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Astro Slide - General Discussion / Re: Has anyone here seen any signs of life from Planet lately?
« Last post by Daniel W on September 27, 2025, 02:59:55 pm »I'm disappointed and feel that I've been put in a difficult position by Planet, with no way to support the community. I've had personal attacks, and it's not a good position to be in. I have to tread carefully due to NDAs, and balance technical development with reasonable caution, which has led to some accusations that I have 'held back development', when it's more a matter of caution and making sure we tread carefully.I feel your pain. I suppose many, probably Planet included, were put in difficult positions, one way or another, when their factory, inventory and more got taken. Still, their so typical silence reasonably cannot be helping anyone.
Heh, I'd be interested in the Gemini. How's it doing - intact and working, display-wise? And where did you get the Planet t-shirt from? I never got one from Planet. Should've. I'm in the UK, though, not sure how dear shipping is from Sweden...My Gemini is fine for its age, if in need of some cleaning. Though I put it away half-charged, it was completely flat when I took it out of storage yesterday. After some hesitation it charged and seems to run fine. While it likely wouldn't run for very long on battery, nothing is damaged or missing. I tried attaching some hastily snapped pictures, but got an error message saying the attachments directory isn't writeable, so I'll have to try and describe things instead.
My Gemini has the camera attachment (I still also have the original cover panel without a camera cutout), a Swe/Fin keyboard and my power bricks are for the EU. Besides the device itself, I have the original box, the cover removal tool, the Planet-branded leather sleeve, the full printed manual (in, I'd say, near-mint condition), some paperworks (including the sticker sheet) and one of those Planet-branded USB/Ethernet hubs. I also have an unused car mount kit, my Cosmo, its box, the box for my Astro and the original keyboard rubber mat for my Gemini (which didn't quite work, so I was sent a replacement).
Beyond the above, I have one of those HDMI adaptor cables, which was golden when I tried to fix my Astro myself. I'd have to hold on to that, just in case my Astro would ever find its way home and I'd somehow be able to reflash it with anything useful. As the device was when I sent it to Planet, that cable was really the only way for me to see anything (I think I managed to hook up ADB over WiFi or something weird like that, but I couldn't do anything useful with it). I'd also have to hold on to a power brick or two, but I guess EU power bricks wouldn't be that useful to you anyway?
Ideally, I'd like to send all the stuff I don't need in one packet to one place, but if you're interested in specifically the Gemini and maybe some accessories, tell me what you'd want and we'll work something out. I have no clue about shipping costs. For you it would be free anyway.
The T-shirt was crowdfunded, I think, and has some concept art for the Gemini printed on it. While I am not really a T-shirt person, back then, I tried, within reason, to get one each of the things Planet crowdfunded, which is how I ended up with a car mount kit despite not using a car. Some logistics hiccup led to me eventually receiving two, neither of which they wanted back. I managed to donate one to someone in Denmark (I think) a few years ago. The remaining kit has been lightly tested but not really used.
I can chase up contacts at Planet for you if you DM me, and see what I can do. You should have the Astro back by now at least!Yes, please. I'll DM the serial number, my backer Id, my current address and whatever I think might be useful. I'm not really sure why I want a most likely not fixed and, by now, mostly outdated device back, but I do. If Planet are broke nowadays, I can pay for return shipping, provided they still have some reasonably smooth way of receiving money from an individual abroad.
/Daniel
