Funded within 5 minutes, soulscircuit are clearly onto a winner here with their upcoming Pilet open source modular mini computers powered by the Raspberry Pi 5.
  • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zipEnglish
    11·
    2 days ago

    That keyboard looks like one of the worst abominations ever made. Keys that tiny and that close together basically means you need to get a stylus and peck or REALLY contort and angle your thumbs to type anything.

    • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
      4·
      19 hours ago

      The device is enormous. The renderings at the top make it look like this cute little retro thing, It’s an inch+ thick and has the footprint of an iPad mini. I hate linear keyboards, and the keys look uncomfortable as hell to type on, but you should be able to hit each one easily with your finger. I’m worried it’s just a bunch of micro switches on top of PCB.

      It is unclear if it actually comes with the pie.

      The indeterminate shipping fee is separate after the campaign ends.

      It’s in this weird spot, If it were a standard consumer product the price would be way too high. But I worry that for a Kickstarter the price is actually too low.

    • quirzle@lemmy.zipEnglish
      9·
      1 day ago

      I had a conversation with a coworker that was really excited when the rabbit r1 (which I think wound up actually running Android under the hood) came out. I think some people just like having little devices/toys. Things like the design and physical buttons make it seem cooler to them.

      • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        19 hours ago

        Every time I see a physical keyboard on a portable device I have this nostalgia for my old Motorola Droid.

        Then the lizard brain tags out for monkey brain, and I remember how unpleasant the thing was to type on. The only reason it was cool was because the onscreen was so small that that it was pleasant by comparison.