I nearly nearly bought a couple of 5MXs when Morgan had them for about £99 each. They went quickly, but I wasn't very disappointed. I've also been tempted by their recent Tapwave Zodiac offers (games capable Palms), but again...
Back around 1990 I had (someone else's) Psion Organiser II for a while. Nice idea, but not really useable.
When the Series 3A came out, someone offered a second-hand one for about half the price of new (they'd dropped it and it had a slight mark on the screen). I jumped at the chance and it turned out to be the best computing money I've ever spent.
It is "my brain".
The Series 3s are the only diary I have ever been able to keep. The machines themselves are small and light enough to take everywhere, and the batteries last over a month, none of this three hour crap with laptops. Similarly, they have keyboards, rather than having to learn a new alphabet.
It has my databases of books and CDs: if I'm shopping, I can see if I already have something. I can write stuff on it. It's a good speaker's notes system. It does the bank for games of 1829 with its spreadsheets. And more.
I like their robustness - it is staggeringly difficult to get one to crash. They Just Work, and they were doing that with 8086 era hardware.
I like their price, each of the subsequent ones (another 3A, a couple of 3Cs and the 3MX) has been ludicrously cheap - £30 to £50. I've sold a couple on to someone else for more than their replacement cost and one got snatched from me on a train.
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Date: 2005-06-24 10:21 am (UTC)Back around 1990 I had (someone else's) Psion Organiser II for a while. Nice idea, but not really useable.
When the Series 3A came out, someone offered a second-hand one for about half the price of new (they'd dropped it and it had a slight mark on the screen). I jumped at the chance and it turned out to be the best computing money I've ever spent.
It is "my brain".
The Series 3s are the only diary I have ever been able to keep. The machines themselves are small and light enough to take everywhere, and the batteries last over a month, none of this three hour crap with laptops. Similarly, they have keyboards, rather than having to learn a new alphabet.
It has my databases of books and CDs: if I'm shopping, I can see if I already have something. I can write stuff on it. It's a good speaker's notes system. It does the bank for games of 1829 with its spreadsheets. And more.
I like their robustness - it is staggeringly difficult to get one to crash. They Just Work, and they were doing that with 8086 era hardware.
I like their price, each of the subsequent ones (another 3A, a couple of 3Cs and the 3MX) has been ludicrously cheap - £30 to £50. I've sold a couple on to someone else for more than their replacement cost and one got snatched from me on a train.
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Date: 2005-06-24 10:40 am (UTC)