euAlternatives<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HMD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HMD</span></a> Global is planning to move back mobile phone production to Europe. They owned the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nokia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nokia</span></a> brand, but they decided to drop it and continue under the name HMD - Human Mobile Device. Time for Europe to have a mobile brand, again. I got mine today - it's Android, of course, but only for a few days until I rebuild it with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ubuntuTouch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ubuntuTouch</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eOS</span></a>. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.foxfam.club/@e_mydata" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>e_mydata</span></a></span> I may need some help. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/buyeuropean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buyeuropean</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/boycottusa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boycottusa</span></a></p>
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Thinking it may be about time for a new phone (been rocking the iPhone SE 2020 for a minute and it's definitely showing its age) and I'd like to finally make the jump to Android.
Currently leaning towards the HMD Fusion and I'm curious if anyone on here has given it a try, or has any other recommendations I may want to look into?
The #RedArmy of the #SovietUnion liberated #Auschwitz on January 27, 1945. The identity of the liberators is often omitted. But omissions are lies, just as misstatements of fact are lies. On this #Holocaust Memorial Day let’s commit ourselves to be truthful.
Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, or the International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust!
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#InternationalHolocaustRemembranceDay #IHRD #IHRD2025 #HolocaustMemorialDay #HolocaustRemembranceDay #HMD #HMD2025
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I think @tinker got me started looking at #phones and I want something to be excited about.
The #HMD fusion looks actually interesting as a smartphone. That connector on the back? Yeah, a new and genuinely useful feature! When did that last happen?
Physical keyboard?
An extension to the sides and rear to have game controls (dpad and stick on the left, 4 buttons and stick on the right? Shoulder buttons/triggers on the rear of the side extensions?)
For the #hams out there that's begging for an SDR...
Just the knowledge that the ability to physically customise and extend your device is there?
Any which way it's new and opening up a space that's been getting more and more closed over time.
[#TLDR: JUST TELL ME IF YOUR TABLET CAN DO #CALLS!]
#DearVendors of #Android-#Tablets:
Off all the #Functions you can put into a #Specifications Sheet of your Devices there's one you should ALWAYS answer clearly on your #Website:
DOES YOUR TABLET [with #4G / #5G / …) SUPPORT MAKING PHONE CALLS?
Like: IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK TO HAVE THAT INFO IN THE SPECSHEETS?
You're obviously able to list all the #Codecs natively supported and the user-available storage as well as supported Frequency Bands, WWAN modes, WiFi channel width and the Display Glass vs. Panel dimensions including DPI of the latter and whether or not it has a hall effect sensor to detect your overpriced 1st party tablet covers!
Now some folks may ask: "WHY does this matter?" or outright dismiss this as a problem.
Listen:
Not everyone is able or willing to carry two devices when 1 SHOULD BE ENOUGH and also some places (i.e. #Turkey) have #ImportRestrictions re: #MobileDevices, so having more than 1 #IMEI is already a "NOPE!" by the authorities.
- Also this isn't something one can "fix" post-purchase like installing #VLC to decode some obscure file format in Software: Either the #Baseband and #ROM support #PhoneCalls or they don't!
So why do NONE of the #Tablet manufacturers allow to #search or #filter for that???
- Bonus points if you have lazy fucks like #HMD (aka. #Nokia) who literally copy the #Safety & #Useage information for all #Smartphones and #Tablets and don't even bother to change "Mobile Phone" for "Tablet".
NO, instead one has to download an obscenely huge #PDF just to then read on page 34 that for any "#telephony" function you NEED YET ANOTHER DEVICE FROM THE SAME MANUFACTURER AND HAVE TO SIGNUP WITH AN ACCOUNT and even that level of #abuse WON'T GUARANTEE THAT IT WORKS...
- I mean, come on, this ain't some obscure functionality like #OMAPI to do some "evil sourcery" like managing an #eSIM that is in a #SIM-Card form factor!
Pretty shure A LOT of other folks have the same question and ain't willing to get yet another device & #SIM just to recieve the occasional call because #TechIlliterates can't be assed to send an #eMail or learn #XMPP+#OMEMO to message one...
- Obviously they same manufacturers are able and willing to specify f-stops of the built-in cameras and list EVERY SINGLE #WEARABLE they made and certify as 'compatible' with, as if anyone is gonna take their non-#waterproof #Tablet for a marathon or god forbid triathlon...
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@cwebber Either way, I do want to have an #HMD as well because I want to get a real #HUD and also make it actually work.
- Even if it makes me look like a Space Marine from #Halo...
Tho those likely are non-functional either...
### Einst waren sie Mobilfunk-Pioniere, doch jetzt sind Nokia-Telefone endgültig Geschichte
https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/nokia-letzte-telefone-verschwinden-aus-den-online-shops-557398878310
Nach langem Siechtum verschwindet #Nokia endgültig aus dem #Telefonmarkt. Mit dem #Ende wird die Ahnengalerie der legendären Tech-Marken um einen illusteren Vertreter reicher.
I think 2025 will be the year I try to run Linux on the Pixel 8 while daily driving an #HMD Skyline. Wonder if the #lineageos community has a rom for it...
Happy New Years in case I miss the time ticking down.
#newyears #newyears2025 #usa
And yes, I think #ZackFreedman should commercially sell builds of #Optigon|s because I do want to get my hands on an #HMD like that for ages...
Das #HMD Skyline klingt ja richtig gut, aber dass es nur 2 Jahre #Android Updates bekommen soll, ist wieder ein Downturner und ergibt für ein selbst reparierbares Smartphone irgendwie keinen Sinn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgXtPp3n5IQ
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And on the video side, amongst others in June, I checked out HMD's Pulse Pro: Great for repairability, but...
Continuing my look back through this year’s work, in February, I opined that HMD Global was well and truly ready to drop the Nokia brand for its phones, or at least its smartphones. Which is exactly what it did.
https://alexreviewstech.com/opinion-hmd-global-really-doesnt-need-nokia-branding-any-more/
Alex Reviews Tech · Opinion: HMD Global really doesn't need Nokia branding any more - Alex Reviews TechHMD Global is seriously emphasising its own brand for smartphones over and above Nokia -- and that's a very smart idea.
(video) Steampunk headset design for combining a Neuralink Blindsight brain implant with The vOICe visual-to-auditory sensory substitution smart glasses for the blind. Credit: OpenArt & Kling AI. White paper at https://www.seeingwithsound.com/neuralink.htm #BCI #NeuroTech #HMD 
