The first commercial smartphone Quick facts Introduction Released in 2000, the Ericsson R380 is often referred to as “the first smartphone”. While that description is not entirely wrong, it is also somewhat simplified. From a functional point of view, the IBM Simon, released as early as 1994, combined mobile phone and PDA functionality long before … Read more
Smaller is not always better Quick facts Introduction Psion, one of the true pioneers in handheld computing, needed something that could compete with the increasingly popular line of shirt-pocketable PDAs from Palm. The year is 1999, and competition in the PDA market is fierce. Palm and Handspring have captured a significant share of the market, … Read more
Your Mobile Companion Quick facts Overview With the MC218, Ericsson abandoned its earlier cooperation with HP, which had resulted in the MC12 and MC16 models, and instead partnered with British PDA manufacturer Psion. The MC218 was essentially a rebranded Psion Series 5mx, although Ericsson made a number of changes to both the exterior design and … Read more
It’s time to take your computer in hand! Quick facts Overview Buoyed by the success of the Psion Series 3a, Psion did not rest on its laurels. The Series 5 built on the same fundamental idea as its predecessors, but in almost every other respect it was an entirely new device. It introduced a new … Read more
Probably the most popular palmtop with keyboard entry ever Quick facts Overview The original Psion Series 3, Psion’s first PDA to feature both a QWERTY keyboard and a graphical display, was a commercial success. However, as competition in the PDA market increased, Psion needed a successor that could build on this success. The result was … Read more
Psion Series 3 – if only all Personal Computers were this big! Quick facts Sales pitch from when it was new We have this notion that a personal computer should be personal. Powerful. And pocketable. Our new series 3 is a whisker over 6″ x 3″ x 3/4″. Yet it packs a graphic windows operating … Read more