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The Gemini PDA is a
Tech Specs
/ref> Some early devices were made with the X25 SoC as specified in the Indiegogo campaign, with the factory switching to X27 as stocks of the older X25 were depleted. They also have the eSIM feature disabled. Two variants are sold, one with Wi-Fi only, one with Wi-Fi and mobile phone radios.
The original Indiegogo campaign allowed backers to pay extra for various accessories and features:
* Leather pouch
* HDMI adaptor
* Rear camera 5Mp
* USB-C hub
The Gemini PDA is a personal digital assistant
A personal digital assistant (PDA), also known as a handheld PC, is a variety mobile device which functions as a personal information manager. PDAs have been mostly displaced by the widespread adoption of highly capable smartphones, in part ...
designed by Planet Computers in association with Martin Riddiford, who formerly worked on the Psion Series 5
The Psion Series 5 was a personal digital assistant (PDA) from Psion (company), Psion. It came in two main variants, the ''Series 5'' (launched in 1997) and the ''Series 5mx'' (1999), the latter having a faster processor, clearer liquid crystal ...
in the 1990s, and crowdfunded via Indiegogo in 2017. The Gemini bucks the trend of modern smartphone
A smartphone is a portable computer device that combines mobile telephone and computing functions into one unit. They are distinguished from feature phones by their stronger hardware capabilities and extensive mobile operating systems, whic ...
s in its screen being primarily used in landscape aspect, and having a keyboard, i.e. taking on the form of a subnotebook
Subnotebook, also called ultraportable, superportable, or mini notebook, was a marketing term for laptop computers that are smaller and lighter than a typical notebook-sized laptop.
Types and sizes
As typical laptop sizes have decreased over ...
.
Planet supports running two operating system
An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware, software resources, and provides common daemon (computing), services for computer programs.
Time-sharing operating systems scheduler (computing), schedule tasks for ef ...
s on the device, and it dual-boot
Multi-booting is the act of installing multiple operating systems on a single computer, and being able to choose which one to boot. The term dual-booting refers to the common configuration of specifically two operating systems. Multi-booting m ...
s between Android
Android may refer to:
Science and technology
* Android (robot), a humanoid robot or synthetic organism designed to imitate a human
* Android (operating system), Google's mobile operating system
** Bugdroid, a Google mascot sometimes referred to ...
and Linux
Linux ( or ) is a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged as a Linux distribution, which i ...
. Other possibilities include Sailfish OS
Sailfish OS is a Linux-based operating system based on free software, and open source projects such as Mer as well as including a closed source UI. The project is being developed by the Finnish company Jolla.
The OS first shipped with the ...
.
Before January 2018, preproduction devices were made available to reviewers, and mass production was in full swing in December 2017 with devices starting to ship in late January 2018 to Indiegogo backers.
Hardware
* CPU/GPUsystem on a chip
A system on a chip or system-on-chip (SoC ; pl. ''SoCs'' ) is an integrated circuit that integrates most or all components of a computer or other electronic system. These components almost always include a central processing unit (CPU), memor ...
is a MediaTek Deca Core Helio, either the X25 or X27 chipset.
** 2x Cortex A72 @ 2.6 GHz
** 4x Cortex A53 @ 2.0 GHz
** 4x Cortex A53 @ 1.6 GHz
** ARM Mali T880 MP4 @ 875 MHz
* RAM: 4 GB
* Flash: 64 GB
* microSDHC card slot
* Two USB-C connectors, only one of which can be used to charge it. Video out is possible with a proprietary HDMI
High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is a proprietary audio/video interface for transmitting uncompressed video data and compressed or uncompressed digital audio data from an HDMI-compliant source device, such as a display controll ...
adaptor, and not the standardised USB-C alternate mode.
* Display: 5.99" LCD, 2160×1080 (403 ppi, 2:1 aspect ratio)
* Mass: 320g
* Dimensions (mm): 171.4(W) × 79.3(D) × 15.1(H)
* Bluetooth: 4.1
* Wi-Fi: 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
* Radio bands (4G variant):
** GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
** CDMA 850/1900 MHz BC0 BC1+ EVDO
** UMTS 900/2100 MHz
** LTE 1/2/3/4/5/7/12/17/20/41 (with VoLTE)
* MicroSIM slot and eSIM (4G variant)
* Battery: 4220 mAh
* Front camera 5 Mp
* GPS: with AGPS
* Sensors: Accelerometer, light sensor, gyro, magnetic sensor
* Audio:
** stereo speakers
** 3.5mm headphone jack
** dual microphones/ref> Some early devices were made with the X25 SoC as specified in the Indiegogo campaign, with the factory switching to X27 as stocks of the older X25 were depleted. They also have the eSIM feature disabled. Two variants are sold, one with Wi-Fi only, one with Wi-Fi and mobile phone radios.
Optional accessories
The original Indiegogo campaign allowed backers to pay extra for various accessories and features:
* Leather pouch
* HDMI adaptor
* Rear camera 5Mp
* USB-C hub
References
External links
* * Personal digital assistants Mobile phones with an integrated hardware keyboard Computer-related introductions in 2018 {{PDA-stub