GadgetReview

Are you sick and tired of those vacuum cleaners cell phones that don’t pick up dirt and are just too bulky? Thanks to Bug Labs and their revolutionary ‘modular cell phone’ you’ll now be able to plug and play (some coding might be required) dependent upon: what you’re doing that day, how tight fitting or small your purse is, etc. Wanna integrate Google maps with a GPS enabled camera phone. Just slide the necessary components together, modify a program in Linux to get them to talk and WHAMO, you’ve got the triple macchiato with light cream and a shot of espresso cell phone. Don’t need the camera or GPS? Just remove and slip the basic cell phone into your pocket for a night on the town. What is it? It’s basically a ‘Linux based mobile computer’ with snap on modules. Bug Labs plans to release the first iteration, and 4 modules (GPS, digital camera/videocam, color LCD touch screen and an accelerometer/motion sensor) by the end of 2007 - I’m guessing earliest Q1 since is December 3rd.

Update:Our friends over at “Oh Gizmo” got their hands on some video of the device.

More info here.

Build Your Own Mobile Phone [SpringWise]

(Thanks Ryan)

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