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
The machine that thinks with you (phrase from its brochure) Quick facts Overview Building on the relative success of the original Psion Organiser, released two years earlier, Psion took the concept of a handheld computer a significant step further with the Organiser II. The most visible improvement was the display, which now featured two lines … 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
Computing power in your hand Quick facts Sales pitch from when it was new One way or another you can have a computer in your pocketNo we are not exaggerating. Thanks to the Psion Organiser (that’s the one on the right), you can now walk around quite comfortably with a computer in your pocket. You … 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