SQNewton didn’t just crack open a bluetooth headset and cram it into a cool retro handset casing; he developed his own hardware to produce a fully-functional, self-contained phone that uses the Ericofon’s original rotary dial, gives dial and busy tones, mimics the original Ericofon ringer, and has voice-recognition dialing to top it off. [via Hack a Day]











…has he modified the exact same make, model and color Ericophon I recently found, but he also has exactly the same make, model and color cell phone as I do. And here I’ve been trying to re-wire an old USB Skype phone to get the Ericophon to work!
Kit, please! Kit!
That’s really an odd coincidence.
Glad to hear that you have the same good taste as I do..
Please post your comment in my blog-site in the Q&A section ( http://btericofon.blogspot.com ). I am collecting the questions and will come up with a solution. Please keep in mind that the components are SMD 0603 and the WT32 has a very tiny distance between pins. A pre-assembled kit (components soldered) or full kit (the user solders all the components)? Thanks! Santiago
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