I love the idea of a device like this, but then I stop and realize that my phone is already 10x more powerful and is only really lacking the BB physical keyboard.
@ReviewsforNerds9 ай бұрын
it is a fun project and while I agree that our phones are more powerful, this is mostly for tinkerers. Thank you for watching!
@cristicbz4 ай бұрын
But much harder to run arbitrary linux software on a phone without rooting etc. Also if i brick my phone trying to do so, then i don't have a phone anymore. So there's something to be said for a secondary hackable platform like this IMO
@lt.cloptin41283 ай бұрын
True that, ive also kinda wanted something like this to replace my journal. Use nano or vim or whatever. Than you dont have to keep purchasing small little notebooks. @cristicbz
@k98killer3 ай бұрын
Looks like a fun little gadget to play with and hack on.
@ReviewsforNerds3 ай бұрын
it sure is! New projects have caused me to bring it out of hiding once again.
@k98killer3 ай бұрын
@@ReviewsforNerds I think I am more likely to get an M5stack Cardputer first and extend the base firmware to enable side-loading custom programs with a standardized and easy-to-use interface. Partly because the Beepy is not currently available, but partly because the Cardputer is much cheaper.
@Vekstar9 ай бұрын
Dat BB Classic Keyboard though.
@ReviewsforNerds9 ай бұрын
Yeah, that is the best part for me. I miss the feel of a Blackberry. I hope that development of a GUI happens. I would love to make this an email/media device.
@tsw63582 ай бұрын
Do you know if it would be able to run another OS ? So my dream is to have messaging apps like signal and whatsapp on it and be able to use it as a phone.
@ReviewsforNerds2 ай бұрын
To my knowledge it will run anything text based a raspberry pi could handle. There are people who are setting it up to run pumpkinOS which is a Palm pilot like software. I have tinkered with it just need to figure out how to install apps
@JohnCookNet5 ай бұрын
Cool project. Not familiar with mocp, but looks to have a solid interface to locate and play mp3's. Wonder if Beepy will run music player daemon (mpd)?
@ReviewsforNerds5 ай бұрын
I haven't looked into that but can check it out soon.
@cmalchik3 ай бұрын
has anyone figured out a way to add a DAC and headphone jack? the only similar device I'm aware of with a headphone jack is the clockworkpi uconsole, but that's way bigger.
@ReviewsforNerds3 ай бұрын
I did not. I used Bluetooth to listen to music but designing a pi based MP3 player would be pretty cool n
@lovemadeinjapanАй бұрын
You could add a USB DAC.
@joebotz12434 күн бұрын
There's another one that looks like this what's it called? It's not the M5 it looks like a BlackBerry
@ReviewsforNerds20 сағат бұрын
unsure, but I have seen a TON of rasbperry pi devices with similar features including a full blown cyberdeck that is handheld.
@lolcatwill5 ай бұрын
Hey, thanks for the video. I was wondering what kind of screen this has? Is it monochrome? What about running a desktop environment on there, or even just view images through mpv, would that even work?
@ReviewsforNerds5 ай бұрын
it is a monochrome screen with no backlight. in this config you can not run a desktop environment, but there are some who are/were working on a GUI (think early blackberry). You can (thankfully) use the hdmi out to see a desktop environment but the little monochrome screen cant handle that.
@lolcatwill5 ай бұрын
@@ReviewsforNerdsbummer. I will be waiting for them to release a model with a normal LCD, everything else about this is perfect. Thanks for your response!
@lovemadeinjapanАй бұрын
It's the exact same Sharp Memory display as seen in the Playdate. The tech and visibility is ok, but the size is not. It is too tiny for command line text.
@alexvass7 ай бұрын
Thanks
@ReviewsforNerds7 ай бұрын
Thank you so very much for this! !
@lovemadeinjapanАй бұрын
A device like this should be instant-on. And thus a Pi 0 is not ideal to run it. You see it on boot, the hefty boot time is a bigger problem than you might think. You need a microcontroller with proper low-energy state. The RP2040 on it could be just enough. Although it lacks internet/BT. This is where NXP chips come in, 600MHz dual-core 32 bit microcontrollers with plenty of RAM and connectivity and low-power modes. Combined with the Sharp Memory display we basically have a Playdate. So you could as well go buy a Playdate. No hacking keyboard, but if you want to play Snake, you're covered. For portable hacking, just go and get a Tandy model 100 or Olivetti M10. Way cooler, decent keyboard, and proper size display. It weighs more than a Macbook, but who cares.
