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

In article <[email protected]>,
 Your Name <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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.

It would be nice to see them join forces with some more niche offerings 
and projects. I think that a foray into the Amiga universe would 
actually go very well if they partnered with MorphOS and the 
PowerProgress PowerPC Notebook project (which has been in a slow-crawl 
development hell for ages). Maybe even something involving RISC-V, if 
there's any Amiga compatibility there.

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