A COMPUTER GEEK’S SMART PHONE DREAM

I want a smart phone made especially for computer builders. It should have the power of an iPhone, screen like a Droid X, a mini USB connector and an SD memory card slot. But most of all, it should be blank. Empty. That’s right, it should be devoid of any data whatsoever.

My dream smart phone would be a device that would require me to load my own operating system. I’d purchase a copy of iOS4, Android 2.2, the current Palm OS, or any other mobile operating system on the market, and I’d load it fresh to a blank flash drive on the phone. I would install my own device drivers just like a computer, and decide what applications that I would install. It wouldn’t matter what hardware accessories I had on the phone, because I would install everything on my own.

If I got tired of iOS4, I could format the flash drive and install Android 2.2 or vice-versa. Or, I might decide to have a dual-boot device that ran both operating systems. I would have the flexibility to monkey with the thing to my heart’s content, because it is just like a miniature computer. Modification would be easy, just as simple as adding new hardware to a desktop computer.

Why hasn’t someone come up with a standard generic smart phone that ships blank and ready for a geek like me to build from scratch? I would be the first in line to buy a raw mini-tablet style blank smart phone. My question for computer builders/hackers/programmers, if you could buy a blank slate of a phone, what operating system would you load on it if it were this easy?

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PRE-ORDERS FOR ARCHOS 7 HIT AMAZON

Archos 7 Home Tablet is available for pre-order through Amazon for only $199.

This looks like a pretty cool Android tablet concept, and the price actually surprises me! This device is hard not to consider at such a low price.

I’m not sure what they are offering as far as screen resolution, but I would bet that this is a Flash-enabled device with a USB port, headphone jack, and memory card slot.

Archos plans on bigger versions of their device, which will be released soon after the 7. Looking at the video of the device on the Engadget website, I was not quite as moved as I was when testing out the iPad, but what the heck… it’s cheap, portable internet access. Someone will find use for it, I suppose!

What are your thoughts about this device?

Carlton Flowers
Gadget Geek

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