"Smartphones are boring, Beepy is fun".......(Me thinking in my head) "I like fun"
@squirlmy3 ай бұрын
(in my head)"don't like the sound of booster converter chips self-destructing. Not fun"
@mbunds11 күн бұрын
It's nice to see these outfits finding a use for those old Blackberry keyboards.
@jose.inestroza5 ай бұрын
Congratulations. What a great video, very well explained, organized. The script is very interesting, well written. The video editing is professional; very striking.
@zajlord29306 ай бұрын
holy shit, never seen such an effective intro (the music choice was superb) like i rarely get pulled into the video like this (i was going to just turn it on and off to have it in history for later but after the intro i had to watch it)
@nosuchthing810 күн бұрын
Love the way you channel Deter from Sprockets!!!
@zushiba5 ай бұрын
I was once sitting in a waiting room at a hospital high on pain killers with a killer kidney stone when I got an email about a critical failure of one of my Linux systems. I only had my iPhone on me so I had to set up a VPN connection & figure out how to SSH into the system to find out what was wrong. Turns out the system had run out of space due to a log not being truncated. I cleared the log and restarted the services. Still, this would have been so much nicer to use.
@67fabs6 ай бұрын
I know I would have to resist to buy a device like this one because I already know I would stop using it after a few weeks but I love the nostalgia vibe it brings to me when I was discovering Linux (2.0 at that time I think). Maybe it's due to the colorless terminal or the simplicity of the device :)
@sn0ren6 ай бұрын
I know! I get that feeling when I set up a new raspberry pi. This device definitely scratches that itch.
@squirlmy6 ай бұрын
Debian 2.0 came out in '98. Are you referring to just the kernel? No specific distro? I bought the Debian CD form a vendor's desk(imagine that!) because it could boot up, before (and for many distros after) you had to boot from 3.5 floppy, and copy files to hard drive. I love the OPTION of a monochrome terminal, but as a daily driver? ugh
@halfsourlizard93193 ай бұрын
@@squirlmyLinux literally *is* (only) the kernel.
@jnharton2 ай бұрын
@@halfsourlizard9319 While that's technically true, virtually everyone uses Linux to refer to any mainline distribution shipping with the Linux kernel, GNU utilties/tools, etc. There is very little real value in pointing out this technicality, except in a purely educational respeect.
@pixpnd6 ай бұрын
Informative video, thanks! And sick music in the intro, I like your choice
@MyTube4Utoo5 ай бұрын
A very cool device. Exactly the kind of thing I seem to collect. I'd definitely go for the color screen version, and it seems as though it may be worthwhile to have a slightly thicker case that allows for a higher capacity battery. I have a Lilygo 'T-Deck' and with a reasonably sized case, and having to move the internal speaker, I was able to squeeze an 8,000 mAh battery into it. Which lasts for a *very* long time. Thanks for the video.
@HenryKlausEsq.2 ай бұрын
You adjusting the light angle to show off the keyboard topology... You're an underrated creator.
@FullDupl3x6 ай бұрын
Subscribed. Great video, great music. Well written script!
@ThomSonnyYeah6 ай бұрын
I have the colour version you mentioned at the end of the video. I highly recommend it.
@VeniceInventors5 ай бұрын
Where can I find the color version?
@rollotomasi18325 ай бұрын
Link please?
@brittman9144 ай бұрын
@@rollotomasi1832 Do you have a link for this?
@tuddrussell4 ай бұрын
color beepy discord link invalid for me
@Anatoli-y6 ай бұрын
Nice LG TV on background.. love it Remembering me of childhood, when i used it with ps1
@PaulSpades6 ай бұрын
My 6 year old Garmin fenix has a colour memory-in-pixel display, and they didn't have any trouble implementing a backlight.
