Pocket Popcorn Computer: Linux in Your Pocket
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Pocket Popcorn Computer: Linux in Your Pocket
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#2Looking at the rest of the landscape, I wish them luck.
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#3I loved my PocketCHIP, right up to when the software stopped getting updates, and the company ghosted everyone with hundreds of waiting orders.
I still have it, but getting it working again is a couple weekend's of work. (Which makes me somewhat doubt the simultaneous claims of mainline Debian _and_ based on the same underlying hardware as the CHIP.)
I love the form factor that these kinds of computers present. However, the promise of a decent production line will always ring hollow. Many of these companies have popped out, had a small run, and vanished, leaving the customer with a paperweight or a security risk.
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#4Gotta be honest, wish they had stuck with the clamshell design, this will not fit in my pocket, and if it doesn’t then what’s the point I could just carry another device then.
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#5Looking at the rest of the landscape, I wish them luck.
Yeah. Same sentiment.
If I wanted to buy a hackable mobile Linux device, I don't see why I would buy this instead of a PineBook Pro (when it comes out).
I would really hate typing on a silicone keyboard.
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#6Maybe I overlooked it, but I didn't see any dimensions. Anybody know the expected length/width?
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#7I don't see this succeeding.
Silicon keyboard will be a pain to use.
Case is too bulky to carry on person.
LORA/GNSS seems like a solution looking for a problem.
Screen is too small for dev work.
This doesn't manage to sit comfortably in any of the popular portable computer categories and I don't really see a niche for it.
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#8The $300 LoRa model is what takes it from meh, to kinda cool, maybe even worth it for me. Might even be useful for high-end 'pager' or data capture apps perhaps.
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#9They don't say who makes the SOC, just "1.2 GHz Quad-Core ARM Cortex-A53 CPU", which is a lot higher spec than the GR8[1] used in the prototype.
This has implications for mainline kernel support etc.
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#10Maybe I overlooked it, but I didn't see any dimensions. Anybody know the expected length/width?
It has 'a 4.95" 1080p LCD display' and it looks about 1.8x wider and maybe 1.2x as long, so... roughly 5" square?