What are some tech products that you want that you can't seem to find?
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Remember when MP3 players were a thing? Well I still listen to mp3 files, but I can't put them on my smartphone because manufacturers artificially reduce storage size on phones to force people to use cloud services, and the available mp3 players that accept microSD cards are remarkably bad in many ways. It makes me pessimistic about tech in general, there is no sense of humanism or building progress, that in the future the products will be easier or better. Based on current trends, it seems like in the future the tech will just be more exploitative and consumers are just captive at this point.
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I'm jealous of my friend's workstation that has an easily accessible filter in front of the case fans
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I have an iPod that I use for music and I love it. I could put Rockbox on it so I don't need iTunes, but I do really love the stock firmware.
Anyway, point is, my 2nd gen iPod mini has 128gb of microSD storage and is the best portable DAP I've ever owned.
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there are multiple phones without camera notches, the sony ones with just a thicker top bezel, the redmagic's with an under-display one and some of the older ones with popup cameras
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Reliable software. It's a thing of the past.
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Another option would be to get a RPi and throw a hat on it:
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If you don't need much power, you could probably look for something used and get a good deal on a 17" laptop.
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Sadly doesn't seem to be fanless, which imo is a really nice feature when you really dont need high performance. Not sure if in the real world you can find good deals o the snapdragon laptops, but list price is also quite high and that keyboard with touch function keys doesn't seem great either.
So in my book that's still no match for what a macbook air m1/2 offers, which by now are a few years old and can be found for decent prices.
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A standalone remote or phone app that connects to my car's entertainment system that can control the satellite radio without the need for a passenger to have to lean way forward to use the touchscreen all the time. I miss the days of screen controls next to the cup holders instead of everything going through the touch screen.
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A modern, power-efficient replacement motherboard for the Thinkpad X220/230
Would be absolutely fine if it were just a low-profile SBC that sat in the SATA compartment with some barebones connections out to the ports, keyboard, display, speakers, and battery. It can't be that crazy of a product. There's already million super-niche SBCs out there, literally the only hurdles would be interfacing with the proprietary keyboard (a solved problem) and the battery.
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I had looked at those, but the hat alone is over $70. Plus they need an RPi5, because earlier ones don't have a PCIe interface. For that much, I could get a Beelink or something similar.
The hat is a cool idea, though.
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A SEGA Dreamcast
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Right angle charging cord helps #1.
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I have a nothing phone 2a and it's just a circle on the screen, standalone. Idk if that's much better but it's smaller and not connected to the top.
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Ah, good point!
