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Re: Flipper One Tech Specs

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Post by rasz »

fsflover wrote: post #153
radlad wrote: post #150

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A mobile phone?

There are not so many running mainline Linux with all free drivers.

Chip intended for this thing is also heavily blobbed. Even the creator lists "Push vendors to open up their existing closed-source code and ditch binary blobs entirely." as one of the goals as if small niche gadget had any chance of erven nudging the needle.

We are talking Rockchip, company mired in numerous GPL violations with latest nuking their github repository early this year.

Re: Flipper One Tech Specs

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Post by rasz »

rasz wrote: post #131
geerlingguy wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's more like a portable Raspberry Pi with better efficiency and more IO. And hopefully even better mainline Linux support out of the gate. The key question will be how much it costs. Beyond $250-300, it's a lot more of a niche product. Below $250 would be very interesting. I don't think it will be below $300. With current memory and storage pricing, probably $350-400 is more realistic :(

>better mainline Linux support haha

for reference

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/chinese-semiconductor-...

https://securityonline.info/open-source-standoff-github-free...

https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/github-disables-rockchips-li...

https://legal.gpl-violations.narkive.com/gAoCqXFb/rockchip-r...

https://mastodon.social/@geerlingguy/113698847221483936 "I was told Rockchip no longer considers RK3588 to be an “open source” chip"

Re: Flipper One Tech Specs

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Post by pocksuppet »

koziserek wrote: post #134
johnwalkr wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The flipper zero was already in a grey area because it easily enables one to do things in licensed bands and do things you’re not allowed to do in unlicensed bands. They can’t plausibly add even more functions in this area and still sell to the public. Presumably all of the interfaces they added are for users to add the functions under their own responsibility.

For what reason? When I buy a hammer in hardware store, can smash all the windows of parked cars nearby..

They don't care what the product can technically do, they care what people think it does, if it can actually do that. The Flipper Zero is openly advertised as a hacking device.

Governments should not be understood as if(!follows_law) punish(); it's rather if(seems_bad) {if(follows_law) {change_law(); punish();} else punish();} else if(rand() < 0.1) punish();

Re: Flipper One Tech Specs

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Post by kop316 »

fsflover wrote: post #154
Glohrischi wrote: post #141

What a weird thing to build. I can just do all of it with a laptop. At that price point they will have to put it, it will not be worth it to buy it to carry it around to play around 'sometimes'.

How many laptops run exclusively free drivers with no Intel ME or AMD PSP nowadays?

You should look at MNT Research: https://mntre.com/

Re: Flipper One Tech Specs

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Post by MadrasThorn »

abr0ahm wrote: post #26
jgrahamc wrote: post #6

I have a Flipper Zero and I've used it... occasionally. Like that one time controlling the Taylor Swift Eras tour wristbands: https://blog.jgc.org/2024/05/controlling-taylor-swift-eras-t... but it's mostly sat around being an odd device. I duplicated a couple of RFID things, used the IR for some stuff, and once in a while used the radio receiver, but mostly it looks pretty. I'm not sure what I'd do with a Flipper One…

It's about time someone rolled out a watch that has these capabilities.

Now that's a good idea

Re: Flipper One Tech Specs

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Post by jan_Sate »

Glohrischi wrote: post #141

What a weird thing to build. I can just do all of it with a laptop. At that price point they will have to put it, it will not be worth it to buy it to carry it around to play around 'sometimes'.

This. I might purchase other Rockchip SBCs as well.

Re: Flipper One Tech Specs

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Post by pnw »

greyface- wrote: post #30
pnw wrote: post #28

I wish this thing looked more generic so the TSA won't confiscate it.

I'm as anti-TSA as the next guy, but I don't think they confiscate Flipper Zeros.

There's been several reports of people getting referred to secondary screening because of them.

Re: Flipper One Tech Specs

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Post by sourcecodeplz »

fc417fc802 wrote: post #100
karlgkk wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If it’s not cheap, then what differentiates it from a $150 Linux laptop and $30 dongle

That's exactly my point! It's a low to midrange computer with extremely high portability including a grayscale display. Where else are you going to get that functionality combined as a single unit?

Smartphone

Re: Flipper One Tech Specs

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Post by NoSalt »

Dylan16807 wrote: post #122
fc417fc802 wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's exactly my point! It's a low to midrange computer with extremely high portability including a grayscale display. Where else are you going to get that functionality combined as a single unit?

Considering this is 6.1 inches wide and 1.6 inches thick, I think I'd be happier with a GPD that's 6.8 inches wide and 1.0 inches thick. And I can put the screen into grayscale mode if I want?

When you say "GPD", are you speaking about these?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPD_Win

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