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Check out Volla Phone

Open probonopd opened this issue 4 years ago • 7 comments

Check out https://volla.online/en/index.html initiated by @wurzer:

  • They are selling a smartphone made in Germany
  • Focused on privacy (like helloSystem)
  • Focused on simplicity (e.g., no notifications - like helloSystem)
  • Factory-loaded with open source software
  • Supporting the UBports project (which is using Qt - like helloSystem)

Their philioshopy seems to align really well with ours, down to the similar logo and the name of their company, "Hallo Welt Systeme UG".

Article (in German): https://rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/remscheid/remscheider-entwickelt-neues-smartphone_aid-49279221

It may be a good match (phone) for helloSystem (desktop).

Another option might be https://e.foundation/ which offers "ungoogled" Android.

probonopd avatar Oct 16 '21 14:10 probonopd

First challenge probably would be to get the UBports Installer running on helloSystem.

https://github.com/ubports/ubports-installer/issues/2211

probonopd avatar Oct 16 '21 14:10 probonopd

Thanks for the idea. We have something like your proposal in mind. If you like, you can contact me.

wurzer avatar Oct 17 '21 09:10 wurzer

It is a great idea to have a symbiosis between a private telephone with possibilities for advanced users and an operating system of the same quality. I hope that HelloSystem can also have support from some hardware manufacturer and let's see the Hellobooks.

alphamodh0 avatar Oct 17 '21 12:10 alphamodh0

A kind of that is our plan. What do you think about convergence?

wurzer avatar Oct 18 '21 07:10 wurzer

Focused on simplicity (e.g., no notifications

erm please excuse me but how is it that those two relate? I like notification when I get a text for example, to not have that is not simplicity but merely plain annoying. I like notifications for a lot of things, so long as I can control which things. And that's hardly complicated much, just choosing which classes to allow.

kettle-7 avatar Oct 18 '21 07:10 kettle-7

I think the idea is to get fewer and only relevant messages. It takes me a lot of effort in macOS to disable or limit the notifications from the many apps. The issue could be extended to function tiles of apps. For example, it is not possible in macOS to synchronize e-mails with the default program only manually. However, this is necessary for concentrated and productive work.

wurzer avatar Oct 18 '21 12:10 wurzer

Exactly. The user should tell the computer what to do, not the other way around. Same for the phone. imho.

probonopd avatar Oct 18 '21 16:10 probonopd