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Commodore 64's New Flip Phone Skips Android for Linux-Based Sailfish OS (feed.itsfoss.com)
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A year has passed since Commodore, the computer brand many of you know and love, came back from the dead under new ownership. The comeback is picking up pace too, with a lineup that already includes multiple Commodore 64 Ultimate editions, a C64X PC, and a licensing program that invites outside builders to use the name. Now, they have announced a return to the phone market, and not in the doomscrolling glass-slab avatar we are all used to, but in a retro, very equippable flip phone format....

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[–] Twongo@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

i'll stick to my nokia.

there's a whole community of people who dedicate time to make even old WAP Phones useable again in 2026 - and that costs like 20€ instead of 499$

[–] radish@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can you share a link? I'm interested in something like that

[–] Twongo@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

https://bs0dd.net/index.php?lang=eng&page=news%2Fmain&npage=7

if u keep looking in the vintagemobilephones subreddit you'll find someone wrote a discord wap page aswell as a whatsapp client.

it's incredible.

ps. i remember u from funhole :D nice!

[–] radish@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 22 hours ago

thanks! and thank you for remembering my content lol