06-07-2004, 11:42 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jun 2002
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Psion NetBook Pro
Just a clarification, Psion was supposed to be one of the first Jupiter device OEMs. They ran into company politics with their Symbian relationship and decided it wouldn't look good to have the first NetBook running WCE instead. I would have loved to have them aboard as their keyboards and designs are great.
The Jupiter class of devices were always supposed to be less expensive than they actually are. My ideal was to come out under $900 and refine it down to about $599 over time. Unfortunately, the OEMs kept their prices high and we didn't do enough educating of the market.
I'm glad to see this device out there as there are users who need it. I would prefer seeing it much less expensive as I think more people would consider it then.
My 2 cents.
Keith Amodt
Father of Jupiter
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06-08-2004, 12:09 AM
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Theorist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 287
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Wow! Nice to get confirmation of this from THE guy! 8)
I had always thought the same thing about pricing for these units. When I heard the price of some of these I thought it was WAY too much but would come down over time. The IBM z50 was something like $1600 or $1800 originally. When they were finally being phased out and were selling for $400 they were snapped up like crazy (that's when I got mine  ).
I would love to see the HPC devices come back and start around the high end of PPC's and up from there. I am sure there could be a market for these, especially with corporations.
The best of both worlds though would be a Windows Mobile 2003 SE device in an HPC format; one that is large enough for touch typing.
Think that will happen kamodt??
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06-08-2004, 07:28 AM
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Swami
Join Date: May 2004
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Handheld PCs
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I would love to see the HPC devices come back and start around the high end of PPC's and up from there. I am sure there could be a market for these, especially with corporations.
The best of both worlds though would be a Windows Mobile 2003 SE device in an HPC format; one that is large enough for touch typing.
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I've always said that I thought my Handheld PCs were the coolest devices I've had. The 640x240 clamshell display, keyboard, built-in modem, and PC Card slot made for a lot of power. True, it wasn't as portable as my Pocket PC, and the keyboard wasn't designed for touch typing (at least not the Handheld PCs I had), but they were very cool.
A Handheld PC with WiFi and Bluetooth, a USB 2.0 connector to replace the modem connector and a 16-bit VGA display would be a good seller -- if it could be priced around $700-$800.
Steve
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06-08-2004, 08:15 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 49
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Well guys all I really can say is wait and see what happens...Psion Teklogix products may not be aimed at you all but Psion PLC might one day come back to the end user world
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07-16-2004, 04:54 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 44
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Re: Review Of Psion Teklogix Netbook Pro
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Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry
http://smartmobileassets.com/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl/Blah.pl?,v=display,b=news,m=1085977355
The Psion Teklogic Netbook Pro runs Windows CE 4.2. Interesting how Psion used the EPOC OS for so long, which is now Symbian and has moved on to bigger and better things, eh? :wink:
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I know you said that with a wink Ed - but EPOC was streets ahead of CE for speed, ease of use, versatility, features and sheer class. If Psion had kept their nerve and continued their EPOC handheld development I have no doubt I'd be a Psion user today... |
The same here. However I remain to believe that the biggest mistake Psion PLC made was the Series 7/Netbook. Again they tried to aim for the subnotebook-market (anyone remember the MC400) and this time it killed them. Instead of persuing Series 7 they should have worked harder on the Series 5. Because that was their biggest success. IF they made the Series 5MX with a colourscreen and faster cpu to cope with the colour screen and better connectivity then they wouldn't have vanished.
But it doesn't matter. In the end ALL companies make crucial mistakes which kills them (or that particular division). Look at Sony or Toshiba (ppl haven't forgotten the **** they had with the E740 and now Toshiba pays the price even though they have indeed changed for the better in consumer relations)
The same will happen with Sony-Ericson, Nokia, Intel and Microsoft. Only time will tell. Ofcourse sometimes they can recuperate like IBM or Psion with Teklogix at one side and Symbian at the other) but this does come at great costs. I wonder what happened to all the ppl whom designed the Series 3/5/MX. In fact I wonder what happened to the guys who wrote Psion Chess for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum eons ago? :-) )
regards,
Manu T
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