August 22, 2009 10:34
The Psion Series 5 was an awesome little machine. I remember when it came out.. it was streets ahead of its time.
[image]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Psion_5mx_17o06.jpg/240px-Psion_5mx_17o06.jpg[/image] Wikipedia Entry
I wish Psion had never canned it.. it was another example of a fantastic British product that was ahead its time but didn't survive commercially. Anyway, personally I never liked the resulting Symbian OS as much as the Series 5.
Similar story to Acorn Computers (Wikipedia Entry). We have them to thank for the first RISC-based personal computer and, more importantly the ARM processor that now powers the vast majority of Smartphones and PDAs.
Hey ho... enough flag waving ;-)
[image]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Psion_5mx_17o06.jpg/240px-Psion_5mx_17o06.jpg[/image] Wikipedia Entry
I wish Psion had never canned it.. it was another example of a fantastic British product that was ahead its time but didn't survive commercially. Anyway, personally I never liked the resulting Symbian OS as much as the Series 5.
Similar story to Acorn Computers (Wikipedia Entry). We have them to thank for the first RISC-based personal computer and, more importantly the ARM processor that now powers the vast majority of Smartphones and PDAs.
Hey ho... enough flag waving ;-)
Never knowingly overcanvassed!