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Absolutely incredible for the $120 price point. If they release a PineTab Pro in the future with 4 (or dare I say 8GB) of ram, I'd be all over it. At that point, I could really start to be productive. 2GB is a bit limiting for the modern web unfortunately, but there is a ton of potential here. I'm considering buying one to use as my main machine for this next year at Uni. Taking notes in VS Code/Vim would be fine, bu…
The Pine folks have been doing fantastic work over the last several years. Does anyone know of ways to support them other than buying products? I don’t really need these gadgets right now, and don’t have the time to tinker, but want to encourage the ecosystem from a long-term perspective. For example, I’d love to give them some money and become a long-term member/shareholder/something. I don’t really care for the rat…
One suggestion, buy a product for someone who could use it but doesn’t have the resources. As a kid who loved to tinker and had no money this would have meant the world to me at that time.
They are serious about not making profit with these. $100 for a full up tablet and it includes the keyboard/touchpad? 2GB of RAM is pretty limiting but 64GB of storage is quite respectable at this price point. The 6AH battery pack is quite beefy too.
"When fulfilling the purchase, please bear in mind that we are offering the PineTab at this price as a community service to PINE64 communities. If you think that a minor dissatisfaction, such as a dead pixel, will prompt you to file a PayPal dispute then please do not purchase the PineTab. Thank you." no or low amounts of QA significantly reduce cost
I've been waiting for this to come out. Unfortunately, I tried to buy the pinetime late last year and discovered they only sell through paypal and you need an account to make the payment, you can't just pay by credit card. If there's anyone from pine watching: Please, add a normal credit card option. Paypal is a horrid company. I'm prepared to pay directly with a credit card via them, but I _will not_ make an account…
Is that a 30 day warranty? No thanks.
Most failures either happen shortly because something was made poorly or after >1 year which is why extended warranties are mostly garbage. Just for the sake of argument lets suppose it had a 1% chance of failing between 30 days and 1 year even though I would hope it is far less when it would normally have been covered. Assume you remedy the issue by replacing it out of pocket. Expected cost is 0.99 * 100 + 0.01 * 20…
They are serious about not making profit with these. $100 for a full up tablet and it includes the keyboard/touchpad? 2GB of RAM is pretty limiting but 64GB of storage is quite respectable at this price point. The 6AH battery pack is quite beefy too.
"When fulfilling the purchase, please bear in mind that we are offering the PineTab at this price as a community service to PINE64 communities. If you think that a minor dissatisfaction, such as a dead pixel, will prompt you to file a PayPal dispute then please do not purchase the PineTab. Thank you." no or low amounts of QA significantly reduce cost
https://support.lenovo.com/ca/en/solutions/ht035306
https://appleinsider.com/articles/10/11/05/leaked_apple_dead...
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Uhh, that looks... Horrible. And I say that as someone typing this on a keyboard attached tablet right now - I love keyboard attached tablets, but that looks janky and laggy as heck. Apple would be KILLED if they released anything with that much touch lag.
Which tablet/keyboard combination are you happiest with ? I really want something that I hold on my lap for some emails. Most models have that back supporting leg which is for table use only.
I noticed this has a removable battery, which makes this very interesting to me. What I'd like to know is if it will work with the battery compartment empty on AC power only. I'd like to have "smart" displays wall mounted around the house with dashboards on them. I've read about so many instances where people used wall mounted iPads and Android tablets where the batteries would swell after a period of use.
I went with raspberry pi + LCD. Even though there are many LCD options I recommend going with their official pi touch display, it just works without headaches. I did use their official enclosure, but it doesn't really seem to be well designed for wall mount (some 3d printing and magnets helped). I think going with an android tablet is fine and headache free. I just don't like aesthetics of that solution.
The problem with many tablets is that leaving them plugged can cause batteries to swell, which can end up being a huge headache.
I've heard stories of offices that used iPads as wall mounted displays having this problem, so I don't think any particular make or model is immune to this issue.
I considered Pi+Monitor, but for me, something like the Pinetab is a cleaner, simpler solution. And at $99 without the keyboard, that's a pretty decent price.