JanOS
Hardware
iot board os
SHOW HN2015
123points
23comments
#190of 2,565 in 2015
Top 8%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
4 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 4 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score -0.03.
Idea: 3 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Good idea for reusing old smartphones as IoT boards
From 3 comments
This is what I've been looking for. I didn't want to have to create something like this myself, but wanted to be able to reuse older smartphones lying around. I don't know if I…
aceperry on HNWould device donations be of any use to you? I love the idea behind this project. It would be great to see "out of the box" support on some more accessible devices.
saschlac on HNThis reminds me of projects from 10 years ago where people made small robots out of Palmpilots. http://hiqnews.megafoundation.org/News_of_the_Ultranet-Summer-2001_Robotics.html…
Eric_WVGG on HN
Objections
Supported devices are discontinued
From 1 comment
Interesting approach. I notice, though, that all three of the officially supported devices (the Keon, the Peak, and the Flame) are discontinued.
mwcampbell on HN
Cheap $30 phones hard to get outside Asia and not worth buying
From 2 comments
For anyone interested, the $30 smartphone seems to be from a special Christmas time deal from CherryMobile [1] (a Filipino phone retailer) and may only have been valid at brick…
ecma on HNI went to the trouble of getting an Intex phone. Even for its price it's not worth it - even if I can build the JanOS/FFOS sources I don't think I have the driver to flash the…
voltagex_ on HN
Many phones lack easily exposed GPIO
From 2 comments
I have been able to use the modified System application on my own firefoxos-based boards. However, for GPIO I have used a background process based on NodeJS (which exposes the…
gbraad on HN... of the GPIO on the SoC, you only have some of the exposed buttons a device might have. Far from ideal... also, at the moment FirefoxOS itself does not have a notion of GPIO…
gbraad on HN
Requests
Support for more accessible devices
From 1 comment
Would device donations be of any use to you? I love the idea behind this project. It would be great to see "out of the box" support on some more accessible devices.
saschlac on HN
Questions
Is it a fork of Firefox OS?
From 1 comment
Isn't JanOS just a fork of Firefox OS?
qznc on HN
Alternatives named
Arduino with GSM shields
From 2 comments
RadioShack is closing a lot of stores, many of which sell Arduino things. I got two ~$60 MSRP GSM shields for $24 a piece. Pair that with the minimal T-Mobile $3/month sim ...…
colechristensen on HNFor anyone interested, the $30 smartphone seems to be from a special Christmas time deal from CherryMobile [1] (a Filipino phone retailer) and may only have been valid at brick…
ecma on HN
Geeksphone Keon
From 1 comment
For anyone interested, the $30 smartphone seems to be from a special Christmas time deal from CherryMobile [1] (a Filipino phone retailer) and may only have been valid at brick…
ecma on HN