I'm not sure what the current status is but Purism has a phone that has kill switches for the cell radio. https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/
On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 12:22 PM Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote: > On 02/12/2020 09:35 AM, Jason Barbier wrote: > > I know both these miss the disable the wifi point, unless you unload > > the kernel module but the gdp pocket and the Gemini both ship versions > > without cellular modems. > > No cell modem would be the minimum. Learning to modify kernel to disable > the WiFi would be valuable education. > Are they in current production? > Do you have current URLs? What I found dated to when they were crowd > funding. > Can I avoid Amazon and Ebay? > > > > > As for the pinephone you have to look on the forums about 2019-nconv > effects are on production but the chances are right now its none because > they are only shipping in engineering sample batches, that's also why you > can't find FCC info, it's not yet certified and the braveheart edition > isn't a production device its a preprod engineering sample. There are also > no importers of any pine64 stuff that isn't how their businesses operates > right now. That said I got my pinephone, they were able to mail it straight > to me, I didn't have to deal with customs at all and its a pretty nice > mobile data consumption device that I can do wifi surveys with. > > I'm not interested in engineering prototypes. I was in engineering > support in the 70's and 80's. I did testing of PDP-11s related to FCC > type acceptance. I'll wait for product intended for retail customers. > The pages I read didn't give me a warm fuzzy feeling that they were even > aware of FCC type acceptance. > > > > >> On Feb 12, 2020, at 03:56, Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote: > >> > >> I've explored this issue in the past without finding something: > >> in current production. > >> meeting my non-negotiable specifications. > >> satisfy enough of my preferences to be a good fit to how I do things. > >> > >> This is a rewrite of some multiple posts to debian-user and adjusting > phrasing that caused off topic responses. > >> I post here as: > >> this group is not Debian specific, > >> it will provide a different point of view. > >> > >> > >> I wish to enter/store data while away from home. The data will then be > transferred to my laptop via a USB cable. [think a Palm Pilot in a > smartphone physical form factor] > >> > >> It must use a standard Linux (Debian preferred). > >> The manufacturer should ship with the Linux installed. > >> Android is *UNACCEPTABLE*! > >> It should NOT have cell connectivity. > >> If it has WiFi, I must be able to disable it. > >> > >> When I looked a few years ago there were some open source hardware > projects in the prototype stage but I don't recall any that reached > production. [There was something similar based on Raspberry Pi which ended > up too thick due to how screen was attached.] > >> > >> Recently I was pointed to the PinePhone. > >> https://www.pine64.org/pinephone > >> https://wiki.pine64.org/index.php/PinePhone > >> > https://www.pine64.org/2020/01/24/setting-the-record-straight-pinephone-misconceptions > >> > >> It meets my cell connectivity and WiFi requirements with a set of kill > switches. > >> https://wiki.pine64.org/index.php/PinePhone#Killswitch_configuration > >> > >> I can see practical procurement problems. > >> The site hasn't updated to report on impact of Coronavirus. > >> There isn't any indication of any U.S. importer - I don't want to have > the hassle of handling any duties or FCC type acceptance of the included RF > components. > >> > >> It does have a nice set of specs. > >> > >> Any suggestions or survey articles I should read. > >> > >> TIA > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> PLUG mailing list > >> PLUG@pdxlinux.org > >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- "Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new." -Albert Einstein _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug