CutiePi – A Raspberry Pi 4 tablet • Hacker News Board

Re: CutiePi – A Raspberry Pi 4 tablet

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Post by prox » Sun, Mar 21, 2021, 7:05 PM UTC

stuart78 wrote: post #52

StevePerkins wrote: post #39

Two-hundred bucks is basically "impulse purchase" territory, but I'm nevertheless struggling to see the use case here. If you're into maker projects with Raspberry Pis, then I'm not sure what this does for you. It's a Pi already built into a consumer device. Not seemingly a platform for new maker projects. If you want a tablet with a Linux kernel buried in there somewhere, then there's probably a thousand Android opt…

I’ve been thinking about my kid’s first computer and something in this ballpark is interesting. More hackable than iPad, not quite the complexity of a laptop. Not sure this one is quite right’ especially compared to the Pi400, but nice to have the tablet form factor.

Pi400 is a fun thing. How much more powerful is the Pi400?

Re: CutiePi – A Raspberry Pi 4 tablet

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Post by numpad0 » Sun, Mar 21, 2021, 7:17 PM UTC

baybal2 wrote: post #71

rektide wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When do the Pixel Qi / One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) / XO-PC screen patents expire? :) Why not both? :) Update: oh holy shit, John Gilmore was a Pixel Qi investor, bought the patents to help the company close cleanly rather than go bankrupt, and licenses the patents with an generally-available Defensive Patent License[1]! What a story!!! Thanks John! Pixel Qi is from ~2010, so he's better than halved the time it took t…

It's a big problem to get active matrix monochrome displays these days, let alone reflective ones.

Like the ones used in Chitu Systems SLA resin printers(Elegoo, Anycubic, Creality...)?

Re: CutiePi – A Raspberry Pi 4 tablet

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Post by SMAAART » Sun, Mar 21, 2021, 7:17 PM UTC

But... why not android?

Could I get one and install Android on it?

Re: CutiePi – A Raspberry Pi 4 tablet

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Post by throwaway81523 » Sun, Mar 21, 2021, 7:17 PM UTC

crazygringo wrote: post #47

I love this concept, I just really want one with an e-ink screen instead. I think there's a great niche for "embedded" devices around the home -- weather readout panels, lighting controls, music player, intercom, etc. -- but glowing rectangles mounted to the wall are just too... glowing. E-ink panels is where it's at, and a Raspberry Pi powering it is perfect. Unfortunately, the only real general-purpose e-ink tablet…

Inkplate 6 looks good to me on paper, though I haven't seen a real one yet. https://www.crowdsupply.com/e-radionica/inkplate-6

Re: CutiePi – A Raspberry Pi 4 tablet

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Post by gavodavo » Sun, Mar 21, 2021, 7:24 PM UTC

SMAAART wrote: post #103

But... why not android? Could I get one and install Android on it?

For that you'll need to port Android to the RPi4 and then to this. Doesn't seem impossible though.

Re: CutiePi – A Raspberry Pi 4 tablet

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Post by worik » Sun, Mar 21, 2021, 7:30 PM UTC

I love this idea, but I would like something more ambitious. This is a interesting addition to the stable of Linux Tablets - with the Pine Tab that is one and a half?

Thing is I am desperate to have a tablet with decent capabilities (and at about $500 price point) that is not a consumer device, and I need it nine months ago. Too late now - up to my eyebrows in Apple iPad nonsense.

I have been working on a application that uses a dedicated tablet (iPad FFS, why does Apple hate developers so much? I spent thirty years away from them - how fantastic they used to be... I digress) I would really like to have complete control of the tablet that the users are out using - controlling millions and millions of dollars of assets and revenue - not have a consumer device with all the cruft that implies.

Whilst it is possible to strip capabilities off of a consumer device, as a developer I am not in control of it. The only confidence I can have in it is based on Apple's engineering, and as a developer I have a inside look at that, and it is not what it was (or seemed to a younger me thirty years ago).

Nice start, too little, too late - for me.

Re: CutiePi – A Raspberry Pi 4 tablet

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Post by spicybright » Sun, Mar 21, 2021, 7:53 PM UTC

botto wrote: post #78

spicybright wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Besides swapping the Pi out I'd imagine there's very little repair ability. PCB with tiny components, custom screen, etc.

Considering all the hardware and software is open source the repairability will be high, obviously you will need some tools to do it.

Tools are easy. But if a company can't supply replacement parts then your SOL with any repairs.

Re: CutiePi – A Raspberry Pi 4 tablet

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Post by hwc » Sun, Mar 21, 2021, 7:57 PM UTC

mrlonglong wrote: post #100

They don't seem to have mentioned storage?

MicroSD, I think. Those can be a TB, if you want to pay for it.

Would be nice to load up on movies copied from DVDs I own for the kids to watch on road trips.

Re: CutiePi – A Raspberry Pi 4 tablet

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Post by hwc » Sun, Mar 21, 2021, 7:57 PM UTC

remram wrote: post #44

This seems like a terrible Nexus 7 for twice the price and launching a decade later? That you have to charge every 5 hours?

I miss my nexus 7.

Re: CutiePi – A Raspberry Pi 4 tablet

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Post by axiolite » Sun, Mar 21, 2021, 8:28 PM UTC

worik wrote: post #106

I love this idea, but I would like something more ambitious. This is a interesting addition to the stable of Linux Tablets - with the Pine Tab that is one and a half? Thing is I am desperate to have a tablet with decent capabilities (and at about $500 price point) that is not a consumer device, and I need it nine months ago. Too late now - up to my eyebrows in Apple iPad nonsense. I have been working on a application…

> Thing is I am desperate to have a tablet with decent capabilities (and at about $500 price point) that is not a consumer device

Reading your rant, I have no idea what your problem or requirements actually are. Why not buy $350 Surface Go tablets and put together a Linux image that runs on it?