Psion Revo Plus

My girlfriend has started writing a book and often found that she would want write when we were out and about. She asked about PDA's but was unimpressed by the lack of a keyboard on the HP IPAQ which I offered her. We contemplated buying another EEE PC (She has a desktop version and I have a 900 netbook) but I spotted a second-hand REVO on eBay and bought 2 at £20 each. We were amazed by their sleek design, full keyboard, touch screen and intuitive menu and great software. Unfortunately, due to its age, mine experienced battery fatigue and constantly ran down prematurely (losing saved work) and after a week, wouldn't turn on at all. I decided to replace the built-in ...  Read the complete review

I was considering buying a laptop but heard about the Revo (Revo Plus is the same as the Revo but with more memory) and decided it fitted the bill perfectly for a fraction of the price of a laptop. I am new to the the world of PDAs so I am unable to speak with great experience, however, as a newcomer I had certain stipulations: *I wanted to be able to type emails, write word documents, use spreadsheets, have basic internet access, keep an agenda, contacts file and records of my finances. *All of the above needed to have the ability to be backed up on my PC. The Revo does this via a docking station (included in the price) *Unlike the ...  Read the complete review

A shame that Psion are withdrawing from the PDA market! - Advantages: Almost a PC!, Small and lightweight - Disadvantages: Screen not backlit

The main reason why I chose the Psion over Palm and Sony alternatives was that it comes with a tiny keyboard built in, this takes some getting used to because the keys appear to be hinged at the bottom so you need to press the top of the key to be sure of a key press being registered. It comes with a cd rom of extra software such as opera web browser, a very good wap browser and a serial docking station. It synchronises with my pc faultlessly. I'm not sure about Mac connectivity though! The supplied stylus feels a bit flimsy so I bought a chrome one which certainly has a more solid feel - I'm not always worrying about snapping it! It would have been nice if it ...  Read the complete review

The Revo is a great product, however in the past 4 weeks I have personally seen 3 faulty Revos with the same problem. An insider at Psion has confirmed what was published in the latest edition of What laptop as being the most likley cause. Put your hand up if you either don't, won't or have thrown away the manual? Now apparantly if you don not follow the simple set up when charging the Revos battery for the first time then your purchase may begin to show incorrect battery levels and ultimatley crash your battery. You need to give you battery a good 12 hour charge to begin with if you don't !!! To rectify the fault with used machines you need ...  Read the complete review