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  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
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    6 days ago

    most Android phones1 standalone modems have an Android system running in the modem

    Seriously? I thought it was something more stable and mimimal, like Minix or whatever.

    • alvendam@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      It’s probably a very trimmed down android. I’m assuming it has to do with drivers, since these modem chips go in phones anyway.

  • quick_snail@feddit.nl
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    6 days ago

    Why destroy the security of your device like that?

    The only thing worse than IME is giving it cell tower access. Yikes.

  • Sanctus@anarchist.nexusEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Indian guys and doing ridiculous shit with older hardware. Its gonna be sad when a whole generation of techies grows up talking to AI instead of listening to Indian dudes on YouTube.

    • erebion@news.erebion.euEnglish
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      6 days ago

      “older hardware”

      The T480 can’t be older than from 2018.

      That’s only 8 years, we are no longer in the 90s, computers can last much longer than that now. :D

      • ohshit604@lemmy.halstead.host
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        5 days ago

        Bought an Asus TUF laptop back in 2020? Maybe 2021, had a Ryzen 3750H and a 1660ti, at first it was great and was an improvement from my previous laptop but unfortunately barely lasted a year before the fan bearings started to give out and made terrible sounds, even after replacing the fans they barely lasted a month before going back to the horrid noises.

        The thing struggles to keep itself cool. Doesn’t matter if it’s running Debian or Windows it was horrible to do literally anything without getting frustrated.

        Eventually upgraded and gave it to a buddy who didn’t have a computer, thing still sucks as a daily driver and I definitely wouldn’t trust it in a server environment. The sounds of those fans still haunt me to this day.

      • vaionko@sopuli.xyz
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        6 days ago

        My main laptop is a T495s, just slightly newer and I have no desire to upgrade. The thing even plays quite a few games decently

  • MarcDW@lemmy.ml
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    6 days ago

    Have an X1 Carbon with SIM slot. Been meaning for ages to do something with that. This gave me nudge. :-)

  • MeetMeAtTheMovies [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    6 days ago

    There’s been such incredible work to get things like this working over the past decade. I remember trying to build my own phone back then and the idea of running open software in the user space of your cellular modem was just not a thing.

  • monovergent@lemmy.ml
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    6 days ago

    Woah a huge flip phone!

    Cool pairing of hardware in all seriousness. I too used to laugh at the inclusion of 3G/4G in select iPad models.

  • octobob@lemmy.ml
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    6 days ago

    “Therefore, you can now throw away your mobile phone and use a laptop only!”

    Lmao

      • octobob@lemmy.ml
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        6 days ago

        It was mostly a quip about replacing the convenience of something that fits in your pocket and is handheld. I like the idea, it could work for some people. Definitely not me, I’m not in front of a screen / PC for almost all of my day. I do stay in touch with people via texts / calls throughout the day however.

    • undefinedTruth@lemmy.zip
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      6 days ago

      Don’t be ridiculous, I would never make the phone call directly from the Thinkpad. I would just install Asterisk on the Thinkpad and then use it as a PBX where the cell module acts as the voice gateway. And then make the call via Linphone on my mobile device connected to the Thinkpad over WiFi.

    • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      5 days ago

      you laugh, but this is seriously inticiing to people like who only have their phones out of necessity like a wallet and have to no clue where they are most of the time if not in my pocket.

      i make over 99% of my calls; text messages; and social media on my laptop so this would eliminate the need for the phone all together.

      • inzen@lemmy.world
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        6 days ago

        Just imagining pulling it out, opening it, typing in a secure password and answering the phone call with mouse.