psion

Back then it was predominantly on a Psion 3c in OPL, but hell, taught me to work within constraints.

The Psion is dead, I couldn't connect with the laptop because it doesn't have a serial port, and I just want a sound file (or two) converted.

The Psion hand-helds (at least the 3 and 5 eries) did this too.

Symbian is one of my favourite UK companies, having been spawned off from Psion (I have a battered 3c).

The one of the Psion Series 5 was amazing for the size.

Most people were on Palm and Psion (and Sidekick in the US).

If that original Psion spirit had been carried to a smartphone design ten years ago, it could have been a great foundation for Symbian.

I was inspired by it to write a UK-centric redboxing program on the Psion organiser.

My son still uses a Psion Organizer daily (1984).

Some of us do - we had a Psion ten years ago!

I regularly use one of those Psion 5mx machines for taking notes.

Also you must replace the flexi ribbon cable on your Psion 5 after some years of use, but if you do, you have an almost indestructible pocket computer.

"The one of the Psion Series 5" should be "The keyboard of the Psion Series 5...".

Between 1995 and 2007, Microsoft had a competitor in every race in mobile: - Clamshell + keyboard mobile devices à la Psion (Windows CE, "Handheld PC" [1]) - Stylus-driven PDAs à la Palm (Palm-size PC [2], Pocket PC [3]) - Stylus-driven smartphones à la Symbian (Pocket PC 2002 [4]) These products were about the success of Microsoft and its strategy, rather than building successful mobile devices that users want.

But the software is somehow disappointing (I expected more from a descendant of Psion).

Psion, by the way, was publisher for much of the early software for ZX Spectrum, including chess, spreadsheet and 3D design programs.

Psion might respectfully disagree re: invention of PDA.