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This is HN... so what OS do we think this is running? Android under the hood? Anyone know more about hardware or screen res? I wonder how hard it would be to r
by lbotos 3y ago
This is HN... so what OS do we think this is running? Android under the hood? Anyone know more about hardware or screen res?
I wonder how hard it would be to root this device and use it for the hardware.
- com2kid 3y agoYou can browse their job listings and see the device is running AOSP.
- canucker2016 3y agoSince Teenage Engineering has been mentioned as a design partner, I'd look at the specs for the Playdate and give it a spec bump. Based on the rabbit keynote showing a colour screen - take a Playdate device, turn 90 degrees counterclockwise and reduce the height-now-width since you don't need a controller, just a roller wheel, pushbutton, and rotating camera. Quick web search states a Playdate device has a 168MHz ARM Cortex M7 and a 400x240 LCD B&W screen.
- snvzz 3y agoPlaydate seemed interesting, until I read the words "proprietary SDK". Hell no. This is no better than a gameboy or whatever the current Nintendo console is.
- numpad0 3y agoEither some sort of Linux with custom GUI, OR bone-stock AOSP + custom app. If I were in some sort of CTO role I'd push AOSP route, as an individual dreaming idealist I'd be inclined towards the former.