[Chicago] WiPhone, a phone you can program in Python

[Michael Tamillow]

Rob, why would you say micropython is not python?

Python is a language, not an interpreter - not all the packages and code that are compatible with version X.X.X

With that type of argument, we could say python 2, 3 Rpython, or even Cpython may not be python.

Python is a language - it’s existence on a piece of paper is still python.

What core python syntax would look different on paper when writing micropython? 


> On Apr 20, 2019, at 7:55 PM, Rob Kapteyn <robkapteyn at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I am actually a backer on a similar Kickstarter, a phone that DOES come with a cellular modem (either 2G or 4G):
> 
> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/albertgajsak/makerphone-an-educational-diy-mobile-phone
> 
> I am still waiting for it, but it is supposed to ship any day now.
> 
> I do have a complaint however  ---
> DO NOT ADVERTISE "MICROPYTHON" as "PYTHON"  -- it is not the same thing.
> Micropython is a very nice way to program an ESP32 microcontroller -- but -- to me -- the name "Python" implies a level of of-the-shelf functionality that Micropython simply does not have.
> 
> I have to admit when I jumped on the Kickstarter of the Makerphone, I was misled in exactly this way.
> 
> Why don't you make a phone with a Raspberry Pi Zero ?
> THAT would run REAL PYTHON, and THAT I would jump on as a backer.
> 
> Hope you appreciate the criticism ;)
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 11:32 PM Joshua Herman <zitterbewegung at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Could you add support for a cellular modem from that expansion slot?
>> 
>> You are taking an esp32 and adding a keypad and a screen . I would be expecting a cellular modem to be honest as a part of it. I have seen similar builds with that feature . Why did you decide to only support WiFi ?
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Apr 14, 2019, at 11:14 AM, Ben Wilson <ben at wiphone.io> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hey all... I'm making a VoIP mobile phone that runs Python apps. The firmware will be open. Wanted to share and get the word out.
>>> 
>>> I wanted a phone that lets hackers do what they want (instead of trapping you in a walled garden, huge IDE, non-serviceable design, etc.). The hardware is also meant to be easily expandable: the back of the phone is a PCB that can be swapped out for custom modules. Sort of like project Ara, except it's just a PCB. any hobby-level electrical designer should be able to make their own custom module.
>>> 
>>> Kickstarter link:
>>> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2103809433/wiphone-a-phone-for-hackers-and-makers?ref=1jz5jk
>>> 
>>> recent Reddit discussion:
>>> https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/bagyxv/wiphone_a_phone_you_can_program_in_python/project
>>> 
>>> build logs: https://hackaday.io/project/159811-esp32-wiphone
>>> 
>>> Happy to answer questions here or on Reddit.
>>> 
>>> -Ben
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