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Pinetab – 10.1″ Linux Tablet with Detached Backlit Keyboard

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Re: Pinetab – 10.1″ Linux Tablet with Detached Backlit Keyboard

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Post by ricecake »

pengaru wrote: post #134
ricecake wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Uhhh yeah they have https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=9942

I purchased directly from their web store, not via a forum group buy or other means. They have my contact information, and I have not received a single peep to inform me on the status of my purchase. Just radio silence. If I'm expected to go root out some forum thread to monitor progress on things I purchase from the pine64 store, that's worth noting here to inform everyone's expectations.

You said they didn't give a shipping update. They did. Doesn't matter if you don't like they way that they did so.

Re: Pinetab – 10.1″ Linux Tablet with Detached Backlit Keyboard

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Post by julianlam »

igorbark wrote: post #112
julianlam wrote: post #14

This is interesting to me because I'm in the market for a new tablet. Is this more of a hacker device (IR blaster, odd assortment of ports, full OS, etc.) or consumer? It should ideally pass the wife test...

the mild sexism wasn't necessary

What mild sexism? I want a tablet that my wife will use to browse the web and watch videos, and she will be evaluating it's fitness for her daily use.

It's literally exactly what I said.

Re: Pinetab – 10.1″ Linux Tablet with Detached Backlit Keyboard

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Post by exikyut »

julianlam wrote: post #162
igorbark wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

the mild sexism wasn't necessary

What mild sexism? I want a tablet that my wife will use to browse the web and watch videos, and she will be evaluating it's fitness for her daily use. It's literally exactly what I said.

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Re: Pinetab – 10.1″ Linux Tablet with Detached Backlit Keyboard

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Post by exikyut »

renewiltord wrote: post #127
michaelmrose wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This amazes me. You could literally spend 2 grand on a machine and still be told its ok for it to be defective out of the box.

Well, if it's a high-res display then there's a lot more pixels so a greater chance of failure. I actually really like this system and wish that I could trade-off further down the spectrum on quality. After all, to get a zero-dead-pixel device you just have to check in the second-hand market like people do for high-binned CPUs. The volume of true demand for those CPUs is high enough that there are retailers like Sili…

From https://siliconlottery.com/collections/cometlake/products/10...:

> As of 6/7/20, the top 20% of tested 10700K fell within our 5.1GHz bin.

Interesting!

Re: Pinetab – 10.1″ Linux Tablet with Detached Backlit Keyboard

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Post by shmerl »

ddevault wrote: post #159
shmerl wrote: post #141

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are there any tablets that have open drivers for GPU and touchscreen? Problem with blobs is that such tablets are forever stuck with ancient kernels.

The one I mentioned works fine with the upstream kernel for everything. It just has an Intel GPU.

Good to know, thanks!

Re: Pinetab – 10.1″ Linux Tablet with Detached Backlit Keyboard

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Post by zrobotics »

paulcole wrote: post #142
embrassingstuff wrote: post #56

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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.

The iPad Pro + Magic Keyboard is incredible. If you can get past the astronomical cost, it’s so worth it. The biggest difference is that the Magic Keyboard never fails. Not like it works 95% of the time or even 99% of the time. 100% of the time it types when you expect it to, connects when you want it to, disconnects easily, doesn’t double inputs or skip inputs. There’s nothing I would change about it.

Surface pro keyboard is also incredible--this is coming from someone who used thinkpads for over a decade and has a model M attached to his desktop. It isn't as good as a proper mechanical keyboard, but I'm nearly as fast and accurate on the surface type cover as on a proper keyboard.

To the parent- the surface works fine on a lap, provided you use a case with a solid kickstand (the stand on the actual tablet wants to fold in far too easily). For reference, the reason I abandoned the thinkpad is that I am managing a warehouse and spend ~50% of my day using the surface either standing, on my lap, or haphazardly resting on a pallet of product. I wanted something light and portable, I haven't regretted the tablet decision yet. I seriously considered iPad, but unfortunately it is essentially a phone OS. Win10 isn't the greatest, but it is a full-fledged OS for real work. My only gripe is that it isn't 100% touch optimized, so I can barely use the surface if I don't have the keyboard attached. Oh, and I do dearly miss the trackpoint. However, the keyboard has been great, and with WSL I don't really have any issues with getting the development side of my job done either. I have had a /. account long enough to be considered slightly 'rabid', but as much as it pains me to say Microsoft have made an excellent product.

Re: Pinetab – 10.1″ Linux Tablet with Detached Backlit Keyboard

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Post by imprettycool »

axegon_ wrote: post #86

I am not going to lie, I'm not a big fan of the arm experience on Linux. While the situation has improved, it is still a painful experience. It has always felt like you're trying to run windows 7 on a pentium II, regardless of lightweight desktop environments or even no desktop environment. That said, this does look like a very appealing solution for something to shove in the backpack when hiking or whatnot, as oppos…

Isn't the issue just drivers?

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Post by [deleted] »

exikyut wrote: post #157
jareds wrote: post #47

Does anyone know if there custom OS has a screen reader? I'm totally blind and this is priced at the point where I'd like to play with it assuming it's usable for me.

Wow, what an interesting question. Open source first-class accessible tinkerer/maker-oriented hardware design. That gets me wondering... what would be the ideal here? I don't have much experience with blind-oriented usage but I get the impression blind users only keep screens around for when software/the OS falls apart and orientational cues completely break down... but perhaps sighted assistance is needed less often…

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Re: Pinetab – 10.1″ Linux Tablet with Detached Backlit Keyboard

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Post by Abishek_Muthian »

I like what Pine64 guys have been doing, great devices to hack at reasonable price creating foundation for a pure linux based linux mobile devices; of course projects like Ubuntu Touch, PureOS, PostmarketOS maturing at the right time has been a blessing.

Now, this is what I need Pine64 - 'A small pocketable, user repairable linux laptop with GSM module' which can replace smartphone. Current options are GPD[1], One-netbook[2] both of which are expensive, not-user repairable, built for windows.

Then there's planet computer's devices[3], but they seem to be android first although they offer linux as multi-boot option.

Why pocketable linux laptop when there's PinePhone, Librem5? Well, the main bottleneck in the linux app ecosystem is adapting it to the touch screen of the smartphone. I think a pocketable linux laptop could serve well in the interim, may be the form factor will prove better for productivity and will stay as a separate profitable segment.

[1]http://gpd.hk/

[2]https://www.1netbook.com/

[3]https://store.planetcom.co.uk/collections/devices

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