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Welcome to 2020. I expect this will be a productive year and one of exponential growth for our community. It was a busy beginning to the year and I expect that the pace will remain high with shipments of the Pinebook Pro and PinePhone Braveheart edition as well as FOSDEM announcements. Following this period there […]
Continue ReadingWelcome to the last community update of the year. I think that 2019 will be remembered as the year PINE64 transitioned from being a relatively niche FOSS hardware project to a mainstream one. This transition is an exciting prospect for all of us involved with PINE64, and we cannot wait to see how the project […]
Continue ReadingOur core focus for the past month was on getting the manufacturing process and shipping of the Pinebook Pro, PinePhone and PineTime development kits back on track. I will not reiterate the events that led to the delays of those devices in this post, but if you’re interested then read the detailed account of what […]
Continue ReadingThis month’s update will be slightly shorter than usual – I have been dealing with some health issues recently, which significantly reduced my time to actively engage with the community. Hopefully I’ll make it up to you in November. September has been a bitter-sweet month for us. On the one hand, we’ve seen a lot […]
Continue ReadingPicture of a PinePhone prototype running Plasma Mobile Let’s start with a quick recap of last month’s events: the Pinebook Pro went into production, software development on the PineTab started, we announced the SOEdge AI module and introduced our initiative for giving back to PinePhone Linux developers during the community meetup in London. This, however, […]
Continue ReadingPINE64’s commitment to giving back to the community, partner projects and the society has been outlined by TL Lim during our community meetup in Hyde Park, London on 18 August, 2018. No one has ever become poor by giving ~ Anne Frank Free as in a bird, not as a beer. Libre and not gratis. […]
Continue ReadingPineTab development prototype July has been a busy month for all members of the PINE64 project. Between the updates to various systems, preparation of Pinebook Pro pre-orders and the subsequent launch, shipping of PineTab development kits as well as production of the PinePhone prototype, there has been little to no downtime. To this end I […]
Continue ReadingAs I’ve mentioned in last month’s update post, the PinePhone prototypes are currently being manufactured (due in August) and the PineTab dev kits are rolling off the factory line to be shipped out to developers. With both the PinePhone and PineTab currently in-transition to their respective next development stages, I’ll devote this month’s update solely […]
Continue ReadingBullet Points: Forum is done, next up: chats and Wiki PinePhone prototype in August ; software coming along ANSI keyboard for Pinebook Pro ; new features / upgrades ; pre-orders this summer PineTab M.2 optional adapter ; 64GB eMMC ; pre-orders this summer New boards in the pipeline ; AI SBC/SOM of interest to us […]
Continue ReadingThe forum update is scheduled to go live at the end of May (likely over the weekend May 25-26th). You can expect the forum to be down for a couple of hours as work is being carried out. We hope that the process will be relatively painless, but if unexpected issues arise then this will […]
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