Quoting srtgray's message of Yesterday:

> I'm sad, because I have been using Psions (3a, 3c, 3mx, 5, 5mx and 5mx
> Pro) for over a decade now

Yes, nothing comes close. I remember being impressed by my first Psion,
an Organiser II LZ, in 1992, and drooling over the Series 3 classic
which I didn't get until 2007! I have an old Palm - well, a Handspring
Visor - which is all very nice, but I couldn't envisage using it for any
serious purpose. Even the Osaris beats it hands down.

> (anyone remember "Three For All" in Psion User Magazine? -
> I wrote the last year's worth of that column),

Yes, I've been collecting Palmtop Magazines. By the time the Series 3
content was largely confined to 3 for all, my trusty 3a had broken and
I'd moved on to the 5mx.

> What a shame Psion haven't the guts to put out an updated 5mx, with
> Bluetooth, WiFi, colour screen and of course their excellent keyboard.
> SDHC card, USB MSD for storage, USB master for printing would make it
> a PDA worth the name - all based on the latest Symbian, but with the
> classic EIKON interface. If they do, I'll be back!

I'd be surprised if they ever did, having moved out of the consumer PDA
market altogether. I'm reasonably confident that, at some point in the
future, some other PDA manufacturer might come up with the "original"
idea of putting a decent laptop-style keyboard into a modern PDA. One
thing I don't expect to see is the very feature that's kept me wedded to
Psions since the Organiser II: a decent, useful, built-in programming
language.

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srtgray wrote:
> Well, it's time to say goodbye to you all, and to the best PDA that
> was. Due to other needs, I have moved on to Palm, and so am
> auctioning all my Psion kit (plenty of oddities and difficult to find
> software CDs). Search for "srtgray" to find them.

on eBay, of course!

Stuart

Damian Walker wrote:
> I'd be surprised if they ever did, having moved out of the consumer
> PDA market altogether. I'm reasonably confident that, at some point
> in the future, some other PDA manufacturer might come up with the
> "original" idea of putting a decent laptop-style keyboard into a
> modern PDA. One thing I don't expect to see is the very feature
> that's kept me wedded to Psions since the Organiser II: a decent,
> useful, built-in programming language.

Even Fujitsu-Siemens has dropped its consumer "Loox" range of PDAs (shortly
after I bought mine!) despite apparent success...

Mike.
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Quoting Mike Coon's message of Yesterday:

> Even Fujitsu-Siemens has dropped its consumer "Loox" range of PDAs (shortly
> after I bought mine!) despite apparent success...

I haven't seen that one, though to be honest, I've avoided the
discussions about getting rid of Psions for something else, as I've no
intention of getting rid of mine!

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Damian Walker wrote:
> Quoting srtgray's message of Yesterday:
>
....

>> What a shame Psion haven't the guts to put out an updated 5mx, with
>> Bluetooth, WiFi, colour screen and of course their excellent keyboard.
>> SDHC card, USB MSD for storage, USB master for printing would make it
>> a PDA worth the name - all based on the latest Symbian, but with the
>> classic EIKON interface. If they do, I'll be back!
>
>
> I'd be surprised if they ever did, having moved out of the consumer PDA
> market altogether. I'm reasonably confident that, at some point in the
> future, some other PDA manufacturer might come up with the "original"
> idea of putting a decent laptop-style keyboard into a modern PDA. One
> thing I don't expect to see is the very feature that's kept me wedded to
> Psions since the Organiser II: a decent, useful, built-in programming
> language.


The eee pc ( http://eeepc.asus.com/global/ ) runs linux, so it's surely
possible to do some programming on it... but you're right, it would be
nice to have something built in.

The eee is too big anyway. When I read a 7" form factor on the website,
it sounded good, because the Psion is about 7" in diagonal too; but it
turns out that it's only the screen that is that size, and there's a big
bezel around it.

Frank

I saw the eee pc also. It is the cutest thing. BUT it is larger than
my Psion 5mx which made me pause. Darn it. I am trying to go from PC
to Mac and I am having trouble finding all the supporting Mac
software/hardware to link my Psion 5mx. So....a possible replacement
was the eee. Maybe not.

Labrat


Frank Peelo wrote:

>
>
> The eee pc ( http://eeepc.asus.com/global/ ) runs linux, so it's
> surely possible to do some programming on it... but you're right, it
> would be nice to have something built in.
>
> The eee is too big anyway. When I read a 7" form factor on the
> website, it sounded good, because the Psion is about 7" in diagonal
> too; but it turns out that it's only the screen that is that size, and
> there's a big bezel around it.
>
> Frank

Quoting Frank Peelo's message of Yesterday:

> The eee is too big anyway. When I read a 7" form factor on the website, it
> sounded good, because the Psion is about 7" in diagonal too; but it turns out
> that it's only the screen that is that size, and there's a big bezel around
> it.

The EEE looks like it would be a nice replacement for the Series 7, if I
intended replacing the Series 7. Since I run Linux on the desktop I'd
be much more likely to buy an EEE as a replacement for most of my
desktop PC's functions. I'm not sure if it would be up to graphic
design, though!

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