Gemini PDA: 20 years on, meet the all-new Psion Series 5

Re:Gemini PDA: 20 years on, meet the all-new Psion Series 5 by maxxxxx on Thursday November 30, 2017 @03:33PM (#15819252)

I loved my Psion. I could actually use it to write documents or spreadsheets on a plane without problems. The battery also lasted really long.

I guess the success of this may be defined by the quality of the keyboard. The Psion's was just phenomenal.

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Re:Gemini PDA: 20 years on, meet the all-new Psion Series 5 by ChuckMcM on Thursday November 30, 2017 @04:12PM (#15819586)

Exactly this, sort of a super calculator and simple note taker. Not a fan of the price though at $600. I would have rather they had done a PS5 clone with a 200Mhz 32bit Cortex M CPU from ST micro and have the whole thing cost less than $100.

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Re:Gemini PDA: 20 years on, meet the all-new Psion Series 5 by dm319 on Thursday November 30, 2017 @04:40PM (#15819805)

I think that's a great price for a custom product which will not sell in volume. Look at the Pandora and Pyra for comparison.

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Re:Gemini PDA: 20 years on, meet the all-new Psion Series 5 by cstross on Thursday November 30, 2017 @04:37PM (#15819774)

I paid $369 for a wifi/LTE early bird special on the Indiegogo campaign site. It's still available for $400 plus shipping; I don't know where you're seeing $600, but that sounds like a scalper price from a retailer claiming early availability.

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Re:Gemini PDA: 20 years on, meet the all-new Psion Series 5 by lykr0n on Thursday November 30, 2017 @04:38PM (#15819789)

the price is in the article.

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