Pine64 may have started as competitor with Raspberry Pi (SBCS) board computers, but it has become long from its shell to develop new territories. It is now better known for daring to create open source Linux devices that cover laptops, tablets, smartphones and even smartwatches. Now it is this growth an extra step with the pinnote, an electronic paper player designed to be as open as its other pine brand devices.
This is not the first electronic reader based on Linux, of course, and the remarkable 2 probably holds the title of being the most popular in this regard. The stronet can, however, very well be the most powerful electronic reader on the market while being the most open to the point that you can install almost any operating system you choose. Pine64, however, is naturally seen an operating system based on Linux, as it had with the Pinebook, the Pinephone and the Pineb.
The Power’s Power comes from RockChip RK3566, a quader processor using Cortex-A55, 4GB RAM and 128 GB cores. The 10.3-inch electronic ink panel has a resolution of 1404 × 1872 and has a Wacom EMR scanner on the top for pen input. At the top of these is a capacitive glass layer for fingertips.
Pine64 plans to make the punote at the disposal of the first adopters later this year for $ 399. This could be a tempting offer, given the characteristics, but Pine64 warns that this iteration of the device is intended for developers who will be willing to write software. Given their experiences with its other products, end-users, even the most advanced, should wait for the final sales version to be available.
The company has also shared that the long-awaited pinephone keyboard case has come into production and will be available soon for purchase. Although on the current side, until the end of the phone cases, the keyboard has been described to provide an “amazing” strike experience. Of course, being the size of the pinerel, it must be a little cramped and not in your standard keyboard layout.
