The PineTab is a low-cost

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developed by

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–based

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Pine64 Pine Store Limited, Trade_name, doing business as Pine64 (styled as PINE64), is a Hong Kong-based organization that designs, manufactures, and sells single-board computers, notebook computers, as well as smartwatch/smartphones. Its name was insp ...

. The PineTab was announced in May 2020, with shipping beginning in September 2020. It is based on the platform of the existing

Pine A64 Pine Store Limited, Trade_name, doing business as Pine64 (styled as PINE64), is a Hong Kong-based organization that designs, manufactures, and sells single-board computers, notebook computers, as well as smartwatch/smartphones. Its name was insp ...

single board computer, with the platform being used in related devices, such as the

Pinebook The Pinebook is a low-cost notebook developed by Hong Kong–based computer manufacturer Pine64. The Pinebook was announced in November 2016 and production started in April 2017. It is based on the platform of Pine64's existing Pine A64 single b ...

and

PinePhone The PinePhone is a smartphone developed by Hong Kong–based computer manufacturer Pine64, designed to provide users with full control over the device. This is achieved through the utilization of mainline Linux-based mobile operating systems, ass ...

History and editions

In May 2020,

announced the PineTab tablet at a starting price of $99, alongside an optional detachable backlit keyboard. Pre-orders began shortly after the announcement. Devices were first shipped to developers and early adopters, though shipping was delayed until September 2020 for consumers. It then later experienced shipping delays and shortages for components due to the

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, which made Pine64 decide to allocate more resources for the then-released PinePhone, creating varying availability. In December 2022, Pine64 announced a successor to the original device, dubbed the "PineTab 2". PineTab2 is expected to not face the same

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issues as the first generation tab.

Hardware

The PineTab uses an Allwinner A64

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, which has four Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 1.152 GHz, alongside a

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-400 MP2 GPU, together with 2 GB

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3 of RAM and a 6000mAh battery. It has 64 GB of

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, alongside a

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slot for optional expansion with a

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. Storage capacity can also be expanded with a

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, which is

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. It supports

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802.11b/g/n and

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4.0, has one

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2.0 port, a

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2.0 port with OTG,

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for external display output and a 3.5mm

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. The device also contains stereo speakers, a 5 MP rear camera and a 2 MP front facing camera. The display is a 10" IPS

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with a resolution of 1280 × 800. It weighs 575 grams (1.3 pounds).

Software

The PineTab aims to be an

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for the development of free and

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software for

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include

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, Mobian (

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ARM) and

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References

External links

PineTab official page

PineTab - PINE64 Wiki
{{Linux devices Tablet computers introduced in 2020 Linux-based devices Ubuntu Touch devices

History and editions

Hardware

Software

See also

References

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