this post was submitted on 18 Jun 2026
455 points (93.0% liked)

Technology

85602 readers
3481 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related news or articles.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
enu@lemmy.world
technopagan@lemmy.world
L4s@lemmy.world
L3s@hackingne.ws
455
Commodore 64's New Flip Phone Skips Android for Linux-Based Sailfish OS (feed.itsfoss.com)
submitted 3 days ago by cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world
129 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

A year has passed since Commodore, the computer brand many of you know and love, came back from the dead under new ownership. The comeback is picking up pace too, with a lineup that already includes multiple Commodore 64 Ultimate editions, a C64X PC, and a licensing program that invites outside builders to use the name. Now, they have announced a return to the phone market, and not in the doomscrolling glass-slab avatar we are all used to, but in a retro, very equippable flip phone format....

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 days ago (3 children)

And when you want more music without algorithms, accounts, or another monthly subscription, just launch the built-in FM radio. Unlimited songs in your pocket, all powered by the MediaTek Helio G81 processor, with efficient passive cooling.

Why did they ever take this away from us? I was mad when they did.

[–] thallamabond@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

One reason is that the wire from the headphones acted as an antenna.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago

It was gone way before the headphone jack was taken from us

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

In 2009 the LG cookie dumbphone had an internal antenna for FM radio

[–] turkalino@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

FM radio is jam-packed with ads and most stations don't even have human DJs anymore. I don't miss it

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Most stations yes, but cbc radio is great.

[–] KingKong33@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago

Because they want you paying for their streaming services, not getting free music over the airwaves.