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Design Your Own Mobile Phone with Openmoko

By Aart van Bezooijen - Mar 04, 2008

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Openmoko, creator of the first completely open mobile computing platform, expanded the meaning of Open Source by posting the industrial design source files for its Neo branded mobile phones. Industrial design artists now have the same freedom as software engineers.

Earlier, the source code was freed for complete transformation of the phone software. Now, by publishing mechanical CAD files (here), we can start thinking about redesigning the Neo branded mobile phones to fit their vision and market needs. Some already have.

"Open Source development encourages contributions from a diverse, imaginative, and creative software community. Unlocking the CAD files for the Neo cases empowers the industrial design community to share and contribute their unique designs," said Openmoko Head of Developer Relations, Michael Shiloh. "And, with ready access to benchtop CNC machines and 3D printers, people will build these designs, even in single quantities."

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Aart van Bezooijen is a Dutch optimist and motivator for materials in design. He lives and works in Hamburg where he founded Material Stories (2005) to inspire and enable the best use of materials to make design more competitive, creative and sustainable.

2011 he explored sustainable solutions from around the world during the "It's Not Easy Being Green" project with graphic designer Paula Raché. He co-organized the Materials Café exhibitions at the Hannover Messe in Germany, the world's leading trade fair for industrial technology. Since 2012, he works as Professor for Material and Technology Transfer at the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle growing a new materials library.

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  • Kuldip Anttal
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    How to I make it

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  • Thomas Decristofaro
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    How do i make the phone?


    Contact me    thomasdecristofaro1@gmail.com

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  • Richard
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    Hey anyone want to form a team and design phones? Email me solidsnakeduds013@yahoo.com
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  • Brandon haw
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    It will be a samsung
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  • aiden
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    how do you make the phone
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    umm how do i make it
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  • tom smith
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    i want some one to design a phone with slot/s for spare sim cards under the batry cover
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  • sadiq azee,
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    i want to know how to make a latest mobile phone id and how to do.
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  • carl wheeler
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    i want a phone that is a touch screen and flips open and slides but is more better than an iphone.
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  • someone
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    i want to see a phone thats really girly punkish with a touch screen and free internet for chatrooms and that you dont need wifi to get on the poxy internet!! one with great service like telstra does and they should get this thing what the tvz and computerz do where you shine it to the wall when someone calls you and you can see them i think it would be alot better then video calls on the phone screen
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  • Annomous
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    I'm looking for a phone that could be fully paid, with no bills, no limit, and might be solar powered. Thanks
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    thanks!
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  • jordan
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    grate :D
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  • RYAN
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    IM LOOKING FOR A PHONE WHAT I THINK COULD LOOK A BIT MEAN WITH BIG SPEAKERS
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  • benjamin thomas
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    I have a fantastic design that I would really like to start developing and I would like to know a little more information about your company and its benefits
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  • muneb
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    want to make a mobile phone.............of any type!
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    hi, i'm looking for a mobile phone that i can install voip software( skype, express talk ect) regards
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    I want to design my own mobile website
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  • Rajiv Lodha
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    I came here looking for information on creating custom operating systems for mobile phones, a good start, and i hope i will soon find what i am looking for! Cheers:)
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  • Guillermo Sureda-Burgos
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    As an Industrial Designer I felt a little envy of the Open Source community of programmers when I first discovered the Neo 1973. I had just found a new attitude as well as a device that promised to cure all the problems of current hand held communications/computing devices; yet the only way I could be part of this new �ubiquitous computing� frontier would be as an early adopter or beta tester. Since the CAD files for the first model have become available I now feel I can contribute to the Open Community myself and have as much fun as the programmers have had with the OS and applications, but with the device (I resist to call it just a phone) shape itself! My first contribution to OpenMoko�s initiative is also possibly what most users would buy right after the phone itself; a flexible skin that fits snugly the Neo�s outer surfaces and provides a rugged feeling to either the Neo 1973 or the upcoming Freerunner (they share the same outer geometry). I have added a new section to my website where you can view all my future concepts and accessories for any OpenMoko powered device as well as download any 3D CAD files and graphics I used to create the projects themselves under the Creative Commons license. Anyone is welcome to download actual CNC machinable Class �A� surfaces for the NeoSkin project as well as any other accessory or case design I come up for the Neos. Best Regards, Guillermo Sureda-Burgos | www.sureda.org
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  • Derek Elley
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    Does this mean that designers can now open an online store to sell personalized mobile phones? I am looking forward to the day when someone opens a mobile phone store on www.ponoko.com. You design it, Ponoko helps you sell it, make it and deliver it to your customers. You keep 100% of the IP. Of course, Ponoko will first need to offer more digital manufacturing capability - and include the Openmoko kit in the materials catalogue. I wonder who wants to pioneer this with us to make it happen?
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