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 stewbrew on Thursday November 30, 2017 @03:54PM (#15819422)

The keyboard linked to above is a full size keyboard. The keys are quite ok. When folded, it's nearly quadratic, probably taller than a Psion 5. There are smaller versions of the keyboard that might use the same keys. While I loved my Psion 5mx and the keyboard was astonishing, especially in comparison with the Psion 3, I don't think it was better than these cheap Bluetooth keyboards.

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Re:Gemini PDA: 20 years on, meet the all-new Psion Series 5 by throwanem on Thursday November 30, 2017 @07:28PM (#15820969)

Even the Palm folding keyboards - especially the rebranded Stowaway XT, but not excluding the original three-fold Portable - were better by far than cheap Bluetooth keyboards are today. It's not even a contest. Sure, for a few keystrokes here and there, you don't really feel the difference - but if you're spending more than a few minutes a day typing on it, you surely do.

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Re:Gemini PDA: 20 years on, meet the all-new Psion Series 5 by tluyben2 on Thursday November 30, 2017 @09:35PM (#15821501)

I tried cheap ones and you are right. After I bought the MS foldable keyboard I stopped looking. It is perfect imho.

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Re:Gemini PDA: 20 years on, meet the all-new Psion Series 5 by stewbrew on Thursday November 30, 2017 @11:59PM (#15822042)

The MS foldable has really nice keys but the gap between the two halves is rather annoying on the long run. The above keyboard has no gap like the original stowaway keyboard.

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