@SianaGearz6 ай бұрын
Well the problem is that a small operation like this can't order a custom display module from Sharp, and the back of these is silvered, it doesn't have a removable lightbox. Besides not all memory LCD types can even fundamentally be converted to backlight. Frontlight is perhaps an option.
@PaulSpades6 ай бұрын
@@SianaGearz That entirely depends if Sharp wants to develop new products. They might do a few low yield production runs with small orders to offset development. You don't know unless you talk to them.
@SianaGearz6 ай бұрын
@@PaulSpades It's Sharp, they don't talk to you. The bureaucratic layer is too thick.
@zajlord29306 ай бұрын
if ppl are interested in this they might find termux interesting too. its the same thing but its an app for your phone. great for emergencies if u need to ssh to your server or something
@huntermirror6 ай бұрын
The problem is not getting a terminal in a mobile device, the problem is that mobile device doesn't have a physical keyboard
@fangleone75666 ай бұрын
@@huntermirrorand also that a mobile device is usually not as repairable, upgradable, or extendable. This is just more fun.
@eldino6 ай бұрын
The two killer features of this device are the hardware keyboard and a desktop OS. You missed both.
@0xKruzr6 ай бұрын
@@eldino specifically wrt "desktop OS" -- i.e., "a normal GNU userland instead of that bizarre nonsense Google uses for Android"
@goiterlanternbase6 ай бұрын
4:30 A backlit keyboard, but not a single light source for the display🤣👍
@nuclearnyanboi6 ай бұрын
you coul make your own screen light. it's an open source project after all
@goiterlanternbase6 ай бұрын
@@nuclearnyanboi Thats fine, but you not seem to get the humor of the developer🤣 Btw. Just change the screen.
@nuclearnyanboi5 ай бұрын
@@goiterlanternbase yea lol
@robonator29453 ай бұрын
@@goiterlanternbase "just change the screen" and get a fraction of the battery life. It lasts for as long as it does *_because_* the screen is nonbacklit. Transflective displays take virtually zero power because they only need to reflect light rather than producing it. As in, the Nice!View takes 10 *_micro_* amps and is 160 x 68 at 1.08". Using some quite possibly wrong napkin math, that'd mean a single AA battery could power it for years, even *_decades_* . (2500mah->2500000microamphours->/10->hours->/24->days->/30->months->28.9351... years.) This is the equivalent of looking at a book and saying "ha! can't believe they cheaped out on the backlight here and went with some shitty display technology made of wood". The display is fine, you're just a vampire.
@goiterlanternbase3 ай бұрын
@@robonator2945 I know man. I was born right into that area, when these screens where suddenly everywhere😁 And than came the color ones and the more detailed ones and every time, the batteries either got larger or lasted less time. But i get it. This feeling of depth is somewhat annoying and we all knew immediately that there must be something better🤗 Sadly eInk is still about 3 times more power hungry, so we are stuck with the UX of reading newspaper, held about an inch underwater🤗
@mr_mr5 ай бұрын
The color one looks pretty cool. Hope it starts to ship
@iblackfeathers6 ай бұрын
i was on the mailing list for over a year and a few months & still no developments. someday hopefully there will be an acceptable linux pocket terminal.
@NoahJohnson74522 ай бұрын
what are you looking for in one? Im making one and want to know what people think it should have
@BradleyBrown5 ай бұрын
Aw, man! I got all excited. It's exactly what I've been looking for, for use with packet radio.
@meneerjansen006 ай бұрын
Thanks or the warning about the "self destruct" chip.
@korzeTV6 ай бұрын
bro this is a fucking video. good damn job! I love your style here!
@gluttonousmaximus90485 ай бұрын
Can't decide which display would have been better for this, but let's just say that this non-backlit screen makes way more sense for a handheld that doesn't really rely on intense graphics and that can be remotely accessed, makes more sense compared to a gaming handheld. So there.
@jnharton2 ай бұрын
As long as you don't mind black&white (and maybe gray?), so 2-3 shades of grayscale, it's certainly possible to play games on one of these. Of course, it would probably need to be developed for the Beepy specifically unless it's a very old game.
