TL;DR for this month’s update
- RK3566 boards available to developers next month; more info in January
- Community page (.org) getting a make-over & chat bridge will be worked on over the holidays.
- An apology to early KDE CE pre-orders who received refunds and an explanation of what happened
- A word about retail stores coming early next year
- Look back at 2020 – our shortcomings and accomplishments discussed
- PineTime – classy analogue watch faces available for InfiniTime
- PineTime – InfiniTime receives many fixes including wake-up time, battery readout and call notifications
- PineTime – new WaspOS version has been released
- PineTime – Amazefish companion app now runs on multiple distros, including KDE Plasma Mobile; you can now sync your PineTime to the * PinePhone running Manjaro KDE & more!
- Pinebook Pro – production resumes after Chinese New Year, late February/ early March 2021
- Pinebook Pro – is now supported by official Debian Installer (Alpha 3)
- Pinebook Pro – the Docking Deck receives a warm response from end-users and reviewers
- PinePhone – software and firmware news: Megi’s 5.10 kernel and new firmware for the modem result in improved power management + thermals
- PinePhone – Megapixels camera app now supports smooth 30FPS viewfinder; works on multiple mobile UIs.
- PinePhone – We signed a contract for a PSION5-like keyboard with a specialized vendor(!); developers will receive keyboards already in January 2021
- PinePhone – Qi charging back case entered production (molding process)
- PinePhone – We’re working on a fingerprint reader back case with a community member who created a working prototype
- PinePhone – showcase of awesome PinePhone hacks and DIY projects
- PinePower – a range of power supplies (PSUs) for PINE64 products coming soon
- PinePower – portable 65W GaN PSU due in late Jan/ early Feb and a 120W desktop PSU coming later in 2021
- PineCube – we now have Armbian support (Debian & Ubuntu) for the PineCube
- PineCube – we created a case for the PineCube and released STL files for it
- Pinecil – initial batch sold out incredibly fast, more units are being produced for January 2021
- Nutcracker Challenge – more evaluation boards shipped
- Nutcracker Challenge – we’re getting more source code soon & early community developed flashing tools now available
The fingerprint reader seems interesting. It’s cool that it started as an individual project and seems like it’s planned to be integrated into future hardware.