Future Upgrade Options? a 'small' request

[Lyrixcaz]

I don't own this device, so this is really just a few thoughts:

> The trackpad at first it was brutal.. and it still sort of is but its gotten better with software/firmware updates

I believe there has been some awesome work done within the Linux community to improve touchpads in generally, apparently this is entirely a software problem.

> The speakers suck, big time. Ive never heard speakers this bad ...

I believe there are some commands to improve this situation.

> And lastly the power delivery, though it works, it would have been even better if i can get this thing to charge quick/quicker being that the battery is 10,000mah

I believe there is no support for higher power delivery currently, which is why most of the devices charge so slowly. Hopefully they will be able to take what they learned from the soldering iron project (Pinecil) for USC-C power delivery.

And about your upgrades:

> A metal chasis: a more rugged/sturdy chasis to really make this thing take quite a beating, I'm ok if it gains a few pounds!

Don't underestimate also that this will dramatically increase the cost and difficulty of production. To build the entire chassis out of aluminum it needs to be machined from a single block, which costs in both time and materials.

Adding something to make the machine flex less on the other hand is a lot easier and is something they can, even without really adding much weight or size at all. You just need support in key areas to make this possible.

> A glass trackpad/a better trackpad: I think we can all agree on this

Or go further, I have been playing with the idea of using a 3 inch SPI touch screen as a trackpad. I think the ability to display things where you touch could be really quite interesting from a hacking perspective.

> Bigger battery

Consider shipping issues, etc. What may be more possible is an extendible battery where you attach it to the device.
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Thank you, this is  all great as long as those get the job done. I emphasized on the metal chasis because i actually take this device to work on ny backpack which has a million things on it and carrying an extra bag would be trouble some, but hey if there are other cheaper solutions to accomplish ruggedness than great. Now as far as the speakers go.. Thats really hard for me to believe it can be fixed with software.. Unless the speakers weren't at all tailored for balancing.. 

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Some comments:

• Someone increased the battery storage. Basically they took a similar battery, (our Pinebook Pros use 2 cells side by side), and added 3rd to their PBP. Here is a link;
  

Pinebook Pro Battery Mod Tips and Images

• While MANY people want backlit keyboards, it increase the cost and take up battery life.
  
• Increasing the rigidity of the bottom half can be improved with full width metal beams. Perhaps several.
  

Thats cool but, im not too confident on my skills when it comes to messing arround with batteries though, don't wanna blow the thing up, but ill poke arround and see how this was accomplished just fir the sake of my curiosity. Just on that note alone so you think down the line it would be possible for bigger batteries to come arround?