Lets create the PineCom

[KiteX3]

I genuinely don't understand the purpose of this device as conceived, beyond what could simply be achieved with a LoRa accessory for a pinephone, but perhaps that is due either to my own shortsightedness or the device simply isn't designed for me.

I think it is rather *close* to a use-case I would be very interested in, however. In particular, if this device were stripped down to a much simpler version, with fewer components to power and were (perhaps optionally) equipped with an e-ink display, to absolutely maximize battery life, I could see a tremendous range of applications for it; it could be an alternative to an e-ink Kindle, or it could serve as a digital calendar to hang on the wall, fed data to display by a phone or home server. Perhaps it could serve as an interface to a home automation system! Or, equipped with an SD card, it could serve as a minimalistic home server itself. If it's green enough, you might even be able to power it with solar panel accessories alone. Even if it only ran a virtual consoles (i.e. no X, Wayland, etc), I could find a wide range of uses for that.

Perhaps that would transform it into an entirely different device than what you're intending, but as for what has been suggested, it seems to currently be beyond my own interests.