Using ThinkPad T480 as a mobile phone

marosgrego

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

Ambolia

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.

Scene_Cast2

I love the hackability of Thinkpads circa that generation.

portugueasey

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

fsflover

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.

yjftsjthsd-h

> 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?

PunchyHamster

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

dvorka

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

summermusic

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

jubilee33

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!

userbinator

most Android phones have a separate Android system running in the modem Very strong doubt. They're usually running a RTOS. My experience has mainly been with Mediatek's, which use Nucleus Plus. The OP may have confused things with the ultra-cheap USB modems which are actually a headless smartphone, and those do run Android: https://liliputing.com/this-dirt-cheap-4g-lte-modem-on-a-usb...

opengrass

Why not a SIP client like everyone else?