Ancient cell phone modded into media center PC

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Now THIS, my friends, is a mod. An enterprising Finnish fellow has gutted a super old Mobira Talkman cell phone kit and installed a home theater PC inside of it. That’s impressive, yes, but what’s more impressive is that he fit a USB hub, Wi-Fi card, sound card, and a 128×128 OLED screen into the handset. Oh, and it works for VOIP calls to boot.

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The project took about 40 hours to complete, so you could conceivably build something similar over a caffeine- and nicotine-infused weekend. You’d have to then take a few days off to actually enjoy the fruits of your labor, though.

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Check out the full write-up at Metku.net — plenty more photos as well.

[via Reg Hardware]

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