As a PinePhone and Librem 5 owner, I should be psyched by this, as a tablet running a Linux distribution that looks nice could really help the overall Linux on touchscreen devices ecosystem.
I am not too excited though:
1. With their current, x86_64 only release, GPL violations have been alleged.
2. PowerVR graphics make mainlining this device unlikely, meaning that it’s going to be stuck on a Vendor kernel and libhybris, as that Vendor kernel has likely been released with Android devices in mind. This is OK, but it’s not good long term.
3. Their marketing is a bit over the top, full of lofty claims that often aren’t technically true as has already been discussed here.
I've commented earlier on the borrowed looks but the demo images look faked. This is a demo i found on youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RadKVkwK6M
The transitions aren't as fast and smooth as they claim but the work has merit no doubt. The test tablet resembles the earlier ipad with large bezels but if they can deliver even half of what they claim and they'd opensource their code. I'll buy one
I am getting old, but I fail to see what the usage of RAM/ROM means in advertising devices; I see many devices, including this one, stating '6G RAM, 128G ROM' => I assume 128GB is not Read-Only Memory. So why is it stated like that? I see it all over the place; phones, laptops, tablets. I understand if it's just a retailer selling, but these guys are supposed to know something about the hardware? Or am I missing something?
An iPad design ripoff (complete with the JingPad Pencil) with fake images from a Chinese company.
That's a no from me.
Definitely would wait for Ubuntu or Arch or whatever to function well on this. Absolutely no interest in running this Chinese flavor of Linux (JingOS).
This does nothing for me. I am waiting for a laptop built entirely in the West even if it will be more expensive. Buying Chinese products you support social score, camps, child labour and slavery. No thank you.
Let me be the FIRST to say that the landing page is a bit overenthusiastic.
I am unconvinced.
First of all, Android is Linux based, and not an unpleasant userland if you install Termux and use LineageOS or some other custom fork.
Second, even if you don't count Android, there's still Ubuntu Mobile, and PostmarketOS, and Sailfish, and Mobian, and others, all of which existed before this as far as I can tell.
Third, this website is drowning in rough marketing speak, with little substance.
I came in with high hopes, but am unimpressed. Maybe this is overly harsh, it's definitely a hard market.
Edit: The closer I look, the more unconvinced I get. I wish you luck, but maybe get something to show first next time.
The Aquaris M10 tablet came preinstalled with Ubuntu Touch back in... 2016.
AMOLED! Consistent with recent reports of a new 7" AMOLED Switch, and AMOLED becoming cheap.
Linux is not as tuned for battery life as android, but they claim 10 hours from their 8Ah. Believable.
11", 6.7mm, 500g, 8 core ARM (model not specified; should be the 7x line).
Bet it will cost far more than a comparable Android tablet (which can run termux).
Wouldn't the Remarkable tablets qualify? They run a pretty standard linux setup, albeit quite minimal.
Aside from the issues with the images others have mentioned, it would be more convincing if they had a native speaker go over their copy.
>The JingPad Keyboard is inspired by the Apple Magic Keyboard for the iPads. It is a full-size 6 rows keyboard just for productivity!
As a Linux loving hacker, this sounds fun to play with.
But pragmatically, how does something like this stack up against an iPad/iPadOS? If I'm to believe the press, Apple's chips are quite a ways ahead of the competition. And as much as I love developing on Linux running lxqt, I get the impression that display stacks and application development kits are also way behind in terms of efficiency, power use, and just general programmability/accessibility. Am I a victim of bad press. I'm honestly curious whether they're even in the same realm.
If anything, something old school like Enlightenment or Sawfish would be fun to play with on one of these, just for the sheer "trick it out" ethos.
I adore 4:3 screens and definitely see myself using something like this as my next laptop just for this reason, even if I would not touch the screen at all. But it must at least run unmodified debian before I consider buying something like this.
Looks great, but I'd be afraid it does things like this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26306661
I guess sell first, develop second, right? - good luck from my side. If you manage to come even close to the claimed features I will buy one.
Bring back the CrunchPad, imo
Looks cool, but –
> JingPad A1 will be available for a crowdfunding campaign on indiegogo before June.
I'll believe it when I see it.
Is this gonna end up like all the other first consumer Linux tablets, like the JooJoo or the Archos 10?
looks like the images are faked
Is there a linux OS which would be best suited to run on a decade old laptop in portrait mode, mostly for reading PDFs?
This could be very interesting to me. But no specs on CPU makes me scared this will be a raspberry pi case.
Does anyone see any licensing terms?
Hobby OS powered, Chinese, counterfeit Apple products.......Yikes.
Before anyone gets too excited, check the bottom comments.
They're right about one thing, which is the 4:3 aspect ratio. It is ideal for tablets that are used for something besides a Netflix delivery system.
Unfortunately Samsung went to 16:10 with the Tab S4 onwards. It's simply too tall in portrait and too wide in landscape, especially for something like the 12.4" Tab S7 plus.
I recently snapped up a Chuwi Hipad Plus (awful name!), which is an 11" 4:3 Android tablet for this reason. It's far better to use when typing, or reading PDFs. I could not care less about "black bars" when I'm watching the occasional video.
Looks like a scam to me.
my nokia 770 disagrees (from the bottom of a tub of old cables and networking gear)
Is there any discussion about price?
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Strong Chineesium odor on this one. Can I put Debian on it and expect everything to work? am I the FIRST to ask this?
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Assuming you don't consider something running the linux kernel to be linux (ahem, android)
>It is the World’s FIRST Consumer-level Linux Tablet.
ExoPC 2.0 came out in 2010, running MeeGo, which was a linux tablet that shipped with an OS maintained and hosted by the Linux Foundation.
>It is the FIRST Tablet powered by JingOS – the World’s FIRST Linux Tablet OS.
MeeGo, MaeMo, and the associated tablet OSes from that era shipped over a decade ago.
>It is the FIRST Time you can use a Linux-based Tablet as your daily driver.
To be fair, the ExoPC was a huge piece of crap.