Updated PDA: Psion Revo

The Psion Revo page has two new pictures – one showing the sliding keyboard mechanism and the other a size-comparison to Series 5. It also has a new link to the Psion Welt page of the unit (in German, but easily translated), and a statement to the fact that the Sketch application was missing from … Read more

New PDA added: Casio Cassiopeia E-11

Although not particularly unique, the Casio Cassiopeia is a typical example of what a stylus driven Windows CE 2.0 powered device would look like in 1998. Was it any good? Read more at Casio Cassiopeia at pdamuseum.eu

New PDA added: Atari Portfolio

Generally considered to be the first commercially successful Palmtop computer, the Atari Portfolio in essence is a “shrunken down PC” that runs DOS on a CMOS version of Intel 8088. Introduced in 1989, it became very popular in its day and you can still find software for it. Read more at Atari Portfolio at pdamuseum.eu

New PDA added: Apple Newton eMate 300

The only laptop from Apple that runs Newton OS, the eMate 300 was targeted towards schools and it had some nice features going for it. Read all about it at its page

New section: Old ads

Today I am adding a new section, under the main menu heading “PDA History”, called Ads from when they were new. Have a look, and be amazed of how the companies marketed their products back then.