Psion Series 7

This is an impressive piece of kit from the boys and girls at Psion. Whereas their previous offerings were little more than an advanced personal organsisers with some added features this really is an excellent piece of hardware. The Major difference between this and its predecessor the series 6 is the new colour screen which can be access through touch alone. This is an excellent feature and one which has probably been added to enhance the new web surfing abilities which this device also offers. There is some excellent built in net connection software to handle this new demand in the form of an excellent mail reader which seems to have had few if any features ...  Read the complete review

So what is the Psion Series 7 like to live with. In many ways it is an excellent all rounder. The desktop is simple to use and any one who has just a short time on their hands will get used to it. You develop a new kind of technique. You start to type holding the stylus in one hand dabbing at the screen as you intermitently type. The keyboard is excellent. The form factor is just right and a reasonable speed is quite possible.The word processor has a wide range of features, although I would have liked to have seen a better implementation of on screen fonts (only 3 are possible - Times, Sans Serif and Courier -all though others are downloadable, they do not ...  Read the complete review

This latest series of Psion 7 comes with a colour touch sensitive screen. Though the screen is small, but it will be useful to browse the Net with a colour screen. It has the capability of a small PC, with email and browsing capability. Although the disadvantage being having a small full size keyboard to type all your stuffs, the battery can lasts twice as long as any standard notebooks. This PDA also comes with several softwares such as word processor, spreadsheet, agenda and contact database and they are compatible with modern softwares giant like Microsoft, Lotus, Wordperfect and Corel. It can easily be connected to a PC and datas can be downloaded or vice versa. It ...  Read the complete review

Handhelds have come an awfully long way since being glorified calculators. This really is the dogs danglies! For the technically minded it boasts: Processor: StrongARM SA1100 133 MHz Memory RAM: 16 MB DRAM; upgrade via a proprietary plug-in 16 MB DIMM card, ROM: OS Mask ROM module CF type II card slot Type I/II PC Card slot 7.7" STN color backlit LCD touch-screen display Lithium-Ion battery pack yielding approximately 8.5 hours of operation (2.5 hours to recharge) Honda connector for RS232 and mobile phone connection IrDA interface (115 kbits/sec) EPOC32 ER5 operating system Notification LED Slot to hold ...  Read the complete review