
Subject: [Tinkerphones] unPhone
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On Wednesday, 8 November 2023 17:45:58 CEST Paul Boddie wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> It has been quiet on this list, but I recently became aware of another
> phone- like project when perusing a popular maker/gadget retailer's site:
> 
> https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/unphone

This now appears to be available for purchase at a price of ?139.50. The 
announcement seems to be this forum post:

https://forum.unphone.net/t/unphone-9-on-sale-at-pimoroni/37

> It does make me wonder what could be done if they didn't use a
> microcontroller, even one with 8MB of RAM, and moved up to something more
> powerful, maybe even adding support for conventional mobile telephony.

Still wondering about this!

> But the fact that it is an open hardware/software product that will
> presumably be sold at some point by an actual producer of gadgetry makes it
> worth a mention, I think.

And I guess we'll see what the response is from the buying public. A few forum 
posts have also appeared recently, indicating that some people are interested 
and are even buying the device.

Paul