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Commodore's New Flip Phone Focuses on 'Digital Detox' and Blocks Social Media Apps

CNET 17 Jun 2026
The retro phone has a physical T9 texting button layout, the ability to run most Android-based apps and a social media blacklist ... .
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Commodore Announces Callback 8020, the Mobile Phone That Helps You Disconnect

The Berkshire Eagle 17 Jun 2026
No social media. No browser. No work. It's time to live again ....
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Commodore's Callback 8020 Is a $499 Flip Phone That Blocks Social Media and Browsers

Slashdot 17 Jun 2026
Commodore has unveiled the Callback 8020, a $499 Sailfish OS flip phone that runs most Android apps but deliberately blocks social media, browsers, email, and workplace apps to discourage doomscrolling.
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Commodore Callback Revives the Flip Phone for the Digital Detox Era

CRM Buyer 17 Jun 2026
Commodore, which can trace its lineage to the roots of microcomputing in the 1980s, released a not-so-dumb dumbphone Tuesday ... The Commodore Callback combines a retro flip-phone design with modern communication features.
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The Commodore Callback 8020 Is a Digital Detox Phone That Isn’t Dumb

Wired 16 Jun 2026
With a retro look and T9 texting, the Commodore Callback 8020 smart flip phone taps into the nostalgic yearning for simpler days. It can run Spotify and Uber, but Instagram is blocked ... .
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After resurrecting an iconic PC brand, Commodore is getting into flip phones

The Verge 16 Jun 2026
Commodore ... called Commodore in 2025, he decided to pick up right where the original Commodore left off ... Commodore says it has sold 30,000 of them since last ….
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Commodore gets into the phone biz with Sailfish-powered retro 'Callback'

The Register 16 Jun 2026
Retro computing brand Commodore has brought ... Commodore has removed email, social media, web browsing, workplace chat apps, and AI assistants, while bringing back physical controls and T9-style texting.
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No, Commodore's next project isn't an Amiga remake, it's a flip phone with 2000s vibes ...

Games Radar 16 Jun 2026
Following the success of its wonderful Commodore 64 Ultimate microcomputer remake, you'd perhaps expect the revived tech giant to make a fancy new FPGA Amiga ... That's right, the next big Commodore International release is the Callback 8020 ... Commodore).
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Commodore's flip phone runs Android apps, but it's the retro looks that'll convince you to get one

Digital Trends 16 Jun 2026
Commodore is bringing back the flip phone for people who want fewer screen traps without giving up every useful app ... Commodore also keeps the everyday tools most people would miss ... Commodore Why does the flip help ... Commodore.
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Ronald LaPread, Funky Bassist for the Commodores, Dies at 76

New York Times 15 Jun 2026
A talented musician, he lied when asked by Lionel Richie, the lead singer, if he played bass. Then he taught himself how, and was essential to the band’s success ... .
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Ronald LaPread, bassist and songwriter with the Commodores – obituary

The Daily Telegraph 14 Jun 2026
He studied engineering at the historically black Tuskegee Institute, where two bands, the Mystics and the Jays, had merged to form what became the Commodores ... The Commodores, meanwhile, scaled down the funk in favour of the ballads.
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Celebrating Commodore Stephen Decatur, the man whose name inspired a city

Herald & Review - Decatur 13 Jun 2026
He was one of the greatest naval heroes this country ever produced, and he died tragically ... .
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