GPD Pocket Battery
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A week ago I have got a new internal battery for my GPD Pocket (for the
original Atom-based one, not for the newer Pocket 2). As you may
remember the original battery puffed off and died several months ago.
I did several attempts to buy a new one but I was only successful in
Spain [1]. And the battery arrived today. I read several horror stories
about the battery replacement but it was actually an easy process. The
battery is glued at the bottom by adhesive tape and it is not soldered.
So with some care it can be replaced rather seamlessly.
So I replaced the battery and now the little GPD works once more!
Then I updated it (both OS and data) and started to use it once more.
In meantime we have got a GPD Pocket 2 for my wife. They are similar
externally (the 2 is wider so it does not fit in the pouch for the old
one) except the keyboard was redesigned and the IBM-style trackpoint
was replaced by a tiny touchpad (in the style of the poor SHARP
NetWalker). There are two things which I miss in the older device: the
microSD slot and the newer Core m3 CPU. The better CPU makes the new
machine not only faster but also cooler (my old GPD is thus much more
noisy but it is still acceptable).
Honestly, even for simple note-taking during meetings I rather use this
mini-laptop than the PSION-alike Gemini PDA ans the GPD Pocket is
simply a small computer with the full, unlimited (less or more, as it's
the systemd...) UNIX-like operating system. So everything can be done
in the same way as on a desktop (data access, data transfer, windows
operations..). And the screen is bigger and keys larger so I can type
and edit much faster than on the Gemini.
References:
[1]
http://micomputer.es
