[object Object]Oct 13

make an open source hackable flip phone, you fucking cowards

let me write the features for my own feature phone and let me do it in a language that isn’t java or flash on an OS that’s neither a trimmed down desktop OS nor whatever the fuck you call BREW

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@zzt

There's this from a couple of years ago although it looks like it's using 2G connectivity and isn't flip but a good starting point:

https://hackaday.com/2023/08/03/open-source-cell-phone-based-on-esp32/

Open-Source Cell Phone Based On ESP32

Over the past decade or so, smartphones have exploded in popularity and seamlessly integrated themselves into nearly every aspect of most people’s lives. Although that comes with a few downsi…

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@gbargoud the https://lilygo.cc/products/t-deck-pro isn’t fully open hardware or flip, but it might be a good host for something like a hackable feature phone software stack running on nuttx or a similarly shaped light RTOS

mind you, I haven’t seen anyone do anything practical with that device yet, so it might be an absolute nightmare to actually develop for

T-Deck Pro

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