Commodore Callback Revives the Flip Phone for the Digital Detox Era
Commodore, which can trace its lineage to the roots of microcomputing in the 1980s, released a not-so-dumb dumbphone Tuesday. Its US$499 Callback 8020 flip phone is a mix of both “dumb” and smart features. They include: No social media, browser, work, or email apps; A privacy-first operating system; Ability to
Flipper One Takes Hardware Hacking Into Uncharted Waters
Roughly 20 years into the reign of mobile computing devices, those of us who keep apace of such things are probably used to the pageantry of product announcements. The grandiloquence of the painstaking choreography makes an incredulous observer roll their eyes. But Flipper is one of those rare tech companies
Can John Ternus Bring Bold Design Back to Apple?
Anyone who follows my work knows I have never been a big fan of Apple. I generally favor open ecosystems, modularity, and raw performance over Apple’s closed approach. As a regular builder of high-performance desktop computers — typically completing two extensive builds per quarter — I strongly favor the AMD