@ReviewsforNerdsАй бұрын
Great points and a good idea for future videos. I do not plan on hacking but using this for a portable MP3 player and to play snake have been pretty cool.
@sqfmi9 ай бұрын
Great Video!
@ReviewsforNerds9 ай бұрын
I appreciate it! The Beepy is a fun little project. I am glad I got on board early. If there is anything I missed, please let me know and I can mention in a future video. Also keep me in mind for any future products. I love to tinker.
@taterthepenguin5 ай бұрын
Damn, I wish i was smart enough to code something, so I could justify grabbing one of these
@ReviewsforNerds5 ай бұрын
Honestly you and me both. I got to tinker with the Bluetooth program and I'm able to manipulate the code but writing from scratch is not happening.
@Sx107music10 ай бұрын
Are GUI programs even possible? Running an emulator on this would be fire.
@ReviewsforNerds10 ай бұрын
Not from what I've seen with the attached screen. There are people working on a gui for it though.
@nurhesen8 ай бұрын
@@ReviewsforNerds why not? Maybe some OS with big icons? Or maybe someone can write us a minimalistic GUI for small screens. One menu button on bottom left, clock on bottom right, desktop with large icons(maybe 4-5 icons to show on desktop) etc,
@stevewaterfield48627 ай бұрын
Maybe aomething like the Gopher internet system from the early 90's would be a way to organize this.
@ReviewsforNerds7 ай бұрын
checking this out now. www.reddit.com/r/Gopher/comments/gz7oxt/a_modern_gopher_client_for_2020/
@lovemadeinjapanАй бұрын
Earlier.... A Viewdata client!
@antonionotbanderas97754 ай бұрын
I wonder how many columns by rows it displays. I want to crawl rogue, umoria, hack on this device.
@ReviewsforNerds3 ай бұрын
Specs for the LCD are 400 x 200 Sharp Memory LCD. This device runs a cli based linux so I would assume with a secondary wifi antenna or using both wifi and ethernet one could use this for hacking.
@lovemadeinjapanАй бұрын
It is 400x240, so if you use a 5x9 pixel font with 1 pixel space in between, about the bare minimum for something readable, you get to 66x24 characters.
@HassanNasr-tx1jb4 ай бұрын
can it work with raspberry pi 4?
@ReviewsforNerds4 ай бұрын
I am not sure the Pinouts would mount properly for this particular device, but I think there are other devices out there that can handle the full pi
@pedromaspiazu10 ай бұрын
how do you control + c on the terminal?
@ReviewsforNerds9 ай бұрын
I go off of this beepy.sqfmi.com/docs/firmware/keyboard and any other assistance I get from the discord channel.
@Nza42011 ай бұрын
Good video!
@ReviewsforNerds11 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@jeff1511 ай бұрын
Eric Migicovsky !!! niceeeeeeeeee
@ReviewsforNerds11 ай бұрын
This is so much fun to play with.
@untundro3 ай бұрын
Can it make phone calls at least , ? Sim? Mod or some
@ReviewsforNerds3 ай бұрын
Not as shipped. You can add cellular modules I think
@jinekLESNIK9 ай бұрын
We should write Text User Interface shell for it
@ReviewsforNerds9 ай бұрын
I have very limited knowledge of coding. I would like to make games and useful programs, but no idea where to start.
@intreal9 ай бұрын
@@ReviewsforNerds The mc (midnight commander) is already should work, just maybe in a single panel mode
@Real-Tecnica7 ай бұрын
Lol 😂 so in other words it does whatever you want it to do but I honestly don't know what it does I just had to have one and create a video =best explanation ever!
@ReviewsforNerds7 ай бұрын
Yeah. I wanted something to tinker with and I think I got to tinker.
