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Model Specific Forums => Gemini PDA => Gemini PDA - General Discussion => Topic started by: Varti on May 01, 2018, 06:28:00 am
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An user on the FB page has asked if the Gemini has a sidekick like loop to hang the device around his neck (!). Another user suggested to do this
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Image courtesy of SombreroMickey, I still can't stop laughing
Varti
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Image courtesy of SombreroMickey, I still can't stop laughing
Varti
me too, ahahahah :-D
Salvo
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There is confusion between language translations over the term, 'lanyard hole'. Apparently there is an assumption that this must be for hanging an object around the neck and could serve no other worldly purpose.
That is not quite the case - the term, 'lanyard,' is far more generic than that.
lan·yard
ˈlanyərd/Submit
noun
a rope threaded through a pair of deadeyes, used to adjust the tension in the rigging of a sailing vessel.
a cord passed around the neck, shoulder, or wrist for holding a knife, whistle, or similar object.
https://www.google.com/search?q=define+lanyard (https://www.google.com/search?q=define+lanyard)
So, a 'lanyard hole' is merely a notch suitable for running a connecting strap or line through.
The Pandora has a 'lanyard hole' that many of us have connected a wrist strap to. My wrist lanyard has saved my Pandora on multiple occasions and makes one handed use possible. When I first suggested adding this to the Pandora during it's development, there were similar jokes about, "Why would you want to wear this around your neck?"
The Pyra will also have a lanyard hole in the plastics. Nobody that I'm aware of has any plans to hang it around their neck.
See the last image in this post for how this works:
https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/threads/te...13#post-1419559 (https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/threads/test-the-keymat.80259/page-13#post-1419559)
Where the Gemini lacks this attachment point, I may get out a drill and add one. A 1mm hole drilled ~3mm in from the left edge of the hinge kickstand flap should be a solid enough attachment point for something like this:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010Z9P4OC (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010Z9P4OC)
And suddenly the reviewers chants of, "can't use it one handed!" become irrelevant.
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There is confusion between language translations over the term, 'lanyard hole'. Apparently there is an assumption that this must be for hanging an object around the neck and could serve no other worldly purpose.
That is not quite the case - the term, 'lanyard,' is far more generic than that.
lan·yard
ˈlanyərd/Submit
noun
a rope threaded through a pair of deadeyes, used to adjust the tension in the rigging of a sailing vessel.
a cord passed around the neck, shoulder, or wrist for holding a knife, whistle, or similar object.
https://www.google.com/search?q=define+lanyard (https://www.google.com/search?q=define+lanyard)
So, a 'lanyard hole' is merely a notch suitable for running a connecting strap or line through.
The Pandora has a 'lanyard hole' that many of us have connected a wrist strap to. My wrist lanyard has saved my Pandora on multiple occasions and makes one handed use possible. When I first suggested adding this to the Pandora during it's development, there were similar jokes about, "Why would you want to wear this around your neck?"
The Pyra will also have a lanyard hole in the plastics. Nobody that I'm aware of has any plans to hang it around their neck.
See the last image in this post for how this works:
https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/threads/te...13#post-1419559 (https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/threads/test-the-keymat.80259/page-13#post-1419559)
Where the Gemini lacks this attachment point, I may get out a drill and add one. A 1mm hole drilled ~3mm in from the left edge of the hinge kickstand flap should be a solid enough attachment point for something like this:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010Z9P4OC (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010Z9P4OC)
And suddenly the reviewers chants of, "can't use it one handed!" become irrelevant.
That will be a bad spot to place it. As the hinge on mine keeps popping off.
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That will be a bad spot to place it. As the hinge on mine keeps popping off.
Really? I may have to get more creative then.