Somebody should make a phone like this

Hank

#1 – 12:58 PM October 8, 2009

Why is it that is no longer a link to BBG from the main Boing Boing page?

lovemoose

#2 – 1:51 PM October 8, 2009

I love my black version of this. (Thanks Grandad!)

I'd perhaps love the silver version even more...

free-gadgets

#3 – 2:23 PM October 8, 2009

That's a beautiful looking device - Sinclair is ridiculed for his most famous invention, the C5, but if you look at most of his other gadgets it's clear the guy was well ahead of his time. There is a technology history theme going on here in the UK at the moment on the BBC and there are some fascinating programs on about tech in the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's. Sinclair products crop up a lot.

Chris Jones, free ps3

Pete

#4 – 5:40 PM October 8, 2009

The calculator is very nice, but could you just get round to answering the question of what is happening to the external sites hanging off the motherboing?

Home Based Business Owner

#5 – 10:14 PM October 8, 2009

Wow, does that make me feel old just a little (lol). Well that certainly was an interesting little device way back when.

It's truly amazing how technology has changed our world.

I am new to this site and look forward to reading many of the articles posted here.

Make it a great day

dculberson

#6 – 7:15 AM October 9, 2009

For those of you wondering about gadgets.boingboing.net, read this:

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/10/06/boing-boing-the-worl.html

it is being woven back into the fold of the mother boing.

gadgetstefan

#7 – 8:37 AM October 10, 2009

Didn't Sinclair produce the first Electro Car in the 80ies?

Stefan - http://www.gadgetly.de

infinity

#8 – 12:07 PM October 11, 2009

if someone has .stl files for the enclosure and keypad, i could probably design a circuit-board for a gumstix based myPhone. i _think_ i have some of the philips GSM radios left; they're nice and small.

killdeer

#9 – 3:58 PM October 14, 2009

@#6
Thanks for the link and info.

Cant say I'm happy, I've never liked regular BoingBoing but I find myself visiting BBG ever time I sit down at my computer.

I tried using the "gadgets" tag/keyword or whatever at the new BB and it isnt the same.

The end of an era.

Michael

#10 – 11:04 AM October 15, 2009

Oh. That answers my question, too. Thanks #6.

Pete

#11 – 12:27 PM October 15, 2009

Boingboing Gadgets wanted to do something different from the regular gadget-blog - something that Joel Johnson had written about in his fantastic anti-gadgetery screed a few years ago. Obviously, they failed. They failed because the vast majority of people who came to this site wanted predictable coverage of gadgets, which, it seems, they were unhappy to provide.

It would be nice if these posts were rolled back into the motherboing, rather than just letting this site hang here.

Rob Beschizza

#12 – 10:57 PM October 15, 2009

Pete, BBG was a modest success. Basically, it'll just continue as the gadgets section at BB once the relaunch stuff is settled down. All will be merged, but permalinks left as-in (for the googles)

Skwid

#13 – 3:46 PM October 20, 2009

Well, that makes me sad. Unless I can subscribe to an RSS feed of just the BBG stuff, I won't be reading any of it. Oh well. So long, folks!