[HN Gopher] Nokia 5110 Communicator
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       Nokia 5110 Communicator
        
       Author : zdw
       Score  : 58 points
       Date   : 2022-07-20 16:14 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | Lucent wrote:
       | I'd love to visit a museum of all the interesting form factors
       | and unique devices dead-ended by the smartphone. So much
       | industrial design so suddenly disappeared: Franklin dictionaries,
       | HP Jornada, iPAQ, HTC Advantage, microcassette recorders,
       | handheld games, TI-92 calculator, standalone GPS, Sharp Wizard,
       | Sony Watchman.
        
       | marban wrote:
       | I've owned every generation of them but the b/w screen models
       | really hit the sweet spot. Would trade in any iPhone if something
       | similar with modern connectivity became available. Psion had
       | better keyboards and software but obv. lacked the modem.
        
         | lnsru wrote:
         | I also would love to have such device with modern connectivity
         | and decent battery life. And no Android inside please.
        
           | jacquesm wrote:
           | I can heartily recommend the Nokia N800-tough. It really is
           | tough (you can use it for self defense in a pinch, after two
           | years of heavy daily use it still looks like brand new, not a
           | scratch on it and I don't even bother about putting it in my
           | pocket together with my keyring), battery life is typically 5
           | days, but many times more than that (to the point that I'll
           | forget to charge it). No touchscreen, just buttons (which
           | could, to be fair be a bit better).
           | 
           | The only gripe: some minor software glitches (for instance:
           | bringing up the address book and immediately starting a
           | search can lose the first keystrokes).
        
           | ChuckNorris89 wrote:
           | > _And no Android inside please_
           | 
           | To be fair, Nokia did release a nearly pure Linux (Meego)
           | based communicator which nobody bought.
           | 
           | The ecosystems of Android and iOS means there is no room for
           | competition that can be commercially successful. So if you're
           | building a phone today it will be Android based if you
           | actually want to sell it.
        
           | marcodiego wrote:
           | What about the pinephone with the keyboard addon?
        
             | Markoff wrote:
             | he said decent battery life, pretty much any android phone
             | in market has better screen on time than pinephone
        
       | WalterGR wrote:
       | That keyboard is amazing!
       | 
       | Unfortunately I haven't been able to find anything like that that
       | you could by off-the-shelf.
        
         | squarefoot wrote:
         | https://www.ebay.com/itm/265711916827
         | 
         | Not the same thing, but close enough.
        
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