![]() ![]() If you’re excited for the JingPad but don’t want to risk paying money for something that evaporates you could wait until it actually ships, which is anticipated later this year. ![]() Want to join in? You’ll find it on IndieGoGo at the link below. Jingling, the company behind the JingPad and JingOS software, benefitted from a $10 million cash injection earlier this year, and now has over 80 people working for it to develop the JingPad hardware and JingOS software. I don’t know how those numbers stack up to reach the current $93,000 total, but clearly the JingPad is finding itself an audience - and not just with consumer. The numbers reported on the IndieGoGo page show that (at the time of writing) just 34 tablet ‘perks’ have been claimed, and one very enthusiastic person claimed the $99 JingOS t-shirt perk - it must be a very nice t-shirt for that price □. $699* – JingPad + Pen + Keyboard (300 available).And within hours of the campaign launching they met the goal. Think carefully before deciding to back ANY project.Ĭhinese company JingLing seek a mere $20,000 to bring its premium-sounding slate to market, and to kit it out with a fully-functional Linux distro with tablet UI and a handful of native JingOS apps. You are NOT guaranteed to receive anything in return for your money. Instead, the version of the OS shipping on the tablet is a hybrid, built atop an Android kernel (in much the same way Ubuntu Touch did) based on Linux Kernel 4.14 LTS.Ĭrowdfunding campaigns are risky. It also has a uniquely engineered hinge that allows up to 135° viewing angles of the tablet when connected.Ī few interesting things to note about the JingPad.įirst, from what I can gather the tablet does not run a mainline Linux kernel (though the x86_64 downloadable betas of JingOS do). The keyboard connects via pogo pins rather than Bluetooth. The Jing keyboard offers a “full-size layout” and built-in multitouch trackpad. ![]() There’s also a detachable keyboard is available for those who want added versatility. Jingling says the pen will work in Linux apps and Android apps (yes, this thing can run Android apps too, but more on that in a second). The base model comes with a 4069 pressure sensitive stylus. The 11-inch tablet boasts a crisp 2K AMOLED display with thin bezels, has a comparatively beefy 8-core ARM processor, 8GB of RAM, and a roomy 256GB internal storage.īest of all the JingPad runs an Ubuntu-based Linux distro (called JingOS) with an open-source UI tailored specifically for tablet use using Qt and elements of KDE Plasma.Īnd then there are the tablet accessories. On paper the JingPad A1 specs read like a dream. So what’s got people excited? JingPad is the ‘First Consumer-Level Linux Tablet’ After months of teasing one, Chinese company Jingling has launched its crowdfunding campaign for the JingPad A1 Linux tablet on IndieGoGo.Īnd within mere hours of the effort going live the JingPad reached its (peculiarly modest) goal of $20,000.Īt the time of writing this post 157 backers have pledged a combined total of almost $93,000 - and with 60 days left to go this figure is sure to rise! ![]()
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