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Yes, but my first thought was the BUGbase:

http://store.buglabs.net/

Yeah, this is much more like a Buglabs BUG or Leaf Labs Maple. It's also close to the price of the BeagleBoard, which is much more capable.

Not so much an arduino killer as a BugLabs competitor. Lets gloss, more bare boards.

http://www.buglabs.net/

Maybe even a nerdkit++
http://www.nerdkits.com/kits/

How about Bug Labs. It doesn't get much more hackable than that.

This would require work but could customized to your own desire. http://www.buglabs.net/products

Check out the BUG open source hardware/software platform. It would let you do something like this.
http://buglabs.net/

Open source gadget construction kit.

http://buglabs.net/

from the site:

BUG is a collection of easy-to-use electronic modules that snap together to build any gadget you can imagine. Each BUGmodule represents a specific gadget function (ex: a camera, a keyboard, a video output, etc.). You decide which functions to include and BUG takes care of the rest, letting you try out different combinations quickly and easily. With BUG and the integrated programming environment/online community (BUGnet), anyone can build, program and share innovative devices and applications. We don't define the final products - you do.

You bought the wrong phone. The RAZR was intended as a fashion phone, which is one obvious argument; but another is that it was intended to be used with a headset (bluetooth or no) in the closed position..

I didn't buy the wrong phone, I bought the first RAZR when they came out because Bluetooth was a requirement for me even back then. And I've used a lot of cell phones with a variety of headsets and handsfree car kits. Absolutely none of them require me to interact with the phones, closed or open, in any way. All controlling of the phone is handled through the headset controls. There has never been a need to access the phone's buttons.

I'm still waiting for someone to offer me a cellphone as a constellation of bluetooth devices; one keypad/display/phone, one camera, one headset, one speaker-only for the other ear. I'm pissed at my RAZR V3i (whose hinge has just inexplicably begun to flop about, without receiving any recent trauma) for the general poor quality of the software, but I'm not really sure what I should get that's anywhere near as small and that would suck less.

I'm not sure what you're asking about with the "constellation" of devices. All those devices are independently available today (apart from the two-separate-device headphone thing.) The LG Decoy even incorporates a Bluetooth headset into the phone body, which detaches for use. Or Bug Labs offers a truly modular phone, into which you can plug four additional peripherals: GPS, camera, motion sensor, and touch screen are all available now. And I'd really like the OpenMoko Neo Freerunner, but it doesn't have EDGE.

And my Z6 is still tiny. It's about 8mm narrower than my RAZR, but is 2mm thicker and 7mm taller. Plus, I bought it direct from Motorola so it's not locked to any carrier, and is fully international. So there should be plenty of choices out there for you.

When looking at http://buglabs.net/products it would seem that there are only 4 modules right now and they aren't cheap (at least for what you *can* get then for). I can see where this might be good for a very simple classroom style project, but not much more.

Also, hasn't this already be on Slashdot?

Another vote for the NSLU2. I have debian installed on mine. Another option would be to get a bug base -- it's twice (or more) expensive, but 4 times the memory (128Meg vs 32), faster (600? mhz vs 266), and I think it has floating point hardware.

Compared to a x86 box, the slug uses much less power. Some people have been able to run it off solar power.

Maybe we really have got to the stage where a cool-sounding concept and a pretty website is an indicator of an imaginary product... But a little research before publically labelling a young company a vapor vendor might be nice.

Here's the link to the official website of BugLabs.

... or just build it on a BUG (http://www.buglabs.net/).