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
The Personal Manager on Your Wrist Quick facts Sales pitch from when it was new Join The Timex and Microsoft Revolution With the Timex Data Link watch and Microsoft Windows, you can transfer information from a PC to your wrist Overview When the Timex Datalink came out, it represented a completely new type of device, … Read more
The user-friendly PDA. The pen-based personal organiser that recognises your hand-writing Quick facts Sales pitch from when it was new Goodbye ring-binders, hello to the personal organizer for the next century! The Amstrad PenPad. Its sophisticated handwriting recognition facility means it “learns” to read your handwriting, so there’s no fiddly keyboard, you just “write” on … Read more
Your mobile companion Quick facts Sales pitch from when it was new TBD Information Ericsson MC12 was Ericsson’s first foray into the PDA market. The MC12 was basically a re-badged version of HP 320LX but had someunique software that allowed easy communication between the MC12 and Ericsson’s phones of that time – in particular the … Read more
PalmPilot lookalike with expandability via Springboards Quick facts Sales pitch from when it was new The Handspring Visor is the first expandable handheld computer. It comes with 2MB of RAM, so you have more than enough to store all your data. With your Visor handheld, you will no longer have trouble getting to meetings and … Read more
When improvements does not lead to a better product Quick facts Overview Rex 6000 was the last in a series of credit-card sized PDAs from Franklin, and later Xircom. It addressed one of the perceived weaknesses with the previous models, namely the inability (REX-3) or difficulty (REX-5) of entering data into the unit while on-the-go. … Read more
Credit card sized PDA with Quicklists input Quick facts Overview The Rex Pro or REX-5 or Rex 5000 was the successor to the Rolodex Rex (or REX-3). It retains the same size and screen, but adds the very important feature of being able to edit things on-the-go. It still has only 6 buttons (one more … Read more
A PDA small enough to carry in your wallet! Quick facts Sales pitch from when it was new Use your desktop or laptop to enter and manage organizer data, synchronize it with REX and then view it anytime, anywhere! REX comes with REX TrueSync Information Manager, a full-featured organizer software, or you can import data … Read more