The Astro Slide is a smartphone that you can also use like a tiny laptop thanks to a QWERTY keyboard that slides out from behind the display. Designed for touch-typing and inspired by the Psion line of handheld devices, the keyboard is quite different from the thumb keyboards found on BlackBerry-style devices or even modern […]
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18 Comments on Crowdfunded Astro Slide phone with slide-out keyboard, Linux support should ship in 2022
Crowdfunded Astro Slide phone with slide-out keyboard, Linux support should ship in 2022
18 Comments on Crowdfunded Astro Slide phone with slide-out keyboard, Linux support should ship in 2022The Astro Slide is a smartphone with a 6.39 inch AMOLED touchscreen display, a MediaTek Dimensity 800 processor, 8GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, a 4,000 mAh battery and support for wireless charging. But those aren’t the features that make this phone unusual. It also has a physical keyboard that slides out from behind the […]
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Crowdfunded Astro Slide 5G smartphone ships in June, has a physical keyboard, and promises Linux support
1 Comment on Crowdfunded Astro Slide 5G smartphone ships in June, has a physical keyboard, and promises Linux supportThe Astro Slide is a 5G smartphone with a 6.5 inch display and a physical keyboard that slides out from behind the screen, allowing you to use the phone like a tiny laptop computer. It will ship with Android, but the plan is to also make GNU/Linux distributions including Debian and Ubuntu Touch available for […]
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Planet Computers Astro Slide 5G smartphone coming in June (following a spec change and pandemic-related delay)
21 Comments on Planet Computers Astro Slide 5G smartphone coming in June (following a spec change and pandemic-related delay)Planet Computers has been making smartphones with physical keyboards, unlocked bootloaders and support for Android or Linux software for a few years. I went hands-on with the Gemini PDA at CES 2018 and the Cosmo Communicator at CES 2019. Now the company is getting ready to ship its third phone. Planet Computer introduced the Astro […]
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Planet Computers Astro Slide is a 5G smartphone with a slide-out keyboard (crowdfunding)
7 Comments on Planet Computers Astro Slide is a 5G smartphone with a slide-out keyboard (crowdfunding)All the major smartphone makers gave up on physical keyboards years ago. But a handful of smaller companies are keeping the dream alive — and the new Astro Slide smartphone from Planet Computers is the third phone from the company that not only has a QWERTY keyboard, but also a laptop-like design. That said, while […]