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Clamshell PDA Running Android/Linux or GNU/Linux

posted by martyb on Friday January 11 2019, @02:31PM   Printer-friendly
from the take-my-money dept.

canopic jug writes:

Planet Computers demoed the Cosmo Communicator, a clamshell PDA [Personal Digital Assistant] which can run Android/Linux or GNU/Linux, at CES. It is expected to be on the market by June 2019. The device has a miniature keyboard, essential for a PDA, and many additional features including the ability to operate as a dual-SIM phone. It also features dual displays: a 2-inch AMOLED which is visible when the device is closed and a larger (5.99-inch, 2160×1080) LCD touchscreen LCD panel visible when the device is opened to access the keyboard.

Size:
171.4 x 79.3 x 16mm, 320g
Software:
Android 9 Pie; Linux OS dual boot (user choice)
SoC:
MediaTek P70 Octa-core SoC @ 2 GHz
RAM and storage:
6 GB of RAM with 128GB of storage; microSD card slot
Battery:
4,220mAh
External Display:
2-inch (570×240) AMOLED
Display:
5.99-inch (2160×1080) LCD
Connectivity:
Wifi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.2, NFC
Ports:
2 USB Type-C ports, 3.5mm headphone jack
External camera:
24 MP
Internal camera:
5 MP
Miscellaneous:
Dual nano-SIM, eSIM support, fingerprint gestures

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Alfred on Friday January 11 2019, @03:43PM (3 children)

    by Alfred (4006) on Friday January 11 2019, @03:43PM (#785068) Journal
    Keyboard not needed. This is like some other products that didn't do as well. But they didn't do as well because of the interface it was just one level past that. Palm had operating philosophies that required you to do tasks in fewer steps and to have a common approach to doing them. Consistent look and feel was a thing too. For some time Palm was focused on user experience and they did well because of it. That and dot com boom money.
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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by JoeMerchant on Friday January 11 2019, @04:51PM (2 children)

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Friday January 11 2019, @04:51PM (#785109)

    I think Palm hit a niche: pre-smartphone... when everyone's phone did everything the Palm Pilot did, why carry a Palm Pilot too? Oh, and they made a horribly non-competitive smartphone, if they had gotten the phone right I think they'd still be a major player. Founders leaving to focus on the slot-expandable Handspring Visor didn't help much, either. They're still kicking around these days in the AI field with Numenta - completely different thing from PDAs.

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    • (Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Saturday January 12 2019, @12:11AM (1 child)

      by hemocyanin (186) on Saturday January 12 2019, @12:11AM (#785307) Journal

      I still have a Handspring Visor in box of junk somewhere -- not that it was junk, I really liked it and used it a lot back in the day, but I never did buy any of the things you could plug into it.

      • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Saturday January 12 2019, @06:38PM

        by JoeMerchant (3937) on Saturday January 12 2019, @06:38PM (#785622)

        My company made a wearable bio-monitor as an expander slot for the Visor, dot-com timeframe (obviously), biggest PITA was expanding the battery capacity of the Visor, their circuitry actively made that more difficult than necessary...

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