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by skhm 1151 days ago
i bought a shitty android phone with a physical blackberry like keyboard exclusively to use this and it is admittedly very sweet, but i can’t mainline android and ios at the same time so it mostly sits in the cupboard :( but every time (every few months) a quick git pull and nixos rebuild gets me back my desktop setup.

it’s quite a marvel, way beyond termux. performance is good even on poorish hardware.
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pluijzer 1151 days ago
Could you tell me which phone this is? I am very curious to try it out myself. Thanks
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skhm 1151 days ago
the unihertz titan pocket. I can’t recommend it in good faith, it mostly gathers dust. I was trying to be a bit more considered about my phone use and thought a downgrade daily carry would help but it pissed me off and now I use my iPhone even more than before. A very “me” problem though, you might love it!
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pluijzer 1150 days ago
Thank you, If I see one cheap somewhere might get it anyway and have some fun with it for a weekend.
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skhm 1146 days ago
tbf I can't imagine a phone with as much functionality being as cheap as the base price - even in the UK, 250 GBP ish for a semi-decent android with a physical keeb is weirdly low for the nice in which it lives. i'm sure ebay has cheaper but i daren't look.

in fact you could have mine for 100 GBP - I've realised how little I use it - harry @ skh . am if you are interested.

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