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An interesting alternative to the SQFMI Beepy / Beepberry [0][1] which is just a rpi zero but has a Sharp Memory Pixel display that I love. Both could use some

An interesting alternative to the SQFMI Beepy / Beepberry [0][1] which is just a rpi zero but has a Sharp Memory Pixel display that I love. Both could use some work on adapting the UI to the little blackberry touchpad. Neither using a mouse cursor nor meta/ctrl modifier combos are very ergonomic on these little handhelds. [0] https://beepy.sqfmi.com/ https://beepy.sqfmi.com/ [1] https://blog.beeper.com/2023/05/16/beeper-x-sqmfi-beepberry/ https://blog.beeper.com/2023/05/16/beeper-x-sqmfi-beepberry/

jkingsman 1y ago
That's adorable, but the censored/pixelated keyboard is a little offputting. Am I guessing right that they're using Blackberry overstock and censoring trademarks?
- jazzyjackson 1y ago
  Oh LOL I didn't even notice that on the first link, yeah I guess they're just obscuring it for the logo. IRL it is a non pixelated keyboard xD FWIW the project hit a wall and they didn't deliver the quantity they planned on, I ended up buying one on ebay for an extortionate cost (but buying rare electronics scratches an itch for me) - digging in the discords lead to discover an offshoot project that made some progress at a recent chaos comms congress, called Beepis https://bbkb-community.github.io/computers/beepis/ https://bbkb-community.github.io/computers/beepis/
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- jsheard 1y ago
  Yeah, it was also rebranded from "Beepberry" to "Beepy" because RIMs lawyers had nothing better to do than rush to the defence of a long-dead brand apparently.
  - extraduder_ire 1y ago
    The company is just called Blackberry now. They rebranded sometime around 2013.
crumpled 1y ago
I've been playing with the Beepy. So much potential, but the community around it never sprung up, and the developer has moved on. For me it was a cool little terminal that mostly didn't work outside my usual hotspot. Managing WiFi on a Pi from the terminal is no fun.

jkingsman 1y ago

That's adorable, but the censored/pixelated keyboard is a little offputting. Am I guessing right that they're using Blackberry overstock and censoring trademarks?

jazzyjackson 1y ago
Oh LOL I didn't even notice that on the first link, yeah I guess they're just obscuring it for the logo. IRL it is a non pixelated keyboard xD FWIW the project hit a wall and they didn't deliver the quantity they planned on, I ended up buying one on ebay for an extortionate cost (but buying rare electronics scratches an itch for me) - digging in the discords lead to discover an offshoot project that made some progress at a recent chaos comms congress, called Beepis https://bbkb-community.github.io/computers/beepis/ https://bbkb-community.github.io/computers/beepis/
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jsheard 1y ago
Yeah, it was also rebranded from "Beepberry" to "Beepy" because RIMs lawyers had nothing better to do than rush to the defence of a long-dead brand apparently.
- extraduder_ire 1y ago
  The company is just called Blackberry now. They rebranded sometime around 2013.

crumpled 1y ago

I've been playing with the Beepy. So much potential, but the community around it never sprung up, and the developer has moved on. For me it was a cool little terminal that mostly didn't work outside my usual hotspot. Managing WiFi on a Pi from the terminal is no fun.