{"id":15783,"date":"2026-06-25T21:12:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T19:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/?p=15783"},"modified":"2026-06-25T21:12:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T19:12:34","slug":"filling-niches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2026\/06\/25\/filling-niches\/","title":{"rendered":"Filling niches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techspot.com\/news\/112781-commodore-callback-8020-499-flip-phone-blocks-social.html\">Commodore&#8217;s Callback 8020 is a $499 flip phone that blocks social media and&nbsp;browsers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is obviosuly a blatant exploitation of our nostalgia as older folks but I can&#8217;t blame them for that as it fills a niche. I am also looking for a simpler phone. My desiderata are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>4G and Wifi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CardDAV support. I manage all them with my own NextCloud instance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CalDAV support. Ibidem<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tethering. I need to give networking to my laptop when out of home.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Instant messaging: Telegram, Signal, Session, SimpleX<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be SMALL. And by small I mean the size of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmd.com\/it_it\/hmd-terra-m?sku=VMAW1003FICN00\">HMD Terra<\/a>, <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unihertz.com\/it-it\">unihertz.com<\/a> phone. Look at their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unihertz.com\/collections\/jelly-series\">Jelly series<\/a>, especially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unihertz.com\/products\/jelly-star\">Jelly Star &#8211; The World&#8217;s Smallest Android 13 Smartphone<\/a>. Three inches display;<strong> <\/strong>95.1 \u00d7 49.6 \u00d7 18.7 mm; 116 g (With Battery). I just wish they support non-Google OSes and it would be perfect. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">Commodore&#8217;s Callback 8020 is a $499 flip phone that blocks social media and&nbsp;browsers This is obviosuly a blatant exploitation of our nostalgia as older folks but I can&#8217;t blame them for that as it fills a niche. I am also looking for a simpler phone. My desiderata are: Enter unihertz.com phone. 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