@debayanabae876 ай бұрын
Can anyone tell me the cost of it ?
@jaredf620519 күн бұрын
No
@BeneeUK17 күн бұрын
Like $79
@MrDowntemp05 ай бұрын
Sounds cool! I'd be happy with even a front light
@yusefaslam96755 ай бұрын
great video, you've earned a new sub!
@joseph_donovan5 ай бұрын
Bugger Beepy! Just look at that beautiful Palm Tungsten C on your bench! "A thing of beauty is a joy forever." I would love for you to do a video of the Tungsten C, please! Thank you.
@sn0ren5 ай бұрын
I’ve been wanting to do a video on it. It’s so cool.
@joseph_donovan5 ай бұрын
@@sn0ren Oh that would be a singular treat and pleasure for everyone!
@jnharton2 ай бұрын
Eh. Palm made some really cool stuff back in the day. But realistically Palm's PDAs were far less multipurpose than this machine is capable of being. Not to mention that developing software for them is quite challenging by modern standards and some things are just not practical (or even possible on them).
@dr_pilot5 ай бұрын
You are one of the few lucky youtubers to get it. No one of us regular people can find or buy one. Always not in stock. I waited for months and nothing. This is probably an "only for few privileged youtubers" gadget.
@sn0ren5 ай бұрын
I bought it used from someone else because I was tired of waiting too 😅
@dr_pilot5 ай бұрын
@@sn0ren I can't find anyone selling it, no results on ebay and on google. you're lucky for finding one bro. Have fun with it.
@sn0ren5 ай бұрын
Check out the Beepy discord, sometimes people are selling in there. That’s where I found one for sale.
@ladams3915 ай бұрын
It would be really cool to see a version of this (or a competing product) that uses the keyboard, form factor, and square aspect ratio of the Blackberry passport. As many software problems as that phone had, the keyboard and text-centric form factor made it one of my favorite mobile device experiences to date, and taking those elements from it and using them in a Linux pocket computer like this one would be an instant purchase for me (provided it didn't share the few crippling issues this device has).
@robonator29453 ай бұрын
honestly with modern 3d printing the barrier to make something like that is dramatically lowering. You could use basic micro-switches and resin-printed keycaps (though you'd probably need to find some way to economically paint them in or something) to make a completely custom keyboard formfactor. You *_might_* even be able to use multi-material FDM printing for it, though I'm not certain on that.
@halfsourlizard93193 ай бұрын
Holy shit! This looks amazing. How did I not know this exists? TTY + Ed in my pocket‽ Yassss 🤯
@AlghostUnit3 ай бұрын
The issues seems not impossible to fix DIY, I like it. If I can replace my mobile for it I'll do it...
@igorperuchi21146 ай бұрын
Looks like a reincarnation of the PocketCHIP!
@sn0ren6 ай бұрын
Yeah! I had a PocketCHIP. Unfortunately it had a terrible screen, even worse keyboard and was really slow. Love these concepts though.
@erlgr4 ай бұрын
Ooh, I didn't know about the V2 at all👀 I was just browsing around the net about the beepy because I was so close to getting one last year, but I ended up not pulling the trigger. If the V2 comes out this year though... I'm running to get mine
@fizzzydev6 ай бұрын
Or you just use a phone with termux Edit: I see a lot of comments defending beepy and talking down termux and I'm tired of the notifications so I made this. I in no way dislike beepy or termux. Both definetly have a place. I just mean that termux is a great way to get a "linux" terminal with a better resolution on the go if you don't have the resources to get a beepy and you could alwys use a 3rd party keyboard.
@93vxhybridhatchback6 ай бұрын
Depending on use case, that'd work. For some, the beepy is a great device.
