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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 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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