[Planet Gemini PDA Guides, News, & Discussion] panman1964:
SO lets start out with something I originally wrote on FB back on the 3rd June

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Ok so it's time to jot down some feedback on my first weekend with the Gemini but first lets run through what I've got here altogether.

First up there's my works laptop.

Then there's my own laptop which is permanently connected to the living room TV via HDMI.

I have an iPad that gets used as a general web browsing device around the house.

My phone is a dual SIM Motorola G4+ used for both by personal & work SIMs (supplied by work)

So where have I found the Gemini fitting in?

Well mostly I've been using it as a replacement for the iPad, particularly liking using split screens in the horizontal layout.

I've also installed all the MS apps so I can connect to my works mails etc (we're on Office 365) and that all seems to be working nicely as well.

What I haven't really been using it for is phone calls and TBH I'm not sure I will. I have my personal SIM in here (which is my least used one) primarily so I can use it online whilst away from WiFi. Not particularly interested in pairing with a smart watch as I can't stand wearing a watch full stop (yes I know I'm odd).

Overall I'm very impressed with the speed and responsiveness of the Gemini and haven't even particularly noticed any of the reported problems with the space bar (that could be because I'm very much a 2 finger typist lol). Yes there are one or two characters you have to think about which key combo to press but the keyboard is very well marked and I find it very intuitive to use.

Battery life seems reasonable given the amount of time the screen is on and a full charge has been seeing me right through the day up until bedtime. Be interesting to see how it is on the odd day I have to go into the office (I predominantly work from home)

Tried the adaptive brightness but it annoyed me as it was very visibly hunting and simply adjust manually to suit(now I've learnt to be patient with the FN combo).

Running an RDP session to a remote computer is so much easier with the aid of a BT mouse and I like that I can if I choose output to the telly.

Would I recommend the Gemini? You bet your sweet bippy I would, just not as a phone replacement :cool:

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So has anything really chnaged since then?

No not really and I would still recommend the Little Gem even though there have been a few SNAFUs/Gotchas.

The biggest of these was probably the first OTA update causing a bootloop but that was easily rectified by reflashing using the files/info supplied at Planet Computers.

Annoyingly although the external Silver Button worked pretty consistently originally since the latest OTA upgrade I've had nothing but problems with it using the default Google Assistant. I've since switched it to link to Saiy and that seems far more reliable.

I've been suffering a few random reboots but I'm 99% certain thats down to InTune (Im using this for work as a BYOD and there are policies enforced on the MS apps) throwing a hissy fit on trying to enforce enryption which you can't do on the Gemini.

One slightly annoying thing is I noticed the cover was not fitting quite as snugly as I liked after inserting the sim &(200gb) SD card, that's been easily resolved with a couple of tiny dobs of white tack (blue is also available)

The only other minor irritation is that it doesn't appear any of the carriers in the UK are set up to provide service via eSim yet other than to Apple Smartwatch (& possibly Samsung Gear)