Hi

I’m thinking about getting one and was looking at YouTube videos but none really showed it in use.

Like how keyboard works and all that.

Does anyone here have experience?

Thanks

  • Moobythegoldensock
    6·
    1 year ago

    Have you checked out Pinetab 2? It had a great form factor IMO and is nice and light. (520g vs. 466-495g for iPad depending on model.)

    • TCB13@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Yes, it looks very close to what I want and I really like the price, but a sub-2Ghz CPU doesn’t seem like a good investment. Maybe a future PineTab3 will be more reasonable for me. I’m not even sure if it runs Debian/Gnome properly with everything working, software support seems shady at best. Oh and I need a Portuguese keyboard and they don’t sell keyboards for languages other than English.

      • Moobythegoldensock
        2·
        1 year ago

        Makes sense, it is indeed intended to be a low powered tablet. Pine64’s whole thing is that they make the hardware and the community figures out the software: for example, 3 months post release there still aren’t wifi/bluetooth drivers. I love mine but I can definitely see why it’s not for everyone, plus I use an English keyboard so I don’t have that restriction.

        • TCB13@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Well if they at least made other keyboard I would might “bite the bullet” when it comes to software. But c’mon… a tablet released without working wifi?

          • Moobythegoldensock
            21·
            1 year ago

            Yep. You gotta attach a dongle or tether your phone for now. I personally tether.