@sn0ren6 ай бұрын
I don’t like touch screens :(
@Thadopeera6 ай бұрын
@@sn0renI hate touching my screens 😫😫😫
@Determinator216 ай бұрын
But you like barely accurate and small keypads?@@sn0ren
@sn0ren6 ай бұрын
This physical keyboard is much more accurate than any touchscreen keyboard.
@0xKruzr6 ай бұрын
I think what I really want is kind of a hybrid between this and a Clockwork uConsole.
@LegitHATZ6 ай бұрын
with all those pins on the edge of the pcb near the screen i bet you could hook up some low power leds to light up the display and 3d print a new top case with a bezel to hide them wish i could get my hands on one the blackberry keyboard is top tier
@sn0ren6 ай бұрын
Good idea. They are GPIO pins so you could also control it from software.
@morgantrevino48815 ай бұрын
The blackberry has returned from beyond the grave.
@deepkhamaru4 ай бұрын
If it has calling support I'm ditching my phone immediately! This is cool and fun!
@kmemz2 ай бұрын
I like the base concept, but I would like to have the option of a capacitive keyboard over a tactile keyboard at that size, I have trouble maintaining speed on a tactile keyboard of that scale, compared to a full size keyboard or my phone's software keyboard, It's always felt tiring and clunky on my fingers no matter the device. They can probably put a printed vinyl on a trackpad with firmware to act like a keyboard as a solution for people like me, that might make it a device seller for me.
@dhrutube5 ай бұрын
This is the kind of stuff people used to carry to hack in the early 2010 movies
@sqfmi6 ай бұрын
Awesome video and love the mods!
@DrVektor2 ай бұрын
i loved to shine and holographic shell.
@ukaszwieczorek2116 ай бұрын
Oh no, my home budget... Next toy I want, and it will be decorating my drawers :-)
@jnharton2 ай бұрын
Yep. So many projects like this end up as fancy drawer decorations.
@845sSuperman2 ай бұрын
So I’m new and trying to learn. This looks like a blackberry but it’s a computer right ? What could this be used for ? It also got me thinking. Has anyone found a way to make a sidekick work powered by modern tech ?
@desktorp6 ай бұрын
What I really want is a barebones cell phone with blackberry style keyboard for texting.
@sn0ren6 ай бұрын
That would be cool too. It’s too bad that no one are really making new phones with physical keyboards anymore.
@desktorp6 ай бұрын
@@sn0ren My first phone was a Palm Pixi.. I used it for many years until Verizon refused to reactivate it. RIP qwertyphones
@sn0ren6 ай бұрын
I had a Nokia e61 for a while. It was great!
@easibroeasibrode63813 ай бұрын
Es posible instalar ese SO en una Blackberry?. Help
@vulonkaaz6 ай бұрын
I bought one, after like less than a day the power chip got cooked can't turn on anymore I complained, after *a few months* they sent a new one, the power chip cooked itself again and even faster than the last one
@sn0ren6 ай бұрын
Man that sucks. I saw someone do a mod with a few wires that makes it possible to power from usb, bypassing the battery.
@cameroncameron68003 ай бұрын
Can it be used as a Bluetooth keyboard?
@trektn5 ай бұрын
If you guys can find a blackberry key2 thats basically what this is but classy whereas this is like hobbyist if that's more your thing, also has more power too and a cellular modem, they're getting harder and harder to find
@JulsGeekPI5 ай бұрын
lora meshtastic?
@totalkiller46 ай бұрын
Was so hyped to buy one but so heartbroken when you said it was pulled :( can't wait till it's back
@Iamzogia6 ай бұрын
omg i see that palm tungsten c!
@chillbaby2x2 ай бұрын
It worries me that the website to order them, the BB keyboard is blurred out. Does this mean they wont be shipping the next models with those keyboards?
