Using ThinkPad T480 as a mobile phone

Great work! I have 4 t480s...and I buy new ones to cannibalize rather than replace the parts as works out to be still cheaper. they are the last of the period that still have an extra memory slot so can be upgraded and put to good everyday use.

This just makes it perfect as I only use the handphone for 2FA and no longer need the dying and hard(er) to find OnePlus 6/T

Thank you!

I love the hackability of Thinkpads circa that generation.

Is there an easy way to make any generic computer work as a phone without hacking it?

> You can even use Android apps natively with Waydroid

Is that what's shown in the video? Or just another phone app that coincidentally looks like Android?

ThinkPad T480 can be used as a fully featured mobile phone, supporting calls, SMS and mobile data.

I still use my beloved t480 ... and there is still more amazing things it can do :) thank you!

It has whitelist for wireless cards ? That's just evil

Alternatively you could use a GNU/Linux phone (Librem 5 or Pinephone), which allows to freely choose the OS and supports ordinary mobile use cases. It is small, but if you connect a screen and keyboard, you get the full PC.

I’m disappointed in the lack of a Trigger Happy TV skit, but I’ll let it slide for reminding everyone that repairable laptops exist, and are still great

A setup like this but in phone size would be ideal. The free software mobile world has really been a dumpster fire from the beginning.