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Quick grep for cost/price didn't show up anything. Sorry if I missed. How much did it cost? Just out of curiosity, I'm wondering if it's possible to build an ex

by enscr 13y ago

Quick grep for cost/price didn't show up anything. Sorry if I missed. How much did it cost? Just out of curiosity, I'm wondering if it's possible to build an extremely cheap but waterproof tough tablet for toddlers to play with. They don't care about performance at all.

kfk 13y ago
Hey, let me know if you do. I am not a toddler (of course), but for my kayak trips I need something decent, cheap and waterproof.
- riffraff 13y ago
  I don't mean to sound as a luddite, this is an honest question: why would you need a raspberry pi tablet in a kayak trip?
  - sdoering 13y ago
    Maybe he needs a cheap display for reviewing photos taken on the trip? Something, he might do some basic editing on? Something durable, not too expensive, that fits his needs. Just throwing thoughts on a wall, waiting to see, that sticks.
  - kfk 13y ago
    sdoering got most of it right. I also would add backups, it doesn't feel safe keeping all your pictures on cameras sd cards for weeks. Actually, for me it's mostly backups, that's why a dirty cheap rougged tablet would be nice (cheap because I don't do many of these trips).
- legierski 13y ago
  Check out aLOKSAK bags. I've successfully tested my Nexus 7 tablet under the shower with one of these bags. For scientific purposes, of course.
  - enscr 13y ago
    For science, I'd put silica gel crystals in it and take it to the shower before I dunk my tablet :)
    - deegles 13y ago
      You could just use a square of cardboard... why use electronics at all :)
      - enscr 13y ago
        Because it won't tell you if there's humidity inside the bag that could potentially harm your device. Silica gel isn't electronics. It'll change color when it detects moisture.
gbuk2013 13y ago
About $350 [1] [1] http://mkcastor.com/2014/01/02/pipad-build/comment-page-1/#comment-77 http://mkcastor.com/2014/01/02/pipad-build/comment-page-1/#c...
- enscr 13y ago
  That's a lot. I was looking at $50-$75 price point. Don't care about screen resolution. It can be resistive touch. One can skip on storage too. But it needs to light up when you touch & make sounds. Most of all, handle all the abuse :)
  - zokier 13y ago
    You were hoping a single hand-crafted unit to be cheaper than majority of massproduced chinese crap?
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by enscr 13y ago

kfk 13y ago

Hey, let me know if you do. I am not a toddler (of course), but for my kayak trips I need something decent, cheap and waterproof.

riffraff 13y ago
I don't mean to sound as a luddite, this is an honest question: why would you need a raspberry pi tablet in a kayak trip?
- sdoering 13y ago
  Maybe he needs a cheap display for reviewing photos taken on the trip? Something, he might do some basic editing on? Something durable, not too expensive, that fits his needs. Just throwing thoughts on a wall, waiting to see, that sticks.
- kfk 13y ago
  sdoering got most of it right. I also would add backups, it doesn't feel safe keeping all your pictures on cameras sd cards for weeks. Actually, for me it's mostly backups, that's why a dirty cheap rougged tablet would be nice (cheap because I don't do many of these trips).
legierski 13y ago
Check out aLOKSAK bags. I've successfully tested my Nexus 7 tablet under the shower with one of these bags. For scientific purposes, of course.
- enscr 13y ago
  For science, I'd put silica gel crystals in it and take it to the shower before I dunk my tablet :)
  - deegles 13y ago
    You could just use a square of cardboard... why use electronics at all :)
    - enscr 13y ago
      Because it won't tell you if there's humidity inside the bag that could potentially harm your device. Silica gel isn't electronics. It'll change color when it detects moisture.

gbuk2013 13y ago

About $350 [1] [1] http://mkcastor.com/2014/01/02/pipad-build/comment-page-1/#comment-77 http://mkcastor.com/2014/01/02/pipad-build/comment-page-1/#c...

enscr 13y ago
That's a lot. I was looking at $50-$75 price point. Don't care about screen resolution. It can be resistive touch. One can skip on storage too. But it needs to light up when you touch & make sounds. Most of all, handle all the abuse :)
- zokier 13y ago
  You were hoping a single hand-crafted unit to be cheaper than majority of massproduced chinese crap?

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