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Stuff like a pretty case with slots for optical drives, a laptop with a shitton of ports and all-day battery life or anything else that seems to go against the trends.

This thread is for complaining about how you can't find it and (maybe) finding it thanks to someone else.

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[โ€“] pip@slrpnk.net 1 points 12 hours ago

I want a Japanese ketai phone with android 10+, easily rootable, AND HAS A DAMN TOUCH CRUISER. They day Sharp decided to stop making flip phones with touch cruiser is the day innovation truly died.

Or an e-ink flip phone, that would be pretty cool.

[โ€“] SethranKada@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

A IP68 e-ink Linux phone with both wireless charging and induction charging (to charge other devices), no cameras at all, solar panel on the back, usb-4 and headphone jack, 1TB storage , 15'000 mAh battery, two separate WiFi cards (to allow simultaneous hotspot and client use), and finally a radio transiever for both short range comms and long range AM and FM radio.

Technically possible with current technology, but as far as I can tell, completely unavailable in the consumer market.

Price, size and weight are irrelevant for all usecasses of such a product, as far as I'm concerned.

[โ€“] DancingBear@midwest.social 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ahh, the olโ€™ breaker breaker

Only $28.00 on Amazon!

I want physical media that is not sold on optical disks. Sell me content on SD cards for example.

[โ€“] carp1@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

A small android smartphone with good software support

[โ€“] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Folding screen eReader....it would be extremely niche, but I want it

Recently heard about RePebble, so my complaining about smart watches may have to end

[โ€“] pip@slrpnk.net 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Holy shit. Thank you for bringing pebble to my attention.

[โ€“] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

No problem, have been on the search for a good replacement for a few years.... Ever since destroying mine on a door frame when carrying a heavy box

I miss my pebble time

[โ€“] KestrelAlex@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

How low-tech is still tech?

I want a device that can be armed and if moved without being disarmed (optional passcode) will set off an alarm.

This is both for my laptop when working in public spaces and for my cooler/food bag when camping.

[โ€“] Lennnny@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

They have these for bikes, I've not looked too far into it, but maybe that would work?

[โ€“] Taleya@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago

Knog does these for bikes.

[โ€“] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 1 points 1 day ago

Camera-less small phone with a keyboard and an IR blaster

[โ€“] Azal@pawb.social 4 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Is a truck tech? Fuck it I'm calling a pickup truck tech.

I just want a pickup the size of a 90s ford ranger that's a hybrid. Since I'm making it a unicorn, lets go 4wd

[โ€“] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 1 points 15 hours ago

Lol, I'm gonna say no as I posted in a technology news community in response to news about Tesla trucks not being tech news just by virtue of being Tesla or musk related. OP was not happy.

[โ€“] Chip_Rat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I'd like that but full electric, minimum 500km in the "tank" I had an all electric vehicle and LOVED everything about it, except the range. Then eventually I needed a truck for my job (but I did cram my Kia Soul to the brim for the 3 years I had it.)

I'd buy a hybrid though, if that's what was available.

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[โ€“] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

A media player that isn't just a modified android tablet in a box with an HDMI output. (And loaded with spyware). And doesn't require an always-on internet connection.

[โ€“] Taleya@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago

Pc with an asrock mobo

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[โ€“] boaratio@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

A phone that runs Linux, has decent battery life, and doesn't cost an arm and a leg.

[โ€“] folaht@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I've got one, but does it have to sell outside the EU too?

[โ€“] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

The reason this doesn't work is because Android and iOS limit the crap out of app functionality to allow for battery optimization. On Linux, users (and apps) do whatever the crap they feel like (and that's a good thing, until you talk about battery).

[โ€“] davidgro@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago (13 children)

I'll join the ranks asking for a perfect phone.

Mine would have:

  • Unlocked bootloader
  • All week battery (or at least 3 days) I don't care if it's super thick.
  • User replaceable battery
  • Headphone jack
  • Very high specs (like at least 16 GB RAM and 1TB storage)
  • SD card slot
  • Probably more I'm not thinking of right now.
[โ€“] Spider89@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

Global Xperias (Xperia 1 VI [XQ-EC72]) fits most of this.

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[โ€“] Securus777@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Water bottle that auto seals and is easy to clean.

[โ€“] apotheotic@beehaw.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Little retro games handheld with a clamshell oled display

[โ€“] fatboy93@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

Just wait for Anbernic Rg45XXV, which should be a few months away given the rate they put out devices.

The catch: it still uses H700 chipset

[โ€“] kratoz29@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

A Steam Deck with stock pricing in Mexico.

[โ€“] dessalines@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Cheap large e-ink android screen. Doesn't need to do anything other than be a consistent, always on display with a long battery life.

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Fractal Design's Pop cases have a 5.25" bay. It's hidden behind a pop-off panel at the bottom, in the power supply basement.

[โ€“] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I'd really love to find a new radio for my car that: 1) can serve as a monitor for my back-up camera, and 2) isn't a fucking touch screen.

There are models that are one or the other, but I haven't found anything that's both. The closest I've found is a compromise - a touchscreen that also has a few tactile controls. But I don't want to have to rely on any touch screen when I'm driving. I simply don't feel compelled enough to spend $400+ for a frustrating half-measure.

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[โ€“] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 24 points 2 days ago

Phones with smaller screens

[โ€“] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Rootable Android (or Linux) based "mp3 player". Basically an iPod touch. No cell radio.

[โ€“] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I might struggle to make it the size of an iPod Touch but that's not difficult to build out of a Raspberry Pi.

[โ€“] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

That's cool, hadn't really thought about it. Basically looking for a wifi-only device I can install Signal on.

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[โ€“] tetris11@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

As I'm getting more and more into keyboards, I've realised I dont want a laptop anymore.

I want a powerful phone (16GB RAM, 8-cores) that I can:

  • a) use as a phone (smallish, please)
  • b) use as a dockable workstation

That is, I can come home from work, slide my phone into a USB-C dock and start typing away on my Linux desktop with my fancy keyboard

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[โ€“] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 15 points 2 days ago (3 children)

A high-quality laptop without any branding.

I'm currently using a 9-year-old, woefully underpowered laptop made by Xiaomi. Full aluminium unibody, and NO logo. Not printed on, not etched in, not glistening only in the right light. NO LOGO.

I'm not a billboard. I'm not responsible for your brand recognition. Ironically though, far more people have come up to me and asked "hey, what laptop is that" than ever would have cared if there was a logo on it.

It also just looks and feels fantastic, all-aluminium-no-logo just looks so sleek.

So yeah. I will not be upgrading until I find another laptop of the same build quality, with no logo. Tuxedo has that option for most of their laptops, but for some reason not for their only current full-aluminium body -.-

Oh, and don't come at me with stickers.

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[โ€“] shasta@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

I need an ecmascript library that demuxes mpeg when fed individual frames. Every lib just wants to take in a whole file or URL to a stream. I need to filter the websocket sending the data so I need to feed individual frames to the lib. I'm only finding commonjs libs that do this

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