[HN Gopher] Ash HN: Any viable alternative device to a smartphon...
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       Ash HN: Any viable alternative device to a smartphone on the market
       today?
        
       I would like to not have to use a phone, for security, privacy, and
       attention-economy reasons.  Is there anything I can buy that let's
       me live a life outside the wallet gardens of ios and android
       stores? it could be a phone designed for privacy if such a thing
       exists, or a tablet running linux with a sim card. I'm in Germany
       in case that matters.
        
       Author : urlwolf
       Score  : 5 points
       Date   : 2022-12-20 22:27 UTC (35 minutes ago)
        
       | bwestergard wrote:
       | I have been pleased with the phone I purchased from Sunbeam
       | wireless.
       | 
       | https://sunbeamwireless.com/
       | 
       | They offer a variety of options, here is my review of their
       | simplest phone:
       | 
       | http://bjornwestergard.com/notes/sunbeam-f1-daisy.gmi
        
       | mtmail wrote:
       | Do you still want to be able to browse the internet with some
       | comfort?
       | 
       | https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/ has a non-ios/android
       | operating system and hardware switch to disconnect network.
       | 
       | https://remarkable.com/ is an e-reader, almost a document
       | management system. It can sync and is hack-able
       | (https://github.com/reHackable/awesome-reMarkable) but mostly
       | notification free.
       | 
       | https://www.thelightphone.com/ has a radical approach to the user
       | interface. You can call, you can write text messages, there is a
       | mapping application but they're all custom and meant to be
       | distraction free.
        
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