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by PrimeOS32 6 hours ago
This is a pocket Linux terminal with loads of untapped potential out of the box. Combining voice navigation with an ssh linked home AI server may make this a true privacy-first successor to the prying smartphone for the AI era. And there is the audio quality, with a battery that lasts a week. The Bluetooth tethering has a standby feature so any non-cellular wifi device you carry is effectively always connected as well. It won't drop like most smartphones. There is way more utility in this combo than the brick in your pocket we have to contend with now. I hope Commodore can see past the detox only and see what they have really created here. Meanwhile hackers can have a field day!!
2 comments

Not really, it’s a 5 year old SOC that runs Sailfish.

You want a Linux box in your pocket? Why does a flip phone factor excite you?

It's genuinely small. You can put it in your pocket and forget that it's there. I'm continually amazed that people don't seem to want that.
We have had that in various forms for a while now without the grandiose visions and gatekeeping.

The exact same module in fact has been around for a while. Battery is ancient. T9 is ancient.

I have a $70 Linux box in my pocket already. It runs a Buildroot distro and the only real difference is an LTE PHY.

I have lived through the Nokia internet tablet and I’m surprised this isn’t what people aspire to.

WTF are you talking about? This is not at all fit for that purpose.