I loved symbian and the whole "java on phone" never seemed right to me. I would prefer having a linux phone - I dont ask for much - working camera, working calls, mms and sms, gps, bluetooth). I dont care for anything else.
All my hopes are now leaning into Cosmo Communicator( https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/cosmo-communicator - please take care, I have jumped into this with "I will loose my money" mentality - I still dont trust, they will realize the linux part, but hope dies last), it reminds me of beloved Nokia Communicator and if they realize my conditions (camera, calls, mms, sms - gps already works same as bluetooth ) I will give my foot a very long swing and remove my Android phone (even if heavly modified) from my life.
As an owner of a Gemini, the hardware is innovative and good enough, but the OS is really an afterthought. You can browse their current wiki and see how organised it is.
No disrespect to the team, it just seems like taking sufficient care of this is a bigger job than they have the resources for.
But I'm glad I backed the kickstarter, and would do the same for something similar in order to diversify a very un-diverse market.
> the whole "java on phone" never seemed right to me
I'm not sure which Java on phone you are referring to, the Android Java or the older J2ME. The older J2ME apps ran well in limited resources, but was also incredibly complicated to develop due to device fragmentation.
I have one of planet's previous devices, the gemini. It's not very good. The software is some unpatched old android. And the available linux doesn't support very much.
I'll have to try the pinephone next, but I have much higher hopes for it.
I already have it, but it is usefull for me only as linux device (well until they release v22 firmware to mod it). But my main motive for buying it was linux/sailfish.
All my hopes are now leaning into Cosmo Communicator( https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/cosmo-communicator - please take care, I have jumped into this with "I will loose my money" mentality - I still dont trust, they will realize the linux part, but hope dies last), it reminds me of beloved Nokia Communicator and if they realize my conditions (camera, calls, mms, sms - gps already works same as bluetooth ) I will give my foot a very long swing and remove my Android phone (even if heavly modified) from my life.