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What are some tech products that you want that you can't seem to find? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 2 days ago by Blisterexe@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Stuff like a pretty case with slots for optical drives, a laptop with a shitton of ports and all-day battery life or anything else that seems to go against the trends.

This thread is for complaining about how you can't find it and (maybe) finding it thanks to someone else.

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[–] SethranKada@lemmy.ca 12 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

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.

[–] CCMan1701A@startrek.website 2 points 14 hours ago

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

[–] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 1 points 13 hours ago

Camera-less small phone with a keyboard and an IR blaster

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

[–] VirtigoMommy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 13 hours ago

Ahh, the ol’ breaker breaker

Only $28.00 on Amazon!

[–] carp1@lemm.ee 4 points 20 hours ago

A small android smartphone with good software support

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 4 points 20 hours ago

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

[–] KestrelAlex@lemmy.world 5 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Lennnny@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago

They have these for bikes, I've not looked too far into it, but maybe that would work?

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 1 points 20 hours ago

Knog does these for bikes.

[–] apotheotic@beehaw.org 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Little retro games handheld with a clamshell oled display

[–] fatboy93@lemm.ee 2 points 14 hours ago

Just wait for Anbernic Rg45XXV, which should be a few months away given the rate they put out devices.

The catch: it still uses H700 chipset

[–] Azal@pawb.social 4 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

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

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 1 points 2 hours ago

Lol, I'm gonna say no as I posted in a technology news community in response to news about Tesla trucks not being tech news just by virtue of being Tesla or musk related. OP was not happy.

[–] Chip_Rat@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

I'd like that but full electric, minimum 500km in the "tank" I had an all electric vehicle and LOVED everything about it, except the range. Then eventually I needed a truck for my job (but I did cram my Kia Soul to the brim for the 3 years I had it.)

I'd buy a hybrid though, if that's what was available.

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[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

A phone that runs Linux, has decent battery life, and doesn't cost an arm and a leg.

[–] folaht@lemmy.ml 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

I've got one, but does it have to sell outside the EU too?

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

The reason this doesn't work is because Android and iOS limit the crap out of app functionality to allow for battery optimization. On Linux, users (and apps) do whatever the crap they feel like (and that's a good thing, until you talk about battery).

[–] Securus777@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Water bottle that auto seals and is easy to clean.

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

A Steam Deck with stock pricing in Mexico.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Fractal Design's Pop cases have a 5.25" bay. It's hidden behind a pop-off panel at the bottom, in the power supply basement.

[–] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 1 points 20 hours ago

Pc with an asrock mobo

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[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 day ago (4 children)

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.

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[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (9 children)

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.

[–] Spider89@lemm.ee 2 points 13 hours ago

Global Xperias (Xperia 1 VI [XQ-EC72]) fits most of this.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Payment with NFC without google play services.

[–] skarn@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Only thing I could figure out (except maybe looking into Chinese payments systems which... No. Just no) is Garmin Pay.

Once set up, works with the smartwatch and does not use the phone, or the internet, at all.

I know it's not exactly what you asked, but its what I managed to do. Garmin watches also work pretty great with Gadgetbridge :-)

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 1 points 2 hours ago

I don't wear a watch but if it fixes the problem, might be worth looking in to.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 points 20 hours ago

but that depends on the vendor. highest chance to do it is with Monero, even considering that basically no one knows it

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[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I might struggle to make it the size of an iPod Touch but that's not difficult to build out of a Raspberry Pi.

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's cool, hadn't really thought about it. Basically looking for a wifi-only device I can install Signal on.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You'd get the desktop version of Signal doing it that way.

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 1 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

Nah. With an Android device, you can install the Signal app (it's even on FDroid now). You'll need a phone number to register it, but just to receive the code. Could be a mobile number you have, a landline, or a VoIP (ie, jmp.chat) number-- as long as you haven't already registered for Signal with it.

A Linux device could pose some difficulty, but I think there is progress being made on running Android apps.

Edit: sorry, forgot some of the context here. Leaving it since I'm pretty sure you can install Android on a RasPi.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 23 hours ago

Yeah I usually think of the Raspberry Pi as a box for running Debian on.

[–] Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Literally couldn't fall asleep last night, thinking about how much I'd want this and how hard it'd be to neuter a cellphone to make this.

[–] WagyuSneakers@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why couldn't you just use a custom launcher? This isn't a hard task.

[–] Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works 1 points 16 hours ago

Let me preface this by saying that, compared to your average Lemmy user, I am not a technical person. What stuck in my head was removing the radio and comms tech completely - no cell radio, no wifi, no GPS. Literally just make it an average cellphone sized offline tablet, where you're adding stuff only via the USB port or SD card slot.

Assuming this were possible/actually worth it, would probably need custom firmware to actually make it useable anyway. Just taking an off the shelf smartphone and using a custom launcher would likely be the more practical route, but I'd be more interested if it was offline only from a pure hardware perspective.

But I digress - I just thought it was funny to see this when it seriously was the "What if?" that made it hard for me to get to sleep the other day.

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[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

My nissan rogue (2014-2016ish) has this

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[–] shasta@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

I need an ecmascript library that demuxes mpeg when fed individual frames. Every lib just wants to take in a whole file or URL to a stream. I need to filter the websocket sending the data so I need to feed individual frames to the lib. I'm only finding commonjs libs that do this

[–] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 day ago

Phones with smaller screens

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