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RWood · 05-31-2007, 02:03 PM

I has a Psion about 10 years back and could do almost everything on it except call people and listen to music. It was easy to use, had a good battery life, lots of apps to play with, I could move a few books to it and read them as easily as I can with mobi or ereader. The screen was great for the period. Add to that a good keyboard and the modem and it would hold its own against most devices today.

I think Palm spent too much time and energy in corporate reorganization that they lost sight of the market years ago. They rested on their past success (or successes if you will) while the market passed them by. I won't consign them to the scrap heap of history yet; but, at the rate they are going Palm OS may soon take its place on the shelf next to CP/M.

05-31-2007, 02:03 PM	#14
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	I has a Psion about 10 years back and could do almost everything on it except call people and listen to music. It was easy to use, had a good battery life, lots of apps to play with, I could move a few books to it and read them as easily as I can with mobi or ereader. The screen was great for the period. Add to that a good keyboard and the modem and it would hold its own against most devices today. I think Palm spent too much time and energy in corporate reorganization that they lost sight of the market years ago. They rested on their past success (or successes if you will) while the market passed them by. I won't consign them to the scrap heap of history yet; but, at the rate they are going Palm OS may soon take its place on the shelf next to CP/M.