My Gemini just came in last week, and I’ve had some time with it. I have to say, I’m very impressed and after a bit of fiddling I do like it a lot. I’m currently running a rooted android with the updated magisk patched boot img which I had to patch myself and replace the root_boot.img in the gemini rooted image provided by the partition tool. You can get the boot.img from the firmware provided by Planet Computers. It does run a chrooted nethunter image and has a bunch of tools downloaded from playstore, fdroid, and the nethunter store. Reason I stuck with Android is cuz the Linux images require a mouse which kind of defeats the purpose of this device for me. The internal wifi chipset cannot be set to monitor mode, but that is expected for a chip like the one used in the gemini. I do plan on getting a type c to female usb 2.0 for my external wifi adapters.
The keyboard will take a bit to get used to, but after typing on it for a few days, I’m already getting used to it. It isn’t perfect, and I wish that when I type the keys gave more of a depth. The space bar also needs a bit of improvement, but none of these quirks are dealbreakers. My model is wifi only so it really is more of a personal pocket computer.
Overall I am in love with this device and I have my eyes set on the clockworkpi dev term for my next hardware toy.
Sounds nice, do you have any pics to share?
Not very good pics, but it is pretty nice. You can get more info here: https://store.planetcom.co.uk/collections/devices
I did get an email reply that mentioned they’re redoing the PDA and the Astro Slide looks like what would solve some of the minor annoyances I have experienced, but unfortunately it is more expensive and 5G. If Planet would offer Astro Slide in WiFi only I would consider it because it looks sexy.
Thanks for posting about this… it’s a reminder that I should take mine back out to play with =] Or the Cosmo Communicator that I also have.
Thanks for the pics and the link.