The Clicks Communicator is a modern smartphone that borrows some ideas from classic BlackBerry phones. Made by the same folks behind the Clicks keyboard cases for existing phones, the company’s first full-fledged phone has a square screen, a QWERTY keyboard, and a customized Android interface.Clicks began taking pre-orders for the Communicator at the start of the year, and plans to begin shipping the phone by the end of 2026. But up until recently, the company hadn’t really had working hardware to show off. Now it does.In other recent tech news from around the web, a new dock for the Anbernic RG Rotate turns the square handheld game console with a flip-out keyboard into a sort of smart alarm clock while it’s charging, Walmart’s cheapest Google TV media streamer is less cheap today than it was a few days ago, and two developers have crammed tiny operating systems onto old hardware.First look at working hardware for the Clicks Communicator, a smartphone with an integrated keyboard, set to ship in Q4, 2026. It has a custom Android OS, a fingerprint sensor in the space bar, 3 mics, stereo speakers, a headphone jack. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMNd…[image or embed]— Liliputing (@liliputing.bsky.social) June 30, 2026 at 3:41 PMThe Anbernic RG Rotate is a weird handheld game console with a flip-out controller that hides behind a 3.5 inch, 720 x 720 touchscreen display when you don’t need it. This $33 charging dock turns it into a cute little alarm clock. retrododo.com/theres-now-a…[image or embed]— Liliputing (@liliputing.bsky.social) June 30, 2026 at 3:30 PMThe onn FHD streaming stick is Walmart’s cheapest Google Media streamer, originally priced at $15 when it launched in 2023. Now it costs twice as much, making the $40 Onn 4K look like a good buy even if you don’t need 4K. 9to5google.com/2026/06/29/w…[image or embed]— Liliputing (@liliputing.bsky.social) June 30, 2026 at 2:48 PMThis Linux port for the Sega MegaDrive brings a modern OS to a classic game console… with the aid of a Mega EverDrive cart that gives you enough RAM. It’s ridiculously slow, but still impressive! github.com/LinuxMD/linu…[image or embed]— Liliputing (@liliputing.bsky.social) June 30, 2026 at 1:24 PMHamsterOS is a lightweight operating system for 386-class and newer PCs. It fits on a single 1.44MB floppy, but has a GUI with a launcher bar, menus, and floating windows, a file browser, notepad app, clock, calculator, calendar, and a few games. meanhamster.com/products/ham…[image or embed]— Liliputing (@liliputing.bsky.social) June 29, 2026 at 12:09 PMKeep up on the latest headlines by following Liliputing on Bluesky or @[email protected] on Mastodon. You can also follow Liliputing on Threads and Facebook.
Lilbits: Clicks Communicator, another use for the Anbernic RG Rotate, and two tiny operating systems - Liliputing
Lilbits: Clicks Communicator, another use for the Anbernic RG Rotate, and two tiny operating systems








