bignoseduglyguy

Whoops- how did that happen?

There was I, casually clicking through eBay UK's Psion listings, when I accidentally entered some random numbers and just as accidentally clicked on on the 'bid' button just seconds before the bidding closed on the item below. As I will undoubtedly have to explain to SWMBO later, eBay's rules on bid retraction sadly prevent me from taking any course other than seeing the purchase through.

Anyone else, like Andy and Squonk who commented regarding their own hal-psion days (sorry) of Psion ownership and continuing hankerings, could do a lot worse than make a call to folks like POS (see post below) or Clove Technology. Talking to the chap at POS this morning confirmed that, whilst Psion no longer manufacture for the consumer market, there is still a large enough loyal user base out there to keep them busy with servicing and the sale of reconditioned units and aftermarket accesories. Likewise, the Psion also has a highly active development community and I am looking forward to exploring a whole new world of opensource and shareware apps. One which I was recommended to investigate is John Montgomery's Java Psion Link which "is intended to be a cross-platform solution for transferring files between Psion Epoc PDAs (netBook, series 7, 5Mx, revo) and any computer with a serial port and the ability to run java."

Posted by bignoseduglyguy at April 16, 2004 11:57 AM | TrackBack