If curious, past threads:<p><i>Flipper Zero Manufacturing and Shipping Plan</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25870255" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25870255</a> - Jan 2021 (14 comments)<p><i>Flipper Zero (Repository will be open in public soon)</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24090716" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24090716</a> - Aug 2020 (1 comment)<p><i>Flipper Zero – Tamagochi for Hackers</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23996733" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23996733</a> - July 2020 (53 comments)<p><i>Show HN: Flipper Zero – Tamagotchi for Hackers</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22941733" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22941733</a> - April 2020 (10 comments)<p><i>Tamagotchi for Hackers</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22859083" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22859083</a> - April 2020 (1 comment)<p><i>Flipper Zero: Under Development Multi-Tool Device for Pen-Testers</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21842830" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21842830</a> - Dec 2019 (1 comment)
Is this anything more than a pipedream at this point? I've seen it come up multiple times over the last year, and yet a quick skim through the Github shows that there's not really anything done other than some basic planning/brainstorming. Seems a bit early to be taking preorders.
Well, well, well. It's a Sonic Screwdriver.<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_screwdriver" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_screwdriver</a>
Wouldn't a software defined radio transceiver be more effective for this task? (so you can eavesdrop and interfere with any radio system)<p>Or are they too bulky/expensive to fit in a portable device?
As <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26407897" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26407897</a> noted, worth checking a project that inspired it<p><a href="https://pwnagotchi.ai/" rel="nofollow">https://pwnagotchi.ai/</a> is such a wholesome and cool project
$10 isn't a bad price for the item in question, but that really depends on how much they're going to charge for shipping, which I couldn't find information on. If they charge $10 more for shipping, $20 for this product seems a bit high.