Random charts - healthcare costs

 

 

Source: Cost of Care and Physician Responsibility

Random charts - health care

 

 

Source: Delivering quality health services; A global imperative for universal health coverage (100-pg WHO PDF)

Some more Gemini...

Planet Computers just released its agenda app... I downloaded it, along with the related Planet Sync Service app. Set it up, added a widget...

Verdict: It's ok, but then again, I'm not an ex-Psion user (I used a HP200lx before moving to the Sharp Zaurus) pining for the old days! In regards to appearance, you only have choices of light and dark themes and they both aren't that easy to read. I ended up choosing the dark theme and setting 'Show background image' to 'No image.'

Interestingly enough, in the preferences you can set your default view to Agenda; however, when you are in the app and you want to switch views the only choices are Anniversary, To Do Lists, Year Planner, Month, Week, and Day i.e. once you navigate away from Agenda it no longer is a view choice!

All was well until I started to get fairly regular "Agenda keeps stopping" messages. Not a big deal for me as I didn't see a value to switching away from my current setup.

I then tried out the camera's video...

OK, the stabilization isn't that great... Hopefully, moving ahead that can be addressed with a software update!

Next I downloaded DeskDock and sprung for the Pro version, to connect my Gemini to my desktop via the USB cable and then use my desktop mouse and keyboard on the Gemini...

 

 

Note: I've been trying to use synergy to do the same for when booted into Debian, but thus far have not managed to get it up and running...

And, finally, some speculation on the future evolution of the Gemini -  Gemini PDA could get a Wear OS powered second screen

Earlier looks:

Gemini - first look  (May 4th, 2018)

Gemini - second look (May 14th, 2018) 

Gemini - third look ( May 26th, 2018)

Gemini - fourth look (June 23rd, 2018)

Gemini - fifth look (July 3, 2018)

Resource links:

Gemini Planet
Planet Computers support page
Planet Computers Twitter feeed
XDA Gemini Forums

OESF Gemini PDA Forums

Planet Computer's Gemini Developers Forum

Online reviews:

Gemini's Push to Fulfill Its Promise
The Phones Show  332 (Gemini PDA) - YouTube
Gemini goes back to the '90s with Agenda, Data and mulls next steps

Gemini PDA review (first look): the phone Psion fans have been waiting for?
A look at the modern travel warriors PSION in 2018 – The Gemini PDA

Gemini - fifth look

I received my camera module and fitted it after looking at the instructions and watching the video at: Fitting the Gemini Camera Accessory  It was all fairly painless and took less than five minutes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

As expected, based on previous reports (see here, here, and here), the picture quality is rather poor... but judge for yourself (random pictures, click to see full size)!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

... and a panoramic picture:

FWIW, outside pictures seem to fare better than inside ones...

Earlier looks:

Gemini - first look  (May 4th, 2018)

Gemini - second look (May 14th, 2018) 

Gemini - third look ( May 26th, 2018)

Gemini - fourth look (June 23rd, 2018)

Resource links:

Gemini Planet
Planet Computers support page
Planet Computers Twitter feeed
XDA Gemini Forums

OESF Gemini PDA Forums

Planet Computer's Gemini Developers Forum

Online reviews:

Gemini PDA
Living with a Gemini 4G
Digital devices for world travelers
The Gemini PDA 2018;  hands on review 
Planet Computers Gemini review (Forbes)
Gemini PDA: Which came first? (Joe's Blog)
RISC OS Open Forums: Gemini PDA First Look Review
Gemini PDA 20 years on meet the all new Psion Series A
The Gemini PDA offers a keyboard, but will anyone want it?

Gemini - fourth look

Planet Computer recently updated its Linux Flashing guide page and provided all the files to flash Jolla's Sailfish and Debian/GNU Linux. I downloaded all the necessary files and unzipped them into a single directory, generated my scatter file to have all four boot options i.e. Boot 1: Android as the default booting option when no buttons are pressed; Recovery Mode when the Esc (On) button is pressed during reboot; Boot 2: Sailfish when the silver (side) button is pressed during boot; and Boot 3: Debian, when the Esc(On) and side button are pressed simultaneously during reboot.

