Smart, stylish & damn useful! (Psion Revo)

Member Name: Catatonic_UK

Product:	Psion Revo
Date:	12/12/00 (190 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Small, light, hugely functional, stlylish, swish, feature packed, cheap

Disadvantages: Not upgradable

Ever since these small palmtop computers came out I wanted one (being a bit of a gadget & computer lover). However, I didn't really need an organiser and the price was always too high to justify.

Then I started to do a home study course, however, a sizeable chunk of my weekend time was spent commuting from Kent to Bath Spa. I needed a way to keep up with writing up my studies without carrying a mountain of lever arch files etc. A palmtop was the obvious solution... One look at the Psion revo & I was sold, sure it wasn't as flashy as it's older sibling the Series5, but it was more compact and suited my needs exactly.

Being able to synchronise my MSWord files with my Revo was a godsend, I could now keep fully upto date with my studies whilst on the move!

Then of course there was all the "extras" that come with a Revo. If you have a suitable mobile phone you can keep up to date with your emails whilst you are away. Backup your phone's phonebook to your Revo, copy stored SMS messages to your Revo to free up you phone's SIM.

Then throw in a game, a web browser, email app, calander\organiser, plus the whole mini-office suite of a word processor, spreadsheet & database and you have a tiny (but incredibly functional) mobile office.

Despite the machines small build it is incredibly easy to use; a very responsive (& accurate) touchscreen makes navigation around the OS & applications a doddle, and the small but fully featured keyboard is actually a lot easier to use than it may look.

Summary: