The Pinebook Pro is a low-cost, lightweight laptop that ships with Linux software. First announced in January, the Pinebook Pro is now up for pre-order for $200. What you get for that price is a 2.8 pound laptop with a 14.1 inch full HD display, an Rockchip RK3399 processor, 4GB of RAM, and 64GB of […]
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The $149 PinePhone Linux smartphone will support modular add-ons
The upcoming PinePhone is expected to be an inexpensive, but versatile smartphone designed to run GNU/Linux operating systems. Yesterday we took a look at some of the operating systems that are already being ported to run on the PinePhone. But it looks like the software isn’t the only thing that’s actively under development. Pine64 has […]
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PinePhone $149 Linux smartphone could support Ubuntu, Sailfish, Maemo, LuneOS and more
10 Comments on PinePhone $149 Linux smartphone could support Ubuntu, Sailfish, Maemo, LuneOS and moreThe PinePhone is a cheap, Linux-ready smartphone that’s expected to ship in limited quantities later this year. It’s not exactly a high-power device by modern smartphone standards, but with an expected starting price of $149, it will be a lot more affordable than some of the other Linux phones on the horizon. It’s also starting […]
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Pinebook Pro update: The $199 Linux laptop is almost ready to go
After unveiling plans to launch a $199 Linux laptop with a Rockchip RK3399 processor earlier this year, the folks at Pine64 have been hard at work designing the hardware and software for the upcoming Pinebook Pro. Now the team has posted a YouTube video showing off the latest prototype, and demonstrating that it has improved […]
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First look at the PinePhone dev kit running KDE Plasma Mobile & PostmarketOS
The folks at Pine64 are working on a Linux-powered smartphone that could sell for as little as $149. It’s called the PinePhone, and the team unveiled the project and launched a development kit earlier this year. Now that developers are starting to work with that pre-release hardware, we’re getting our first look at what the […]
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Pine64’s single-board computers are getting 2019 upgrades, prices still start at $25
Pine64 plans to showcase prototypes of its upcoming Linux laptop, tablet, and smartphone at FOSDEM this weekend. But that’s not all the company is working on. Pine64 will also release upgrades to two of its Raspberry Pi-like single-board computers this year. The Rock64 Revision 3 is the latest version of the company’s mini PC with […]
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PineTab Linux tablet coming in 2019 for $79 and up
Pine64 has big plans for 2019. The company, which produces low-power, low-cost computers capable of running GNU/Linux and BSD software, plans to release its first smartphone this year, as well as a $199 laptop that will be its most powerful model to date. Also on the horizon? A dirt cheap Linux tablet. The upcoming PineTab is a […]
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PinePhone Linux smartphone to sell for $149, dev kits coming soon
The smartphone world is basically a duopoly at the moment. Android is the dominant operating system and iOS comes in a distant second place, while competing platforms such as Windows, BlackBerry OS, Symbian, FireFox OS have largely been abandoned. There are still a few holdouts — Jolla continues to develop its Sailfish OS, but its […]
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Pinebook Pro Linux laptop coming this year for $199
Pine64 has been selling cheap Linux laptops for a few years, and now the company is getting ready to launch something a little… less cheap. With a target price of $199, the upcoming Pinebook Pro certainly isn’t a high-end computer. But for about twice the price of the original Pinebook you get a full HD […]
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Pine64 is developing a Linux smartphone
Pine64 sells a handful of single-board computers and low-cost laptops designed to run Linux. Now it looks like the company wants to build a Linux smartphone. According to a report from It’s FOSS, the upcoming PinePhone will feature a 5.45 inch, 1440 x 720 pixel display and it will be powered by the same PINE […]
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Openbook is (yet another) crowdfunded laptop dock for Android phones
Today’s smartphones do a lot of the things that yesterday’s laptop computers did. You can use a phone for email, web surfing, gaming, and web browsing, among other things. But some activities, like viewing and editing documents can be easier on a device with a large display and full-sized keyboard. Over the past few years […]
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Rock64 is a quad-core, 4K-ready single-board PC for $25 and up
Another day, another tiny computer that looks like a Raspberry Pi, but which has different hardware (and a less robust user/developer community). This time it’s a new single-board computer from Pine64 called the Rock64 Media Board Computer. The little PC sells for $25 and up, and it’s about the same size as a Raspberry Pi, […]