The problem is that it doesn't look like the keyboard detaches, or folds back on itself. So, using the device like a normal smartphone (in portrait mode) looks impossible. The only way you can comfortably hold it like a phone is when it is closed!
It's clearly designed to be more of a PDA than a phone. On Mon, 2017-03-06 at 18:43 +0100, Giovano Iannotti wrote: > Hi All, > I sent an email to the Gemini guys, asking them about a possibile > Ubuntu version. This is their answer.Maybe if more Ubuntu phone / > touch / personal users show their support, planetcom may accept the > idea. > > Best regards, > Giovano > Robin Parker <ro...@planetcom.co.uk> 18:34 (4 minuti fa) > > Rispondi > a Giovano > Giovano, > > Thanks for your email. > > At present we aim for Gemini to have a dual boot option of Android > and Linux. In terms of the Linux distro, we are yet to make a final > decision but wish for the Linux environment to be as open as > possible. We hare having discussions with Ubuntu as well as Sailfish > amongst others. > > Regards > > 2017-03-01 9:06 GMT+01:00 Matthias Apitz <g...@unixarea.de>: > > On Tuesday, 28 February 2017 22:58:09 CET, Francisco Pina Martins < > > f.pinamart...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I just saw this: > > > > > > https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/gemini-pda-android-linux-keybo > > > ard-mobile-device-phone#/ > > > > > > I think it would be a **very** cool device to showcase Ubuntu > > > Touch/personal on. > > > > > > Because it is already both a phone and a laptop. But in it's > > > current form, it can only be one at a time (dual boot android and > > > some form of GNU/Linux). Load Ubuntu Touch/Personal on it and > > > boom. You get both at the same time, with plenty of connectivity > > > (USB-C x2) to **really** make use of convergence apps. > > > > > > But maybe I'm just daydreaming... > > > > > > Thoughts? > > > > > > > > > Francisco > > > > > > > > > > > > > From the look it seems to be a really cool device. But, they suffer > > perhaps the same problem: no open source drivers for the atenna > > chips (GPS, GPRS, sensors, ...). That's why the use dual boot. > > > > matthias > > > > > > > > -- > > Sent from my Ubuntu phone > > http://www.unixarea.de/ > > > > > > -- > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > > Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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