Welcome to the Tech Meme Right Home for Tuesday, July 9th, 2024. I'm Brian McCullough

today. The new nothing phone costs almost nothing. I'm not punting there. Sam Altman has founded yet another

AI startup is the hype around AI PCs under delivering and two other

back to the future stories about updating notepad in Windows and

abandoning floppy disks in Japan.

Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.

Hey, a couple of new gadgets to tell you about. Nothing has unveiled the $199

C. M.F. Phone 1, with swappable parts parts a 6.67 inch amyled screen a media

tech system on a chip and nothing OS plus the 69

00 c. M. F. Watch Pro 2 and $59,000 CMF Buds Pro 2.

So, cheap stuff and also again, swapable.

Also, those are affordable prices for the watch and the earbuds, but I'm gonna focus on the phone.

Quoting Wired.

Budget gadgets are usually stuck with drab designs and lackluster specs, a challenge nothing's sub-brand CMF has decided to take

on.

The relatively new offshoot from nothing focuses on the extreme low end of the market and

has until now sold a smart watch wireless earbuds and

chargers. Today marks its first smartphone the CMF phone one becoming available in the

US through a beta program. It's accompanied by unique accessories plus the new Buds Pro 2 and Watch

Pro 2. What's most remarkable about these devices is the price. I have tested cheap and flagship

smartphones for nearly a decade and after setting up the

CMF phone one I was pretty surprised to hear it costs just $199.

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