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Originally Posted by Dazz
IT departments can cost justify the steep price on these units, compared to a notebook, because they are easier to administer. The critical info can be backed up to the Flash memory and a frozen unit only take a hard-reset and reinstate from Flash. That is WAY easier and quicker that loading as OS from CD and installing all of the programs on a laptop.
I wish the price was MUCH lower as well. With Psion considering the Windows Mobile OS maybe we WILL see a consumer type device from them again that will be HPC format AND will run all of our PPC apps. (I did suggest it to them, but...) THAT would be nice.
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Don't forget, these prices are "suggested". With purchasing agreements, the prices do come down, and sometimes by quite a bit. I've seen high-profile vendors come down by 40% for corporate purchasing.
Psion Teklogix does not market to consumers anymore, they are a B2B shop at this time.
I'm testing their 7535 CE.NET scanners (XScale 400, 64/128MB, laser/CCD scanner, wifi, bluetooth, SDIO, trans LCD, ambient light sensor, ergonomic, 30 function keys, 4 LEDs, GSM/GPRS capable, and on and on) and they are REALLY something. Really good construction, excellent durability, and an excellent feature list. The company, from our experience is really top-notch. Their CEO and their president both met with our hardware group to help us decide on their product, and we've gotten some really good support.
Any company would do well to look into these guys, at least for evaluation purposes. Of course, I'm not a Psion employee, but I gotta say this is our favorite so far!
If anyone is interested in our observations, let me know.
*Phil