Asklemmy

I want an open source cellular baseband chip. That's the chip that acts as a networking connection to cell phone towers. Not only would the drivers be open, but the hardware as well. It might be a little larger than most, as I would want it to be possible for users to dismantle it (destructively, of course) and verify against tampering.

Bunnie Huang's Precursor was a good start, but it lacks networking (as far as I know)

(Are crowdsourcing links allowed? I'm not going to link to the crowdsupply page, just in case, but it is more informative)

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.

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.

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.

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.

Phones with smaller screens

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.

A proper non-Apple Macbook Air equivalent. Because imo for the average user that just browses the internet and does some light office work it seems perfect. And with that I mean:

• fanless
• good screen preferably 3:2 or 16:10
• long battery life
• unlike the air expandable storage and ideally non soldered ram
• solid build quality
• priced at maybe 600-800€?
• doesn't have to have the greatest performance

Tbh i thought we would get it with Intels lunar lake processors, but so far no luck.

A small android smartphone with good software support

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

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.

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.

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

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.

A smaller phone with flagship-level cameras and a headphone jack. I know I’ll have to charge it more often or it’ll be thicker. I’m willing to make that trade-off.

And not a slimmer phone. Make it as thick as a wallet full of business cards. I don’t give a shit. I use my phone for reading text, listening to music, and taking pictures. Just make the fucking camera top of the line and let me use my good headphones. If it’s several millimeters thicker, so be it.

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

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

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

I'd like some PC support for HDMI CEC

My use case is a bit niche, my PC is hooked up to my TV and AV receiver.

My tv, av receiver, and even certain game consoles all talk to each other well enough through CEC controls that I can do a lot from a single remote, and not even a fancy pants universal remote, just the one that came out of the box with my tv. It was a little mind-blowing when I realized I can more or less navigate the menus on my PS4 with my TV remote. The TV remote turns up the volume on the AV receiver, most of the inputs on the receiver, depending on what's hooked up to them, will come up on my TVs input menu, the TV will wake up the PlayStation when I go to that input, etc.

I'm aware that CEC is a bit of a mess with how different companies implement it, but personally I've been lucky and a lot of it has worked pretty much out of the box for me.

Mostly I just want the volume controls on my keyboard to control the volume on my AV receiver.

I recently got a pulse eight dongle that I think in theory will let me do that, but it's not exactly the most intuitive thing to configure.