@MondoLT7 ай бұрын
It’s a cyberdeck so it’s up to you what you do. 🤷🏻♂️ you can go hack, you can mount hardware on it like antennas or Sensors, you can Programm a game or just write a new phyton3 file. Depends how deep you are into Electronics and Linux 🤷🏻♂️ you can have also your own local LLM a.i. on it if you want, or access’s your pc at home from it
@Mayank_Maximum7 ай бұрын
Can i add a zero2w innt and play psp,gba,ps1 games and also use it as a flipper zero but dangerous
@ReviewsforNerds7 ай бұрын
you cant play psp,gba,ps1 games on this device. the screen is not designed for that. using it as something similar to a flipper zero (I think) would require some external accessories like another antenna for broadcast. I am not sure.
@SpaceRanger1877 ай бұрын
Can you make a sidekick phone work today. That is the real question
@ReviewsforNerds7 ай бұрын
if only
@margsmiloo551111 ай бұрын
How have you managed to get one? It feels like it is never available to buy
@boliciousff11 ай бұрын
I can't recommend it either. I've got a defective device in August. Customer service seems not existent. I don't get any reply. Still waiting for the promised Beeper account, too.
@ReviewsforNerds11 ай бұрын
Are you part of the discord chat? you can contact there (I think) but I was able to email. The group working on making the Beepy is REALLY small. Dont give up, they will send a replacement from what I have seen
@ReviewsforNerds11 ай бұрын
I found an article somewhere when this was just being announced. I went straight to the site and bought it. Waited 3 months and then waited a bit longer to share with you so that I had something to talk about.
@boliciousff11 ай бұрын
I'm not on discord. I've contacted them via email and the contact form on their website weeks ago. Until now I don't have a reply. @@ReviewsforNerds
@meneerjansen002 ай бұрын
Where did you get the casing and what does it cost?
@ReviewsforNerds2 ай бұрын
Casing was 3d printed by @nza420. I now have a 3d printer and have printed another case. cost to print the case is almost nothing but time. Beepy with a Raspberry Pi is 80.00 I believe.
@meneerjansen002 ай бұрын
@@ReviewsforNerds Considering that this $80 machine runs Linux on a Pi Zero I can use it as a sequencer for my synths. Which is what I do now w/ my Pi Zero. Well, if it runs your average basic Linux distro (read: with ALSA and a command line interface), that is. The price is nice, but I have a sneakin' suspicion that shipping and VAT to Europe is gonna add considerably to the costs. But this is a really nice gadget. When/if they get back in stock I might buy me one. Thanks for the info! 🙂
@ReviewsforNerds2 ай бұрын
I would love to see your setup. feel free to email me.
@whatamalike10 ай бұрын
Is there a text based web browser for it?
@ReviewsforNerds10 ай бұрын
There is something to install for text based web browsing. I have one on line and will look up what it is when I get home
@ReviewsforNerds10 ай бұрын
Here is what I use. Browsh. www.2daygeek.com/browsh-a-modern-text-based-browser-which-supports-graphics-and-video/
@iblackfeathers4 ай бұрын
the appeal to me here is the raspberry pi as a portable pocket terminal console. sadly it ends there. it’s underpowered, and not as functional or powerful as something like a uconsole and in some regards not as functional as a pocketchip. the form factor with linux is the appeal, to have a pocket terminal where you can comfortably and conveniently ssh and issue commands anywhere and even have a graphical interface. but sadly it is not as robust compared to a rooted android phone… but , then again, smartphones are not x86/amd, or arm, or even risc. you can’t natively run a 64-but linux distro with a gui. we’re not there yet with that stuff.
@ReviewsforNerds4 ай бұрын
I have had fun tinkering with the Beepy, but haven't touched it in some time.
@alexadvanceautomechanics3 ай бұрын
Can u make it to run on rpi 4 with 8gb ram for kali linux
@ReviewsforNerds3 ай бұрын
Beepy itself cant process the standard gui l, but you can run a cli version of raspbian so I would assume you could do the same if there is a terminal based kali.
@rybred95510 ай бұрын
What is the price?
@McFly.10 ай бұрын
$79
@ReviewsforNerds8 ай бұрын
I paid 79.00 for mine without the pi.
@cyanodgefox439Ай бұрын
Is this project dead?
@ReviewsforNerdsАй бұрын
For me it kinda is dead. Mostly due to time constraints in my life which prevent me from sitting down and tinkering. The discord channel is full steam ahead though from the looks of it. All channels are lit up with recent updates.
