Turn Your Motorola Android Phone Into a Raspberry Pi

Turn Your Motorola Android Phone Into a Raspberry Pi

Turn Your Motorola Android Phone Into a Raspberry Pi

In the surest sign that hardware hacking is the new hotness, Motorola and Farnell/Element 14 have developed an add-on board and SDK that will let you connect virtually anything to your mobile phone.Motorola is calling it the "Moto Mods" system, and it looks like its going to be a dedicated microcontroller that interfaces with the computer inside the phone and provides everything from GPIOs to DSI (video).Naturally, I2C, I2S, SPI, UART, even two flavors of USB are in the mix.

An Android Phone for $29? Here's What You Get

An Android Phone for $29? Here's What You Get

If you've got $30 burning a hole in your wallet, you've got enough money to pay for Alcatel's latest budget phone.But you will have to settle for some stripped-down specs and a tie-in to a single prepaid carrier to enjoy that bargain-basement price tag.Alcatel's Tru smartphone is available for $29 when you get it through MetroPCS.

BlackBerry DTEK50 Review: A Secure Android Phone on the Cheap

BlackBerry DTEK50 Review: A Secure Android Phone on the Cheap

The newest BlackBerry gives you bang for your buck, especially with security and productivity software.But, as WSJ's Nathan Olivarez-Giles explains, you'll have to live without the signature keyboard.Photo/Video: Emily Prapuolenis/The Wall Street JournalBlackBerry Ltd. BBRY 1.11 % 's identity crisis continues.