FLOW is like the Ikea bookshelf of Android phones

"You know, I could build a better phone than this." We've probably all uttered something to that effect in our past in a fit of frustrated rage -- some more than others -- but are you ready to put your money where your mouth is? If so, you can now part with some cash and cobble together a bunch of modules to create a do-it-yourself Android phone called FLOW -- just be aware that it's probably not going to solve your troubles. At nearly $500 for the bare minimum hardware, you're not saving any money over a phone expertly manufactured by an Asian OEM, and no offense, sport, but something tells us the OEM's craftsmanship is in a different league. Putting away the practical concerns for a moment, the project seems like it'd be a blast -- so the only trick is finding someone willing to use a phone that looks this clunky and geeky day in and day out. G1 owners, care to step forward?

[wcollins Posted May 21st 2009 3:46PM]

I love the picture!
Your pictures always make me laugh. Thanks guys!

[(Unverified) Posted May 22nd 2009 7:55AM]

"finding someone willing to use a phone that looks this clunky and geeky day in and day out. G1 owners, care to step forward?"
Bit of G1 bashing there? Noice.

[Benedict Posted May 24th 2009 10:04AM]

Hey buddy - I love my G1 and its, uhh... Quirky looks!
I just wonder whether or not the instructions for this phone are entirely text free; made up only of pointless images with arrows that lead to nowhere, pointing in directions that shouldn't ever be conveyed on paper...