@cyanodgefox439Ай бұрын
@@ReviewsforNerds ok thanks, can I buy yours? The official site doesn't seem to work anymore :( I think I would have fun with it. Please!
@TecSanento7 ай бұрын
Could it connect to cellular somehow?
@ReviewsforNerds7 ай бұрын
I think you could buy a cellular module and add it on. There was some talk about it in the discord.
@alexadvanceautomechanics3 ай бұрын
Can u run kali linux term on this i love it
@ReviewsforNerds3 ай бұрын
Do you know anything about Blackarch? I also found a reddit thread that says you can use netboot.xyz which will allow you to pick and choose what you install on a distro. if you exclude a windows manager you could run a cli version of Kali (I think).
@RVTGROUP9 ай бұрын
What's the price?
@ReviewsforNerds9 ай бұрын
79.00 without pi. pricing is on website. Currently a waitlist. beepy.sqfmi.com/
@spectralscythe411210 ай бұрын
Whats the price?
@ReviewsforNerds10 ай бұрын
They were 80 with included raspberry pi. I would check the website for stock. Link should be in description and in video
@spectralscythe411210 ай бұрын
@@ReviewsforNerds yeah i screwed up and didn't look hard enough. Sorry
@Blumelom3 ай бұрын
I ran doom on it. 🤓
@ReviewsforNerds3 ай бұрын
oh, I would love to see that! Do you have instructions?
@Blumelom3 ай бұрын
@@ReviewsforNerds nah I was kidding thats way above my level. I code python and I am very very very new.
@TLM86011 ай бұрын
Can you put a more powerful Pi chip in it?
@ReviewsforNerds11 ай бұрын
This is designed to fit the raspberry pi zero w. I asked about attaching the standard pi as I thought it had a similar pin out but it won't work. There are other projects out there similar to this that could work that way. I have some parts coming in soon that will allow me to play with other options
@TLM86011 ай бұрын
@@ReviewsforNerds What are those projects?
@MileshVyas11 ай бұрын
What’s the cost of beepy?
@DementiaAcerbus9 ай бұрын
I know Jeff Geerling put a Pi Zero 2 W in successfully (which is substantially more powerful)
@alexadvanceautomechanics3 ай бұрын
We need rpi 4
@okbye_toni9 ай бұрын
How does the beeper app run on it? Where did you buy the cover?
@ReviewsforNerds9 ай бұрын
you have to use a text platform called gomuks as Beeper app doesnt directly run on the device. This is a bit head scratching I know. I tried several different ways to compile and set up gomuks but had little to no success getting it to format properly.
@mgord95187 ай бұрын
@@ReviewsforNerdsMy guess is that beeper is a bridge that runs on a normal PC and you send messages over Matrix?
@bboyudon5 ай бұрын
I love these little devices. I just wish they did something -- anything -- useful. I do zero coding or anything like this, so my phone is just 100x better at everything. It sucks because I hate my phone, but there it is.
@ReviewsforNerds5 ай бұрын
Honestly I'm in the same boat. It's fun to try and learn but I don't get much of a chance to tinker with things like this. The last cool project I spent time on was the Magic Mirror I built which we still use.
@GordieGii7 ай бұрын
So it's a Linux palmtop computer.
@ReviewsforNerds7 ай бұрын
Yes. Cli Linux.
@hotwings938211 ай бұрын
At some point we need to be honest with ourselves
@ReviewsforNerds11 ай бұрын
That this is a devkit or I dont know what I am doing? lol
@Spykedjadedragon9 ай бұрын
I don’t know. I think it’s cool for developers or people in a sysadmin setting. I know I would have bought it if I didn’t already have the clockworkpi devterm and uconsole
@wangzhuantouАй бұрын
小胖手
@ReviewsforNerdsАй бұрын
Thanks?
@qfina8 ай бұрын
What an absolute waste of money honestly.
@ReviewsforNerds8 ай бұрын
While that is one take on the device, the dev community have been doing all sorts of cool things with this device. That being said, mine is sitting in a drawer somewhere collecting dust.
@UpNorthGrizz9 ай бұрын
This would of been cool back in 2006.
@ReviewsforNerds8 ай бұрын
Lol. It's cool now.
@qfina8 ай бұрын
@@ReviewsforNerds It's really not. It's a waste of electronics.