[PLUG] Wanted: handheld data collection device with Linux OS

Nat Taylor bioborg at gmail.com
Tue Nov 13 01:33:15 UTC 2018


It's Debian!
https://liliputing.com/2018/01/hands-gemini-pda-handheld-pc-android-linux-6-inch-display.html

On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 5:29 PM Nat Taylor <bioborg at gmail.com> wrote:

> Here's a dual boot linux/android pda in production.
> You might be able to get it without android, or delete android yourself...
>
> https://store.planetcom.co.uk/collections/gemini-pda/products/gemini-pda-wifi-only?variant=6314880499739
>
> On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 6:15 AM Richard Owlett <rowlett at cloud85.net>
> wrote:
>
>> On 11/11/2018 10:43 PM, Nat Taylor wrote:
>> > How about the Nokia N900 or the Neo900? https://neo900.org/
>>
>> Quotes from URL:> This is a crowdfunded project and the device is
>> currently in development.
>> &
>> > You can now place down payments to partially fund Neo900 devices and
>> NeoN boards in our shop!
>>
>> If it makes it to production before I find something else, it may be
>> suitable.
>>
>> > I guess they have cellular modems. > The Nokia N770 N800 and N810 all
>> have no cellular modem.
>>
>> Evidently no longer in production
>> [
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nokia_products#Past_products_and_services
>> ]
>>
>> >
>> > You could put a raspberry pi (zero or no) in your own custom case with
>> > touchscreen...
>> >
>> https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/4biamr/a_list_of_handheldpocket_linux_computers/
>>
>> Lists only discontinued or DIY items.
>>
>> > https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/pages/pyra/
>>
>> Not yet in production.
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 11:58 AM Richard Owlett <rowlett at cloud85.net>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> I had seen some about it before or as starting production.
>> >> I does not meet my "current production" requirement as
>> >> "By March 2018, Next Thing Co. had entered insolvency. Many customers
>> >> still had not received their pre-orders."
>> >> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Thing_Co.#Milestones]
>> >>
>> >> On 11/11/2018 10:36 AM, Larry Brigman wrote:
>> >>> Did you happen to find the pocketChip in your search?
>> >>> https://makerprojectlab.com/pocket-chip-review/
>> >>> https://shop.pocketchip.co/
>> >>>
>> >>> There is probably plans on thingy for a 3d printed case.
>> >>>
>> >>> On Sun, Nov 11, 2018, 7:13 AM Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
>> >> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> On Sun, 11 Nov 2018, Richard Owlett wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> I kick myself for not having purchased a Palm Pilot back in the day.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>      eBay probably has them for sale. I bought backup Treo 700ps and
>> a
>> >> Palm
>> >>>> Pilot on eBay because they are so useful (the Palm Pilot is for the
>> time
>> >>>> all
>> >>>> the Treos die.)
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Rich
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