Peter Gamma (Physiologist & Director) Meditation Research Institute Switzerland (MRIS)

Negative experiences with the Pinephone revisited: three former Pinephone enthousiasts share their experiences

Last Updated on July 6, 2024 by pg@petergamma.org

Pinephone developer Martin Braam had a first look at the PinePhone Keyboard:

And as one of the main developers he left PINE64 after several years:

https://blog.brixit.nl/why-i-left-pine64

Chris Titus Tech wanted use the PinePhone instead of Android or Apple, but then retreated from the Pinephone as well:

Peter Gamma from www.petergamma.org wanted to use the Pinephone as his main computing platform to do physiological research about meditation:

But he found out that it is not the best device for this purpose.

  • The main reason is that software installation is difficult.
  • Hardly anyone seem to use it for such purposes.
  • researchers often use the Raspberry Pi.
  • Then he evualuated it as a contemporary QTEK 9000 replacement.

It is not suitable for this purpose since the Pinephone keyboard was pulled from the market and there is no alternative available.

  • So he retreated from the Pinephone as well and has put it on his BLACKLIST:

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