New Pine64 phones with upgraded hardware begin shipping in August

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[–]LarrySwinger2 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

One can hope that they'll be able to solve all the issues described in the articles, but it seems unlikely. Especially the lack of quality control, and the fact that they had to resort to producing prototype boards locally due to lack of funds are alarming.

I didn't expect to encounter someone who still uses the N900. I have mine in a drawer, relied on it for a couple of years. Being stuck on Debian Etch is not nice. One thing to try is install a modern distro and access it via chroot. But I take it device is too slow for you?

[–]whistlepig 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I have about 7 of them in my drawer. I'd buy another every 1.5-2 years when the modem breaks. Most that time you could get them for around $100 to $150.

The real problem with the n900 is that for the last 4 or so years they stopped updating and when tls updated to v1.2 it never got updated on the n900 and a lot of sites no longer work. gps, email, gpodder and mahjong still work great. ;]

I've actually set up a voip line at home this year and don't really bring a cell with me much anymore. It will be ironic if by the time one of these linux phones becomes usable that I've grown tired of using a cell phone and no longer carry one. ;]