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Maybe interesting but not in my budget! Might as well go towards the Volla phone which will have the advantage of being officially supported by Ubports and being able to support two interesting complementary and interchangeable OSes at a price that is almost still affordable. Anyway I don't see UT porting to a 1000 € device however powerful it is, even if it were possible ! Only my point of view.
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@Keneda said in What do you think about Astro Slide project?:
@poVoq said in What do you think about Astro Slide project?:
Thus as a developer's plaything it is too expensive, and I think the PinePhone with the upcoming keyboard shell is probably the more realistic option.
For a dev maybe, but for a daily user, having a keybord integrated in device all in the pocket is far more convinient than a keybord in addition to it.
In this stage of the project it is exactly the fact that this device is rather expensive that will be a barrier for having a port anytime soon, if at all.
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Planet Computers will start receiving parts soon.
Android 11 Mediatek (sic) source code received.
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@keneda I just learned about this and it has some advantages from the fxtec pro1 X. First, it seems to be a bit cheaper, then the features like 5G, Wifi6, wireless charging and onscreen fingerprint sensor. The keyboard seems to be better as well. However, I still personally like the fxtec because it's smaller and uses snapdragon. That mediatek processor might be a hurdle for a UT or other OS ports.
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@kugiigi
It's crowdfounded price so it will increase.
Yes features are the last ones. Keyboard will be laptop equal.
Yes Mediatek could be a problem.But planet computers work with them (like canonical in its time lol) from long now.
And they have what they need to make their devices quite what they want (custom androïd, dual boot, linux desktop)In other way, they do small prod of good custom hardware.
And uTouch already got ported on cosmo from them https://forums.ubports.com/topic/3453/cosmo-communicator/3And dual boot with linux desktop is something to notice on a lapfone.
And who knows, maybe if lot of ut and like or linux desktop users ask for it, they could do a libre hardware one.
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@keneda WHat other OS do they support currently? And how's the UT port for the Cosmos? It's just a bit vague to me that they repeatedly mention multi boot with Linux OS without at giving one example that already works.
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Some update from the foundation, we have made contact now with Planet and might be able to help porting UT, so it should become a supported device
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@flohack That's great to know. I'm hoping it'll be successful. I'm just worried because I can't think of recent port to Mediatek devices. First 5G UT phone I guess
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@kugiigi said in What do you think about Astro Slide project?:
@flohack That's great to know. I'm hoping it'll be successful. I'm just worried because I can't think of recent port to Mediatek devices.
Really ? Never heard about VollaPhone ?
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@libremax I heard about it but I forgot it's Mediatek too
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@flohack
That's a very good new ^^Will they send you some devices to help?
@kugiigi said in What do you think about Astro Slide project?:
I guess what I have in mind are community ports.
The only one i know is the cosmo one.
For the OS running on PC devices you can go here : https://www.qwant.com/?q=cosmos communicator&t=videos&client=qwant-firefox
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"keyboard will be laptop equal"
I can vouch for the Planet keyboard having run a Cosmo as my daily driver for the last 12months, that Martin Riddiford chap clearly knows what he's doing. I can only speak from my own experience, mine needed to bed in initially, but now it's quicker than me. Some people have reported some issues, maybe related to early production issues or expectations, it isn't a real 'real' mechanical keyboard after all. Have a look at oesf.org for info and other experience. Personally I am more than happy with mine.
On a desk typing 'properly', in the passenger seat with it on my lap, or thumb typing stood up or reclining on the sofa, it is just so nice. Out of the pocket, instant on, no farting around with a separate bluetooth keyboard, it makes you productive, you look forward to using it. Pecking away at a virtual character behind a flat untactile piece of glass like some demented seagull looking through the window of the local fish and chip shop just feels so wrong now. How did this ever become the norm? I also genuinely even prefer it to my 'real' laptop, which is only a little 11" one, but the keyboard seems so vast and so much effort compared to my Cossie. I came to Planet for the possibility of Linux, but definitely stayed there for the keyboard. UBPorts on Planet Cosmo is the best.
I am watching the Astro Glide or Slide keenly, as I watched the Cosmo and the Gemini before it, it's nice to have a choice. I won't be buying one just now, simply because I am happy with my Cosmo, but if I could justify it I would be in at the drop of a hat. Unfortunately, if I ordered yet another gadget in the current climate or whatever, my loved one would smother me in my sleep.
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Planet computer is also doing Q&A videos for backers regularily.
This evening is Q&A day, starting in 3 hours :
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If a partnership could have been established so that this device could become a promoted device (and only with this condition of promoted), I would have thought about buying this device which indeed has many assets to please and to last. Fairly high price but price of quality.
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@domubpkm That could happen, finger crossed, see this https://forums.ubports.com/topic/3453/cosmo-communicator/15?_=1614206809303
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@keneda Yes but Maybe or not. But above all on which Android base? Downgraded on a base of Android 9 ?? That would seem rather strange... And if was even of an Androïd 10 base, it isn't for now to have something running and reliable..
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@domubpkm said in What do you think about Astro Slide project?:
And if was even of an Androïd 10 base, it isn't for now to have something running and reliable.
Can't disagree ^^
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So . . . because my Nexus 5 has serious issues (broken Mic, weak battery, no 3G anymore), and my Pinephone's cellular modem isn't working anymore, I find myself looking for a new device (one that functions well enough in the US); And, I am close to taking a chance with the Astro Slide (because I like the form factor with a physical keyboard [and I am hoping that eventually there will be at least one Linux Phone OS capable of functioning as a daily driver]).
Although, I might just pick up a Goggle Pixel 3a, install UT, and use that as my daily driver for the next couple of years.
Either way I enjoyed reading this older post . . . and couldn't resist commenting.
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@laughwithoratme
You could not come more on time as astro first production prototype is just finished ^^
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/astro-slide-5g-transformer/x/8585444#/updates/allAnd there is some hope for uTouch on it ^^
https://forums.ubports.com/topic/3453/cosmo-communicator/15?_=1622604605714
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@keneda im a backer...really looking forward to mine
