JavaScript and the “Grandma Phone”, or The Biggest Platform You Haven't Heard Of

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Talk examines non‑touch feature phones with physical keypads (so-called "grandma phones") and how modern apps like WhatsApp or YouTube could run on them. It covers hardware and software constraints of these phones, their system architecture, and a walkthrough of inspecting the system app and building a custom app from scratch.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 5:12Grandma phone explained
3. 7:20Nokia 2720 specs on KOS
4. 13:06KOS system architecture
5. 16:22KOS app structure
6. 22:05Performance issues and FPS
7. 29:33Debugging on KOS
8. 35:16How KOS works
9. 44:04KOS history and evolution
10. 48:01KOS developer limits
11. 51:16Optimization tips
12. 53:25KOS device support
13. 55:12Testing without phone
14. 58:00KOS user stats
15. 1:00:00Q&A

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