@sn0ren2 ай бұрын
I think it’s because they get these keyboards as old stock blackberry keyboards from various sources. Some of them from English speaking parts of the world but some of them not, and have weird characters on them. I think they blurred the keyboard because the one they used in the product photoshoot had some weird characters on it and they didn’t want it to be representative of the product you’re getting.
@francorreaccnaАй бұрын
nice! I wish to buy one!
@AndresDeMoya5 ай бұрын
You sonofabish... I'm in! What a fun piece of tech.
@computerpastiche6 ай бұрын
in instaled linux on mac computer
@TheLinuxCowboy19 күн бұрын
When your keyboard has backlight but not your screen
@samsmith57455 ай бұрын
couldn't someone flash the bms or something as a workaround?
@CaribouDataScience6 ай бұрын
How much?
@i_vijay5 ай бұрын
Isn't it possible to use BlackBerry Display as well?
@HITekhMedia3 ай бұрын
New here can someone explain to me what I can do with this device in a way i would understand
@trayvibez3996 ай бұрын
Dwarf fortress in the pocket. Nice.
@tjihef49715 ай бұрын
Song????????
@tiwaaaz2 ай бұрын
Things like that - ZISO
@DirtyPlumbus6 ай бұрын
This has been on my "want but not buying" list for a while.
@abdallahnatsheh4646 ай бұрын
you can use beeper project with it to run all your social media messages that comes with beeper project with it
@ZackSilver772 ай бұрын
Can i torrent on this thing?
@TalkingSasquach6 ай бұрын
So happy to be first. Love everything you do!
@markgholson92222 ай бұрын
My Sharp Zaurus is 100% linux, made in 2000. I'm running the Hentages custom ROM on it.
@maba8746 күн бұрын
Good to know. I have some where one. Can you send a link for more info. Thanks. I stay at the PocketCHIP. At the moment I have Bookworm with kernel 6.12.4 running. But fighting with the LCD at the moment....... No Beepy for me.
@MrBratkenSolov5 ай бұрын
Where do you, guys, get those blackberry keyboards? Just curious about the moment no keebs would be available some day :)
@SonicJ25 ай бұрын
I need to know what that first song is, it’s so catchy!
@tiwaaaz2 ай бұрын
Things like that - ZISO
@NicksStuff6 ай бұрын
Pine64 has a phone that's meant to be hacked and run any Linux distro you want
@squirlmy6 ай бұрын
what's the price difference, though?
@NicksStuff6 ай бұрын
@@squirlmy I don't know how much a Beepy is 🤷♂️
@Armand79th6 ай бұрын
Let us know when Pine64 actually *SUPPORTS* their own products. DON'T BUY FROM THEM.
@gabriellevesque21856 ай бұрын
@@Armand79th Explain?
@o0julek0o6 ай бұрын
@@NicksStuff$80
@kamranahmadzade78114 ай бұрын
music name at start, please?
@tiwaaaz2 ай бұрын
Things like that - ZISO
@livvy945 ай бұрын
This reminds me of the PocketChip, which I swill own after all these years. Sadly the RAM has gone bad, so it's also bricked... Hopefully Beepy V2 will be better
@TaylorTheOtter5 ай бұрын
I really want one but I know I won't use it since I don't really do much programming anymore... Still a very cool device!
@matt92hun6 ай бұрын
This is what computers will be like in 1990.
@jecajSudbine6 ай бұрын
I remember there was gameboy emulator that was using terminal buffer for graphics. So maybe you can run your gameboy games on Beepy?
@tutacat5 ай бұрын
Did they add GSM hardware?
@byte.raccoon6 ай бұрын
very cool thing, but absolutely useless, because all required stuff I can do from my phone
@EvanPoliquin2 ай бұрын
How did you even get this? I signed up for the waitlist back when this was still called the beepberry and I haven't even gotten an email that it's available yet.
@sn0ren2 ай бұрын
Yeah I got tired of waiting and bought it used from someone else.
@synthgal10905 ай бұрын
if only it would ever come back in stock so I can fucking order one.