All appeared to go well, without any failures or error messages. 

 

When this was over I had to restore 122 Android programs, which ate up about three hours! And then I tried the various options. I had no problem booting 'normally' to Android; also to the recovery option. And the Boot 2 sequence got me successfully to Sailfish. 

Once in Sailfish I went through a short tutorial and then registered with Jolla, spent a few minutes trying different things, and downloaded a screen capture program from the Jolla Store since the Gemini shortcut (Fn + R) isn't available.  

 

Using Sailfish I had a couple of immediate issues: First, when I started Sailfish the orientation was 'off' and even after enabling screen rotation in the settings each time I have booted into Sailfish it seems like it has taken several minutes before screen rotation starts to work. Secondly, I could not get the phone to work. Attempting to check voice mail (Sailfish, correctly, showed one voice message) I got the error message "No network connection" although all settings seemed to be appropriate. So, getting the phone working under Sailfish needs to be resolved/worked out. I will need to 'learn' Sailfish and see if it is to my liking! Supposedly, many Android apps are supposed to work under Sailfish, so having the two separate booted OSs many not be optimal. Also, I have seen write-ups such as this one - Goodbye Sailfish OS and Jolla. However, time shall tell!

The next issue I discovered was when I attempted the Boot 3 option to get to Debian/GNU Linux, I had no luck! When I try the boot 3 scenario (i.e. "starting from a switched OFF Gemini, press the Esc (On) key to start the unit until the Gemini vibrates. Once you feel the vibration both Esc (On) key and silver right-end side button are pressed at the same time") I see the planet/tux screen, then it goes dark, then the phone vibrates, then I get the planet/tux screen, then the screen goes dark, then the phone vibrates, then... and I appear to be stuck in an endless loop! So, no Debian yet, will have to try and work this out later.

Correction: Strike the above, my fault, I was holding down the Esc key too long. Boot 3 into Debian/GNU Linux works just fine:

 

 

 

 

Overall I feel fortunate that trying this did not cause me any major issues; others have tried and run into various, fairly severe problems, for example see here and here... 

I  am also waiting for my external camera add-on. Back, before I had a camera on my PDAs or phones, I never particularly felt a need to have one but it's quite amazing how quickly one gets used to having one handy when they now comes standard on practically every phone. So, the lack of an external camera is annoying. I will have to see, truthfully I am very underwhelmed by the sample Gemini camera pictures out there!

More to come...

Earlier looks:

Gemini - first look  (May 4th, 2018)

Gemini - second look (May 14th, 2018) 

Gemini - third look ( May 26th, 2018)

Resource links:

XDA Gemini Forums

OESF Gemini PDA Forums

Planet Computer's Gemini Developers Forum

Online reviews:

Gemini PDA (in Japanese) 
Gemini PDA (in Japanese)

Gemini under the covers
Gemini PDA hacker's guide

Link to multiple Gemini reviews 
Planet Computers Gemini hands-on review 
Gemini PDA: 2014 ist nich 2018 (In German)  
Planet Computer's Gemini PDA hands-on review - Digital Trends

We wanted a camera, they gave us the eye of Gemini – and an eSIM
Gemini PDA Review: Everything I hoped for from a modern-day Psion organiser
Planet Computers Gemini PDA Android Review - TWiT Netcast Network (YouTube) 

Miscellaneous:
Planet Computers on Twitter  @planetcom2017
Planet Computers announces eSIM capability on Gemini PDA
Planet Computers Announces Partnership with Jolla to Bring Sailfish OS to Gemini PDA

Random charts - drug prices

 

 

 

Source: The FDA is approving more generic drugs than ever before, faster than ever before. Is it enough to lower drug costs? (10-pg pwc PDF)