Notices by PINE64 (pine64@fosstodon.org)

Starting today, you can now preorder the PinePhone UBports Community Edition: a production model #PinePhone preloaded with UBports (Ubuntu Touch), with a custom backplate to match!

PINE64 Store Link: https://store.pine64.org/?product=pinephone-community-edition-ubports-limited-edition-linux-smartphone

UBports blog post: https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-blog-1/post/pinephone-ubports-community-edition-pre-orders-are-open-271

Sorry for the late notice here on the Fediverse, but our March update is out. News for the #PinePhone, #pinebookpro, and #pinetime alike.

See inside: https://www.pine64.org/2020/03/15/march-update-manjaro-on-pinebook-pro-pinephone-software/

Update for the default #PinebookPro Debian MATE build: updated uboot + kernel; newest Firefox + sound fix; BT audio output fix; improved USB-C dock support; NVMe is bootable now; added community made wallpapers. Details here:

https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=7830

A (special) mid-month update. All batch 1 #Pinebookpro shipped + batch 2 & 3 assembly started; #PineTime dev kits shipped; #PinePhone dev kits antenna tuning finished & shipping soon. Thank you for your patience!
https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=8085

Wow, we did not expect the level of interest you all have had in the #PineTime!

More info:
- Cost will be approximately 25USD
- Charging dock included in price
- Built-in heartbeat monitor
- Case built of Zinc alloy and plastic
- Battery life measured in days
- Sorry, can't run Linux itself. SoC is nRF52832, which uses a Cortex-M4 core. That's why we need FreeRTOS :)

This is the PineTime. A companion for your Linux smartphone, and new side-project of ours. More news coming in the future...

(If you have experience with FreeRTOS or mbed, and are interested, please get in touch!)

One of the first production #PinebookPro off of the line...

We have now reached the public phase of #PinebookPro preorder! No need to register for a coupon, just preorder on the Pine64 Store!

https://store.pine64.org/?product=14%e2%80%b3-pinebook-pro-linux-laptop-64gb-emmc-iso-keyboard-estimated-dispatch-in-october-2019

PREORDERS LIVE! #pinebookpro Find the link here :) pine64.org

@cavaliertusky Where's this magical clock you speak of which has 69 minutes and 69 seconds?

@jeffalyanak @trashHeap The PinePhone is not powerful. We are, however, in luck -- before Canonical dropped Ubuntu Touch and UBPorts picked up the development, the hardware used as reference was VERY similar to what the PinePhone is. In result, the live demo I saw at FOSDEM had really nice and smooth performance. I cannot say how plasma or the other OS' / front-ends will perform, but I think that there is a good chance that many OS' will run well.