Re: [Semi-OT News] Commodore announces a dumb-smartphone

On 2026-07-05 05:00:02 +0000, Smithwicks said:

> In article <[email protected]>,
>  Your Name <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> As anyone could have guessed, the new "Commodore" owners have announced 
>> a pointless ill-fitting garbage device using the brand name, just as 
>> many previous owners stupidly tried / planned to do.  :-(
> 
> Call me silly but I saw this coming from a mile away and I'm not 
> opposed to the idea. A De-Googled and OS-level SM-blocked device is 
> actually not a bad idea imo, though the form factor is obviously 
> reaching for nostalgia. I guess I can't see the "pointless ill-fitting 
> garbage" aspect but I'm open to more of your take. At least they 
> haven't started selling pencil sharpeners... yet...

The problem is that the dumb-samrtphone is simply going to be the thin 
edge of the wedge as they cmoe up with more ridiculous things to stick 
teh "Commodore" brand onto.  :-(

They should have just kept with the C64 and perhaps the Amiga 
(realistically a "new Amiga" is at best never going to be anything but 
a Windoze PC with a so-called "Amiga OS" slapped on top). The company 
is never going to reach the height it was in the past and will, and 
*should*, just remain a nostaglia brand rather than trying to cash-in 
via silly gimmicky gadgets.



> If Peri wants to lean into Commodore being a "digital detox" brand (his 
> branding, not mine, ofc) then I say more power to them. There's either 
> a market or there isn't.