A Psion Palmtop Successor Has Arrived and It Runs Android and Linux

'A lot of people probably remember the 1990s palmtop computers made by Psion fondly. The clamshell-design palmtops were pocketable, black and white, but had a working stylus and a fantastic tactile foldout QWERTY keyboard that you could type pretty substantial documents on or even write code with. A different company -- Planet Computers -- has now produced a spiritual successor to the old Psion palmtops called the Gemini PDA that is much like an old Psion but with the latest Android smartphone hardware in it and a virtually identical tactile keyboard. It can also dual boot to Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, Sailfish) alongside Android. The technical specs are a MediaTek deca-core processor, 4GB RAM, 64GB storage (plus microSD slot), 4G, 802.11c Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, eSIM support, and 4,220mAh battery. The screen measures in at 5.99-inches with a 2,160 x 1,080 (403ppi) resolution. The only thing missing seems to be the stylus -- but perhaps that would have complicated manufacturing of this niche-device in its first production r' -- source: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/19/02/20/2241216 Yes, it's back! :-) Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann Dept. of Computer Science University of Waikato, NZ +64 (7) 858-5174 http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ http://www.data-mining.co.nz/

On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 17:15:59 +1300, Peter Reutemann quoted:
' It can also dual boot to Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, Sailfish) alongside Android.'
It’s like Android doesn’t count as a “real” Linux. ;) I guess this just reinforces the use of the term “Linux” as referring to a complete PC-style platform/development stack. (With the phrase “Linux kernel” being used when we just want to refer to Torvalds’ first brainchild on its own.) (And yes, no doubt Richard Stallman will continue his King-Cnut-style efforts to combat this usage...)
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