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Turning a Nokia 1680 feature phone into a Linux computer

An enthusiast turned a Nokia 1680 feature phone into a Linux computer with a working screen and keyboard.
The Nokia 1680 classic is a simple push-button mobile phone that was released in 2008, when smartphones were just starting to appear. It supports the functions of calling, receiving and sending SMS, and so on, but only in 2G mobile networks. However, a hardware hacker and enthusiast under the pseudonym Remu NotMoe was able to […]

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