I did this a few years ago and got pretty far with a prototype. My idea was to get it to the point of being useful enough to call, text and allow me to leave my iPhone behind when I’m out doing stuff. Then I moved to Asia and we use LINE extensively for everything and there’s no (legit) way to use their APIs.
LINE is a communication software that is predominantly used in Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia(maybe others? South Korea?). It is clunky, buggy, files expire fast, can't upload for a lot of extensions, only login-able on 1+1 devices (phone+computer). And people still use it, also there is no avoiding it if you want to get anything official done around these parts. I do see youngsters using Instagram and Threads, and a bit of Telegram sprinkled here and there but that's it. You want to get the job done, you use LINE. It's THE communication app.
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It would be interesting to see a phone made from various components hooked up to a breadboard. Maybe someone has done it already.
https://zacstewart.com/tags/phonium.html
I did this a few years ago and got pretty far with a prototype. My idea was to get it to the point of being useful enough to call, text and allow me to leave my iPhone behind when I’m out doing stuff. Then I moved to Asia and we use LINE extensively for everything and there’s no (legit) way to use their APIs.
what's LINE?
LINE is a communication software that is predominantly used in Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia(maybe others? South Korea?). It is clunky, buggy, files expire fast, can't upload for a lot of extensions, only login-able on 1+1 devices (phone+computer). And people still use it, also there is no avoiding it if you want to get anything official done around these parts. I do see youngsters using Instagram and Threads, and a bit of Telegram sprinkled here and there but that's it. You want to get the job done, you use LINE. It's THE communication app.
An App i suppose.
https://www.line.me/en/