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Re: [CM] Bugger the jetpack, I want a 21st century Psion

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On Mon, 10 Mar 2014 11:10:19 +0000
Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:

> In article <20140310100033.856575b2.rsw@therandymon.com>, RS Wood
> <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
> 
> > If you've ever had your hands on a Psion though you'd see they really
> > were great devices in a way the others aren't.  I wouldn't trade in my
> > smart phone now because of its superior email, contact lists, and
> > calendar.  But I find that when I want to write while on a bus or
> > something, the Psion was awesome in ways my modern devices aren't.
> > Real keyboard, runs on two AA batteries for months, and no Internet! (a
> > benefit when you're trying to concentrate on your writing).
> 
> Real keyboard a serious minus - something mechanical to go wrong. Agree
> on the batteries however. Other thing that was cute but ultimately a
> waste of time was the supplied programming language. Should have put
> the effort into apps instead, of which there were not enough. Otherwise
> it's like early PCs: supplied with Basic and not much else.


You're right about the keyboard being a point of failure, but neither
my Psion 5 nor my Psion 5MX had keyboard trouble, fortunately.  On the
other hand I suffered personally from their other known physical
failure points: that stupid internal, flexible video cable that
eventually snaps (severing your video), and the weak hinges that
eventually break (making the clamshell open/close ridiculous).

To this day there's a guy earning decent money replacing those screen
cables. http://www.psionflexi.co.uk/home.htm  He got some of my money,
once, and it was worth it as it gave my Psion5 another couple of years'
life.

There's clearly someone at the Register (http://theregister.co.uk) with
a love for Psions.  They publish an article like this every year or
so.  This article links to a good retrospective they did in 2011.

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[CM] Bugger the jetpack, I want a 21st century Psion RS Wood  <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-09 19:02 +0000
  Re: [CM] Bugger the jetpack, I want a 21st century Psion Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-10 00:22 +0000
    Re: [CM] Bugger the jetpack, I want a 21st century Psion RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-10 10:00 +0000
      Re: [CM] Bugger the jetpack, I want a 21st century Psion Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-03-10 10:44 +0000
      Re: [CM] Bugger the jetpack, I want a 21st century Psion Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-03-10 11:10 +0000
        Re: [CM] Bugger the jetpack, I want a 21st century Psion RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-10 11:37 +0000
        Re: [CM] Bugger the jetpack, I want a 21st century Psion Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-03-10 21:50 +0100
          Re: [CM] Bugger the jetpack, I want a 21st century Psion Tom Cole <tacoleNOSPAM@yahoo.co.nz.invalid> - 2014-03-11 10:36 +1300
            Re: [CM] Bugger the jetpack, I want a 21st century Psion Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-03-10 22:29 +0000
      Re: [CM] Bugger the jetpack, I want a 21st century Psion Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2014-03-10 10:38 -0500
  Re: CM  Bugger the jetpack  I want a 21st century Psion "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-03-10 08:12 -0600
    Re: CM  Bugger the jetpack  I want a 21st century Psion RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-11 10:37 +0000

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