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Planet Gemini Review: A Tiny Computer With Big Ideas - YouTube
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executive decision is a 1996 thriller
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mostly famous for killing off Steven
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Seagal about 20 minutes in spoiler alert
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I guess now if you're a gadget nerd you
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might also remember it as the film where
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the bad guys tried to set up us the bomb
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with a Sion PDA well thanks to a company
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called planet computers that pocket
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computer has been reinvented for 2018
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and everyone that isn't raising a
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skeptical eyebrow is actually lining up
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to buy one let's find out why in the mr.
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mobile planet gemini review normally
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when I review a product the question I'm
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trying to answer is whether it's worth
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the asking price but the Gemini was
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crowdfunded and successfully almost
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6,000 people pulled over 2 million
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dollars to bring it to life so the
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people who want it have already put
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their wallets behind it and my question
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then becomes how well does it live up to
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its promises and what can be improved if
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there's a version 2 first let's pin down
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what the gemini is lots of people asked
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me if it's a smartphone during my review
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period and the technical answer is yes
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my unit is a 4G device running Android
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with the ability to make voice calls the
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quality of those calls is fine
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I had no complaints about reception on
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t-mobile and it's actually not as
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awkward to talk on as you might think a
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nice touch is that there's no such thing
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as right side up or upside down each end
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has both earpiece and microphone you
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don't need to open it to dial you can
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use the smart button on the side to use
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Google assistant to do it but as you've
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probably noticed there's no external
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display nor of volume control there's
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also no primary camera now you can buy a
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$50 camera module that plugs in next to
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the SIM tray and accessories like a
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SmartWatch and a headset do help make
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this a better phone but it wasn't
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designed to be that it's more accurate
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to think of this as a tiny laptop which
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is why there's also a Wi-Fi only version
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planet says Gemini is built for creators
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who rely on a full keyboard but also
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want something they can slip in their
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pocket
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the resulting clamshell clicks closed
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with a crisp magnetic clack and when it
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folds open it deploys a clever hinge for
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tabletop typing side firing speakers
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produce thin but loud sound while two
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USB C port PSICOM adage charging and
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data transfer the design is really
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excellent the execution of that design
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is a bit wanting though a device built
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around its keyboard needs the keyboard
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to be the best thing about it and while
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this production version is way better
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than the one I first tried at CES it
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still needs another round of revisions
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before I can recommend it three of the
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keys on my device regularly stick
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halfway between up and down it doesn't
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affect their input but it does affect
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how typing feels also some keys are
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slightly misaligned and the spacebar is
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finicky these issues have also been
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reported on production units in the wild
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my biggest complaint there's no
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backlight planet just couldn't fit one
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in while preserving the feel it was
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going for defenders maintained that the
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Gemini is built for touch typists who
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shouldn't need to look at the keys
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anyway fair point but this is not a
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standard layout there's a function
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button that controls key doubling or
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tripling and until you get used to which
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keys are where it's very challenging to
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use on a dark overnight flight which is
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where I first put it to the test once
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you get used to it the size does make it
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a perfect flying companion when you want
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to write without busting out a huge
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laptop it looks too small I know like
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you'd have to peck out letters finger by
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finger but that wasn't the case for me
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after two or three days also there are
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lots of keyboard shortcuts for
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brightness media controls clipboard
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hotkeys even alt tab for app switching
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press the planet button and you get a
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pop up dock that you can fill with your
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favorite apps
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now I know you're thinking that so let's
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ask the question doesn't a keyboard
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accessory do all this just as well I
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mean why not just slap a journo or
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something onto your phone instead well I
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figured the best folks to ask about that
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were the people who bought the Gemini
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and the responses carried similar themes
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lack of satisfaction with touchscreen
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only typing the inconvenience of having
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to carry and charge a separate keyboard
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and a distrust or dislike of platforms
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like iOS and Android
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the Gemini ships with an unlocked
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bootloader and it's been shown running
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Linux Debian Ubuntu even sailfish
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instead of being locked down and
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optimized for consumption it's wide open
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and built for creation planet has also
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released the source code for the
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bootloader and kernel so theoretically
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the Gemini could eventually run many
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more operating systems including booting
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from the microSD slot or a USB drive
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support for those other platforms is
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nascent at this stage though so Android
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is the default that ships with the
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gemini let's wrap it up with some test
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notes the LCD is bright enough for all
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conditions I tested and it's big enough
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to usefully run two apps side by side
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unfortunately if there is an oleophobic
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coating it's not a very good one keep a
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chamois around to get the grease off the
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LEDs on the cover have a wide array of
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colors and animations right now it just
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blinks red when you have a notification
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but the planet says customization is
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coming soon it's version 7.1.1 and
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prospects for an Oreo update are
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uncertain thanks to the media tech
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chipset which while brawny enough to
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make for speedy software isn't as power
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efficient as some other processors are
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the battery always got me through a day
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of heavy use but I was kind of hoping
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for two days and there are the usual
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first gen hardware problems in addition
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to the keyboard inconsistency this
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silicon strip on my device was loosening
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after only two weeks the webcam is nice
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to have for video calls but it's got
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pretty poor quality and on the 4G models
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the SIM slot is micro instead of nano
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which means you'll probably have to get
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an adapter for its part planet says it's
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working even on the current production
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run to tighten quality control and fix
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the key
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she's given how much the Gemini improved
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just from January to February I expect
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the company will be able to fix some of
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these teething problems be sure to
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when it comes along down the road if
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your question is whether this should be
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your next smartphone the answer is
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almost certainly no and if you're happy
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with your tablet or small laptop then
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this isn't for you either
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in fact the Gemini isn't for most folks
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but that's kind of the beauty of it
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right I mean in 2018 when mobile devices
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all look and feel very similar enough
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people got together and said hey we want
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this very specific product for this very
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narrow use case and it got built that's
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the kind of success story that
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characterized the tech world in the
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mid-to-late 90s and the Gemini does its
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progenitors from the same era proud
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planets next trick to stretch the
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analogy who will have to be avoiding a
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repeat of the bubble burst by delivering
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something tighter and more consistent
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you're a Gemini owner or not let me know
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what you think of it in the comments and
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impressions at the link in the
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description until next time thanks for
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watching and stay mobile my friends
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