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I would imagine at $30 it would have to compete with other devices already built

Which devices?

Unlike an RPi, this thing has a screen, a keyboard, a sleek case, a battery compartment. What are other devices that have these all, and cost, say, under $40?

$15 is BOM cost, so ~$30 after assembly and ~$60 including margin for manufacturers and resellers. I don't know of anything that has both screen and keyboard at that price, but the $45 M5Stack has a screen and the $70 Raspberry Pi 400 has a keyboard.

Something like this one https://m.aliexpress.ru/item/1005003667540327.html?spm=a2g2w... I guess.

Looks terrific for the price. Lacks an integrated keyboard though!

These little game things are $40. I have one. They use an old style removable cell phone battery and have a screen that isn't great (320x240 though similar to the one described in the article). It runs linux but Lamentably I don't think its easy to install your own version.

https://powkiddy.com/products/powkiddy-v90-3-inch-ips-screen...

Have one too, got it at £27 with delivery, very nice hardware (especially with the custom miyoocfw firmware installed). If a device like this, with perhaps slightly larger screen & wifi, was integrated with keyboard (like the rpi 400) one would have killer device for nerd-working/gaming on the go.

Is it possible to load Pico 8 on that thing?

I haven’t though I just started doing some pico8 development. It would seem almost ideal for those kind of games.

It seems like you can. Pico8 does have a raspberry pi (ARM cpu version) Through retro-arch? I’m not sure how it all goes together.

https://retrogamecorps.com/2021/02/01/review-powkiddy-v90/am...

This is an unofficial player.

https://github.com/jtothebell/fake-08

If you haven't already, please do yourself a favor and check out the Miyoo custom frimware for the v90 - https://github.com/TriForceX/MiyooCFW

It makes a fun little device that much better. Plus it's a good starting point if you want to try doing your own Linux stuff on it.

An old android phone with a bluetooth or USB keyboard?

The display on this thing is the biggest limitation. 320x240? Is he fucking joking?

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