Re:Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone
by happymellon on Sunday February 26, 2023 @01:50AM
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Personally what I want is a dumb flip phone which can act as a 4/5G hotspot for my 7" tablet.
When I'm on the internet, browing maps, reading books, I find a phone screen too small. But I don't want a massive phone.
A dumb flip phone that lasts a week on a charge so that I can camp with it, combined with a 7" tablet that I can throw in my bag, for when I want to read, but doesn't need cellular connectivity so that it lasts without spying on me.
Re:Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone
by rglullis on Sunday February 26, 2023 @04:36PM
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I don't think this distinction makes any sense nowadays. A "smartphone without cellular connectivity" is a lot more than a "Personal Digital Assistant". Could a Palm Pilot stream music? Did it have an app store? GPS? Microphone? Could it make VoIP calls? Could it connect with an external modem so that it could work as a softphone?
Re:Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone
by yellowapple on Sunday February 26, 2023 @11:07PM
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If Palm were to create the Pilot in 2023, it would almost certainly be designed to support all those features, yes.
Re:Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone
by rglullis on Monday February 27, 2023 @05:55AM
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Yes, and it wouldn't be marketed as a PDA.
Re:Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone
by yellowapple on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @02:11PM
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Then what would it be marketed as? It's personal, it's digital, and it's an assistant; those things don't go away from adding more features.
You mean a PDA (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_digital_assistant)? Modern smartphones are basically a PDA with cellular connectivity (this is more obvious with early smartphones like the Treo 650), so if you take out the cellular connectivity, what you have is once again a PDA.