Must admit I'm not really interested in it at all if it isn't a phone (curiosity aside).

LTE cellular is "possible" (read: optional?) according to the specs.

They've just posted a new blog, rambling even more on dangerous hardware. Perhaps they are right about the backdoors. But even chips with open design can have backdoors, and it that is exceptionally hard to spot, I guess. Also, current SoCs have an IOMMU, which certainly can mitigate the problem of components having full access to the system's RAM. Technically, even an on-chip compromised cellular modem or WLAN NIC could still be shielded from having all access to the rest of the system.

I am mildly interested because it is not a phone.

Recent events in my travels reveal that the Telcos around the planet
are primarily enforcing one hegemony or the other:

You get a "choice" between iPhone and Android
when you subscribe to getting
their hands embedded into your pocket.

In some jurisdictions you are automatically kicked off the network
if the Telco verification bots cannot finger your phones "App".
In some jurisdictions it is not possible to reload value without
having the correct kind of OS.
And they actively depend upon certain features to track you.

Screw that.

Public WiFi.
Or a blind-deaf-and-dumb neutered android tether.
or just a modem.

If this has LTE there may be other possibilities

The days of a pocketable internet tablet just doesn't enthuse me any longer. Even then, the form factor gave you something that the phones did not - a larger screen, a quality keyboard and/or kickstand... you know, a Nokia N810 basically.

The candy bar/slab design of modern cellphones doesn't do anything for me whatsoever in regards to surfing the internet. And the accepted screen size has jumped considerable from 2007 for most folks (not including this forum).

Perhaps there's a ton of use cases that I'm overlooking. In fact, I'd almost bet that I am overlooking something and will continue to be curious about this project. But those overlooked things will have to be compelling.

hm.
some mention of no off topic chatter.
I find that hilarious.
truly.

Here is topical ..
yet again.
A lot of talk about how great something is, the anticipated or supposed specs are to be, possibly a mock up, or proto thrown in...
aaaaaaand no product to purchase.

I think we should just have a completely walled off sub forum for pure speculation that hasn't actually delivered ...
instead of folks walking about chatting as if the the product is in their hands and they are using it.

Since this whole thread....
this whole topic...
...and many others like it. here.
can be considered "off topic"
until there is a real ...tangible...delivered ...product.

fyi:
German Linux news website pro-linux.de has published an article about the Necuno Mobile. [1]
So, @Necuno, you're "on the radar" now, which means, there's no way to chicken out anymore!

Oddly though, pro-linux.de currently claims it has a 7.5" screen.
They also make no mention of the missing 2G/3G modem, which in Germany pretty much means, it's useless as a phone and you're not going to be online most of the time.


[1] https://www.pro-linux.de/news/1/2655...3%BCndigt.html

Necuno Solutions and KDE collaborate to bring Plasma Mobile to the Necuno Mobile, a truly open source hardware platform: https://www.necunos.com/blog/necuno-...collaboration/

from their site:

Manufactured: Finland

wonder if we have anyone left in Finland
who can confirm they are actually existant ?

Honestly...

since I run ubuntu touch on one nexus 5 ..(which is in a near perpetual state of advancements...)

and up until recently...ran plasma on the other...(I hope for better and more encouraging advancement in plasma...it may take some time...but frankly ...little has changed ...at least for the nexus 5 ...in a long long time now...)

I tend to keep up with new stuff happening ....in both of their forums...
and frankly ...this new development may have flown under my radar...
but I haven't heard anything about this.

Plasma does have interests in running on new devices ..
and has said as much...
but I don't recall this popping up in the forums..
perhaps it has been mentioned...
and I missed such a ...
a...memorable thread / post...

I do know that plasma needs to pick up the feet and actually fix issues, that they seem determined to ignore...
with the stagnation in their timetable ...it isn't something that I would feel secure in investing in at this point....
as much as I love plasma...

I used to keep all the letters. You never know, with the threat of increased import tariffs after Brexit, I could do with a stockpile. But it was starting to get out of hand. The larder full of common letters like p and e and not enough rare ones like z. So I have become more selective about which ones I keep.