Only two years behind the N9.
The N9 was so far ahead of its time it’s not even funny. Easily my favourite phone of all time.
All of which also post-date first Ericsson phones, which UI later was later copied by Nokia, Siemens, and everybody else.
I do remember my R520 from 2001 had something similar.
I guess it lives on in LG TVs but for the year or so before that palm pre broke it was great.
I would probably still use webOS if there was still minimal open source development, some phone to put it on (or I guess I’d be fine getting a Pre 3) and the App Store not being shut down with all apps gone. The homebrew apps weren’t really meant to replace the App Store if I recall.
A world where webOS has 5-10% market share as a stable 3rd place would be amazing.
I'd probably still use it if calendar and notes sync were working. I should investigate...
Symbian still alive![0,1,2] (Not sure about Maemoo/MeeGo)
[0] https://github.com/mrRosset/Symbian-Archive/issues/10
[1] https://old.reddit.com/r/symbian/new
[2] https://github.com/search/?o=desc&q=symbian&s=updated&type=R...
I do not want to see these devices fall into obsolescence, and they are simple/old enough you could reverse-engineer the parts or get in touch with the asian companies who did some of the production runs for RIM.
What _might_ be useful and actually possible would be an up-to-date maintained "rebuild" / "rewrite" of the native browser app, since there you can vendor pretty much all the important components you need.
Had to switch to major OS because of banking and few other apps.
Every single device since then sucked, including BB Android based crap.
The last time I've something like that was when I switched to 9900
Unless nation states or mercs are in your threat model, that is.
Need magic amulets and submarines in that situation.
Apps are scarce, many don't work anymore due to obsolescence, but the main ones are there: I mantain a Twitter and a Twitch app, and keep updating them to follow Api changes. Spotify and Whatsapp can be used through the android layer, the native BB maps are still functional. Another nice guy on Crackberry mantains a youtube app.. I feel I can say that if you don't have many requirements it's still a solid phone, it can't do much but what it does it does well.
Also, the privacy is unmatched