Will this work?: Silicon Valley Homebrew Mobile Phone Club

I was listening to an amazing talk by Cory Doctorow at the Aula Movement 2006 and of the many interesting things he brought up (I hope to bring them up eventually) was the Silicon Valley Homebrew Mobile Phone Club.

These folks are bent on building phones on their own, much like the Homebrew Computer Club built computers outside the realm of the Big Iron.

Will it work? Will it get anywhere? Is the mobile world right now as constrictive as the computing and telecom world of the 70s?

Hmm.

And who will be the equivalent players - the Wozniaks and Jobs and Gates, not to mention the Osbornes and other forgotten along the way?

Link: telefono: Silicon Valley Homebrew Mobile Phone Club.

I’m announcing the formation of the “Silicon Valley Homebrew Mobile Phone Club.” Our purpose is to provide support and guidance for individuals building their own “convergence devices.” We’re going to have monthly meetings where we discuss designs and applications with the idea that two heads is frequently better than one. Don’t toil in solitude, trying to get your latest wireless hardware hack to work. We’re “hackers” only in the classic sense, no phone cloners please.