Linux tablet JingPad A1 starts crowdfunding, can it be comparable to iPad?

Recently, the company behind "JingOS" (a Linux system designed specifically for tablets) has launched crowdfunding for their hardware product (starting at $549). According to reports, this hardware product is a tablet computer called "JingPad A1", claiming to be the world's first ARM-based consumer Linux tablet computer.

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JingPad A1 main parameters:

• Screen: 11-inch AMOLED 2K screen (4:3, 266 PPI)
• Weight: 490g
• Storage: Built-in 8GB LPDDR4 RAM and 256GB storage capacity
• Battery: 8000mA battery capacity
• CPU: Unisoc Tiger T7510 chip, based on 12nm TSMC process, eight cores @ 2.0 GHz

In addition, JingPad A1 also provides optional accessories: a pressure-sensitive stylus and a detachable full-size keyboard. As long as the keyboard is equipped, JingPad can be used as a laptop, which is similar to the iPad's Magic Keyboard.

In terms of system, JingPad A1 is equipped with a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu, called "JingOS", which supports both Linux and Android applications and is now open source. The development team said that JingOS is currently compatible with most mainstream Linux applications, and Android applications are only supported in JingPad.

JingPad's official website claims that JingOS connects Linux and Android applications through unique patented technology, making it a "fusion" operating system. They also mentioned in an interview that this custom engineering solution is not based on Anbox (the most well-known Android-apps-on-Linux implementation), and not every Android application can run.

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From this perspective, the main audience of JingPad A1 is obviously programmers, in order to meet their needs of writing code and running Android applications in a Linux environment. However, Microsoft's recent announcement of Windows 11 also indicates native support for Android applications, coupled with WSL, so the highlights of JingPad A1 seem a bit dimmed.

Are you interested in trying such a geeky Linux tablet?

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