I think the problem you're running into is the idea that cellphones - which are highly specialized and integrated devices - would become lego-kit-style devices. No one thinks that's a good idea because...well...it isn't. Connectors take up space and are prone to failure. People's fingers are only so delicate.
I think the closest you'd come to that is the old Motorola Pager-style of manufacturing, where you check off a dozen or so things you want in a phone and it arrives in two or three days. The odds of you building it at home, when all of the world's manufacturing and design technology is going the other direction is largely the reason behind the poor rating.
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Brad @ Sep 13th 2007 6:51PM
I think the problem you're running into is the idea that cellphones - which are highly specialized and integrated devices - would become lego-kit-style devices. No one thinks that's a good idea because...well...it isn't. Connectors take up space and are prone to failure. People's fingers are only so delicate.
I think the closest you'd come to that is the old Motorola Pager-style of manufacturing, where you check off a dozen or so things you want in a phone and it arrives in two or three days. The odds of you building it at home, when all of the world's manufacturing and design technology is going the other direction is largely the reason behind the poor rating.