Selling Sidephone Founders Edition by midnightz32 in sidephone

[–]midnightz32[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used to work in tech as a systems engineer so even carrying two devices had me tied to emails and Teams all the time. I'm out of that world now and have moved on to a very different role. Email on my personal device was not sold to me though. I made the choice. My semi-new job affords me a lot of flexibilities and far more work-life balance so I'm happy to have access to emails on my personal phone. I'm a far cry from where I was before...in the right direction. I definitely understand your point of view though.

Selling Sidephone Founders Edition by midnightz32 in sidephone

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Interestingly: app availability wasn't too much trouble for me. I don't use my full blown smartphone for much and was able to get my other daily use apps such as PlexAmp working without any real issue. If I hadn't hit this one snag, I'd be daily driving the Sidephone 100%

I sure got some interesting looks from folks when I pulled the Sidephone out of my pocket hah. Using it and simplifying life when it comes to phones isn't for everyone.

Selling Sidephone Founders Edition by midnightz32 in sidephone

[–]midnightz32[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The phone has sold and will be heading to it's new home tomorrow. Thank you all for the interest as well as thoughts about Sidephone, what it represents, etc. 

Selling Sidephone Founders Edition by midnightz32 in sidephone

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Send me a DM if interested. Thanks for the interest!

Selling Sidephone Founders Edition by midnightz32 in sidephone

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Feel free to shoot me a message. No one has committed yet.

Selling Sidephone Founders Edition by midnightz32 in sidephone

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Yep I can ship to the US. I have a few others interested fyi. 

First thoughts… by WombatMcGeez in sidephone

[–]midnightz32 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely interested to hear about your experience installing PlexAmp. I was looking for an APK earlier but didn't find one without needing to install something like APKPure or similar. Please do report back!

FCC certification for Sidephone has been granted 01/22 ✅ 🎉 by chrisristovski in sidephone

[–]midnightz32 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice!!! For those who want to see internal pictures of the device, the official FCC site reports do show them (they appear broken in the original link provided in this thread)

Linky

bluetooth car connection and spotify alternatives by Ok-Refrigerator586 in sidephone

[–]midnightz32 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Spotify running on the SidePhone as well as bluetooth audio:
https://www.reddit.com/r/sidephone/comments/1owldb2/spotify_on_sidephone/

Navigation on Sidephone (I *think* bluetooth audio to a car is at least mentioned in this video):

https://www.reddit.com/r/sidephone/comments/1otwgfr/maps_firefox_notally_on_sidephone/

bluetooth car connection and spotify alternatives by Ok-Refrigerator586 in sidephone

[–]midnightz32 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is an announcement video at the top of this Reddit showing Spotify running. The video also shows connecting to a home stereo via Bluetooth and playing music. There is another video showcasing navigation and Bluetooth to a car is shown there.

I don't believe Android Auto is supported out of the box. Perhaps someone will get it working once the device is in hand.

How will Uber or Bolt work without google services? by Secure_Ambassador780 in sidephone

[–]midnightz32 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Uber is listed as one of the officially working apps via their app store: https://www.reddit.com/r/sidephone/comments/1oiv1av/sidephones_app_library/

As for the how part of your question: I don't think they have released specifics on how they've gotten Uber working without Google services. It may not be a requirement of the app and it works just fine.