Post #709200

2025-03-07 22:43 UTC

The PineNote is here! I'm planning on making a hands on video to share my experience. Let me know if you have any questions you want me to try and answer. I don't plan to do technical tests but open to collaborating on it. First impression, feels like a quality and sturdy device. Feels good in the hand, the texture is a kinda soft grippy plastic. Pen felt good, the writing friction seems ok, I don't want to make any software qualifications until I update the device but still happy with the out-of-box experience. The wake from sleep time is essentially instant. @PINE64 great work on the PineNote, I'm very impressed with the hardware! Edit 2: there's renewed interest in this post, feel free to check out the first impressions video (~6 mins, which has a good bit of usage footage), in case that post isn't visible to you. Edit: Link to blog post with thoughts after day one. Since I'm on a single user instance most people may not see the thread with info that hasn't been boosted, the post has all of it. #Pine64 #PineNote #OpenHardware #OpenHardware #FOSS

Replies (8)

@MrMozz@social.linux.pizza 2025-03-08 03:34

@shom @PINE64 please please please tell us everything. Ive been looking for an e ink tablet forever and this looks like exactly what Ive been waiting for.

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@iris@neuromatch.social 2025-03-10 21:24

@shom @PINE64 !!!!! I don't know yet what questions I have but I have wanted to try out one of the PINE devices for some time, so consider me interested in any and all observations.

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@hstone32@mastodon.social 2025-03-11 01:18

@shom @PINE64 thanks so much for the review. Seems it's much more ready for daily use than the pinephone. Just wish I could afford it.

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@mikro2nd@indieweb.social 2025-03-11 07:11

@shom Thanks for a great review of the PineNote - I've been quietly salivating over the device for a while, now (despite the price making me break out into a sweat), so your experience-report is a great insight.

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@nomeata@mastodon.online 2025-03-11 08:07

@shom Very nice, thanks for the pointer! Maybe this is a good alternative to my experiments with coding on the Boox (https://mastodon.online/@nomeata/113935714312765375). Please keep posting your experiences!

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@cartron@masto.hivane.net 2025-03-11 09:57

@shom thanks for the initial review, and look forward to reading your next posts on it - just subscribed to your RSS feed =)

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@spyro@fosstodon.org 2025-03-11 11:50

@shom @PINE64 is this a new version? The two major things that annoy me on mine are * it's quite heavy * the stylus requires charging and uses a micro b connector

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@Michaelpr@photog.social 2026-02-14 10:13

@shom You liked one of my posts, which is how I ended up on your profile. That's when I stumbled across the Pine Note article. It was really interesting – completely new to me. I've been using an iPad and a Mac for a few years now, but before that I used Linux for over 20 years. Thank you for your detailed description. I'll take a closer look at it.

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