OpenMoko, the open-source Linux cellphone developer behind the FreeRunner handset and the Dash Express GPS unit, have taken the design-your-own-handset process one step beyond offering a custom software platform by making the CAD files for creating a suitable casing open-source as well.  Users can now create prototype and one-off designs either for production on a CNC machine or for full-scale manufacture. "With ... continued »

Custom options are commonplace on high-ticket items like cars but, aside from faceplate-swaps, cellphones are pretty much solid when it comes to specifications. Want a better camera, or GPS, or mobile TV? If the handset you're looking at doesn't have them, pick another. Well, zzzPhone would like to change all that: their eponymous cellphone is, at its ... continued »