back to article Man mods 25-year-old phone into media centre PC

Most of us, if we had a 25-year-old mobile telephone - a Mobira Talkman, to be precise - hanging around, we'd flog it on eBay to some spotty kit collector. Not so one Finnish fellow - he turned it into a media PC. Mobira Talkman mod From 1984, the Mobira Talkman... For those who missed out on the early days of mobile …

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  1. Pev
    Joke

    That's gonna take a hell of a heave-ho...

    ...at the Finnish mobile phone throwing contest!

    They need a shot-put like event for these older models/Nokia 9000s!

  2. Anonymous Coward
    Happy

    Like totally wow!

    I think I'll send him my old Amstrad Penpad.

  3. Richard Ball

    colourful

    Nice, but it looks like its running a mighty 256 colours - that'll look really good when he's watching his films.

  4. fishcakes
    Pint

    i'm sure...

    ...it seemed like a good idea at the time: sat in the pub, drinking a jar of the local brew and, just before midnight (or whenever the finnish finish), thinking to himself "the missus has been on at me for ages to chuck that thing out, i'll show her."

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