@iusearchbtw695 ай бұрын
Suddenly i missed my old blackberry phone :'(
@karmatraining5 ай бұрын
> Creates a Linux handheld micro-PC > Display only clearly visible outdoors in direct sunlight
@OMNI_INFINITY6 ай бұрын
Was sn0ren on freenode? Seems a familiar nick.
@sn0ren6 ай бұрын
I was on freenode as “srn”
@OMNI_INFINITY6 ай бұрын
@@sn0ren Ah, OK👍🏻
@gavinandrews90265 ай бұрын
I like small computers too.
@br3nd4n6 ай бұрын
I’m feeling strong @Posy vibes
@No_True_Scotsman6 ай бұрын
This is like saying any American is giving Tom Cruise vibes because they have the same accent
@sn0ren6 ай бұрын
Who?
@ViktorPripyat2 ай бұрын
@@sn0ren This youtube guy who talks about liquid crystal displays, segmented displays, and mouse cursors. the stuff that matters that most ignore.
@AudisioOficiaI6 ай бұрын
bro we use the same wallpaper!!!
@moba2k3 ай бұрын
They’re not widely available yet it seems.
@Robtor.5 ай бұрын
I have been on the waiting list for more than two years, but still no response...
@DerekitoCorpcito5 ай бұрын
How I can text you I want to be part of your team
@girlyvoice32106 ай бұрын
I'd love an eink display on the back
@ttt-sq6ou4 ай бұрын
Color beepy discord link is down
@sn0ren4 ай бұрын
I've updated the link in the description
@illiteratebeef6 ай бұрын
I have a SQFMI watchy and have found the company frustrating to deal with as a maker. Questionable documentation, the first version being more a beta with broken features, then afterwards opaque hardware versioning that effects how you program for it, etc. It's cool to see the playdate screen in something else, but I would never trust that hardware manufacturer to come up with something wholly functional.
@sn0ren6 ай бұрын
It's too bad because the concept is awesome
@eekee60346 ай бұрын
They sound a lot like many Linux software projects in the 00s: hobbyists just doing their thing, not realising how much extra responsibility and workload comes with making their work public. I guess the use of a Pi could be taken as a yellow flag (if not a red flag); Pis have never been the most open or best value hardware and it's worth shopping for other options.
@squirlmy6 ай бұрын
@@eekee6034 best value? What are you comparing to? Libre boards have been more "open", but more expensive, Orange Pi zero and Geniatech zero might be alternatives, but where else, for less, are you going to source wholesale numbers of boards? The only options for an entire computer are cheap China products, and you won't find better quality there. For a niche project like this you're talking nonsense. And China chip-makers are going bankrupt in the thousands, so expect even less alternatives in the future.
@eekee60346 ай бұрын
@@squirlmy Well, to be honest, it's old info. Sometimes I forget how old my memories are. The Pi 4 was the first good Pi, there were plenty better alternatives before it, especially when the first Pi launched. I didn't know how many chip-makers are going bankrupt, so maybe it's a good thing the Pi range is so popular. As for wholesale though, it was buying retail which was harder before the Pi. Some parts seemed to be only available singly in expensive dev kits, though that was starting to change.
@davidkim83435 ай бұрын
어디에다가 사용해야 할지...
@silvioccruz6 ай бұрын
I want to buy one of these and bring it to Brazil
@powerdude_dk6 ай бұрын
Såååehh.. Er der andre danskere herinde :P
@H3li0s856 ай бұрын
Cool video thx🎉
@gsestream6 ай бұрын
blackberry much, pretty handy
@SpadeQc1233 ай бұрын
I wish we could buy these easily
@BeneeUK17 күн бұрын
Do you read Hackaday sn0ren?
@fabianlehman6 ай бұрын
Yah, we vant zee pancakes, Lebowski!
@jpl91486 ай бұрын
I dont think I will be able to see that small font