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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: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 12 2019, @12:38PM (1 child)
On everything. Android is pretty stable now but had a lot of issues at first that arent all resolved, and when I tried the community-developed version of Sailfish 2.x, it was excellent (but I haven't tried 3 yet, which is supposed to have full support from Jolla). Linux though, is stuck on an old android kernel (3.x), barely worked at all, gets virtually no first class support (all community), and wasn't even available for many months, while it was promised and advertised as a main selling point. Tools for flashing and information weren't available either. The situation is somewhat better now, but that's mainly due to community effort. If you want to install something other than Debian, you're gonna have a tough time of it. The chips they use are older mediatek SoCs, which aren't mainlined or likely to get any attention from the manufacturer. If you are interested in a Linux, Sailfish is probably the best option, but I don't think it is even available as the primary or only OS.
(Score: 2) by acid andy on Saturday January 12 2019, @04:18PM
Damn that really sucks. It looked superficially like the ideal pocket device. I really liked the idea of running pure Linux on such a thing so I'm not liking the fact that's based on Android too. :(
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