I was looking for something just like this, A small, battery powered system with an integrated display. Started my search for a pi case but quickly realized an N100 x86 device with higher specs than a pi can be purchased for significantly cheaper. let’s just hope I can get Debian on it.
That’s a terrible name.
Yeah, is it “pil-ey” like in “filet” or “pill-et” like a “pilot” with an ‘e’ (like Palm Pilot)?
It’s Raspberry Pi powered, so the ‘Pi’ part of the name must surely be pronounced like that
The emotional part of me yells “shut up and take my money”, but the rational part of me tells me that it will be another useless piece of junk on my shelf
Fortunately, the rational part of me has been winning lately. So yeah, it’s cool, but I have no use for it.
Anyone that thinks they’re “coding on the go” with something of this form factor is kidding themselves.
You’d be better off using SSH into a VPS and using a CLI editor from your phone. Better perf, can use any keyboard you care to bring, and no extra cost to you.
Powered by Raspberry Pi 5
Also…
The Raspberry Pi 5 board is not included in this kit.
It’s powered by someone’s Raspberry Pi 5.
And I get it’s still the top dog SBC but there’s plenty out there that don’t contribute to the capitalist machine.
I saw this on youtube a few hours back. https://youtu.be/89pAwl55HJw
This is cool but it tries to be two things and doesn’t look great at either.
There are Pi Laptop cases that are more practical and aren’t as risky as a Kickstarter.
And there’s plenty of (dramatically cheaper) Linux retro styled pocket games out there.
We need more products to have interesting aesthetics again
Touchscreens have their place (and are overused in places like cars, to be sure) but their emergence combined with a minimalist trend sure has made things boring.
This looks like a copy paste from clockwork with their DevTerm and uConsole. I have a uConsole and really like it. Despite that it had a small year needed to ship it. It is now running stock Debian Bookworm and the community is growing. Its running on a CM4 and CM5 is almost done as well thanks to a very active community user. Software support is shit, but the hardware and software are open source so there are already a couple. Of expansion boards (4G, GPIO, USB hub, Pico2040, and GPS/LoRa in the making)
Poor souls …
