Check out the #pilet, SoulsCircuit’s very cool retro-futuristic handheld tablet/console.
Designed with Free Software, the pilet runs #Plasma and a full range of KDE software.
More at
https://soulscircuit.com/pilet
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@[email protected] @soulscircuit @[email protected] that keyboard, complete with the laser pointer button, looks very familiar! Nice job squeezing it into a new housing. The trackball too 👀
It’s so cool I want to die 😩. I would never use it but it looks great.
I saw a wrist mounted thing the other day, and I was thinking a modern touchscreen version running Linux could legitimately be great with a good mount. This would be perfect for that. You only need a wrist mount that won’t make your arm sweaty…
Drop a SIM card in there and you’re not far off from a modern version of PDAs from back when pocket tech was interesting.
Not for calling of course. Text only (although everyone texts over the internet now - maybe for data as well).
Why not Calling? BT Headphone are quite good at calls
I think I just like the retrofuturism of “giga pager”. Of course calling would work but it would be besides the point for me.
A modern phone could do everything this would be used for on a day-to-day.
BT headphones
Or a jack of some description, wires are always better for calls
@[email protected] @soulscircuit @[email protected] “this action is not allowed.” So much for following…
I kinda want one of these.
@[email protected] @soulscircuit @[email protected] ok yeah i want this
Well, this goes on the old birthday wishlist… Awesome stuff!
This thing pulls 2.3 amps under normal use? JFC do a little power optimization y’all
Great idea! Wanna get on it?
Unfortunately, I’m out of spare time between my full-time job doing some of that, and my hobby projects doing even more of that.
I could probably spare a little time to give out some pointers and field some questions, though.
Ok, now do you get the irony? Or you’re the only one with limited time?
Also, it’s just a prototype. You’re complaining about how bad the special effects are while reading the script of a movie.
You’ll also notice I’m not hawking incomplete products.
If this is merely at the concept stage, as your metaphor would imply, why advertise the battery size and life as being so bad?
Wow. You must be fun at parties.
I am, thank you.
It’s early days and WiP. Give them a chance.
It just doesn’t even seem to have ever occurred to them.
While input and feedback is good, there are ways of delivering it without making it demoralising.
“them” is “one and half people” (per their “about”). Give them some time… Or, you know, pitch in.
@[email protected] @soulscircuit @[email protected] that’s so cool
is it touchscreen? looks great
Yes, it’s a touchscreen.
cool, is it compatible with different DEs?
Get out of here!
(Edit: Yes, of course. It’s Linux.)
I wonder if that keyboard is via a wired interface only. Because something like that would be perfect for a Pico W or ESP32 so that it works detatched. I think this would be great on a desk with a kickstand and the keyboard detatched. There might even be some pins leftover for a “wireless” GPIO header on the keyboard, which would be really cool if you were using the included VESA mount for the tablet
That keyboard looks very similar to various “mini keyboards” on Amazon. I searched for “pc remote keyboard trackpad” and found a couple that are pretty close.
I have had a couple. Don’t expect to type out a novel on it. Between the tiny layout, the straight rows, and the mushy matrix, they are barely good enough for searching for movie titles on Kodi. I’d rather use a phone touchscreen keyboard.
