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Psion Is Back :-), With Windows :-(

Posted by timothy on from the perhaps-familiar-will-run dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Forbes has an article about the come back of Psion in the high end PDA market. Psion's OS, Symbian, that used to power their PDA (as the Revo for example, or the Series 3, or the Series 5), has been mostly used in cell phones lately, like the Nokia 3650. According to Forbes's article, the new Psion laptop/PDA, the Netbook Pro, will not be powered by Symbian OS, but by Microsoft CE.Net." prostoalex points out a ZDNet review of the device, "which is smaller than your usual notebook PC, but larger than a regular PDA. The product Web site contains specifications in PDF format. It's an Intel Xscale PXA255 400MHz, 128MB SDRAM and 32MB Flash, SVGA (800x600) device supporting CompactFlash and Secure Digital (usual for PDAs) as well as PCMCIA (usual for laptops)," and notes that despite the OS, "the specs list the presence of JEM-CE Java Virtual Machine."

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  1. Linux user gets laid... :-) off :-(. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
  2. Quick! by SkArcher · · Score: 1, Funny

    This PDA needs an OS transplant!

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  3. Please Cease and Desist Use of :-( by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    As you may be aware, ":-(" is the registered trademarked property of Despair, Inc. It has come to our attention that Slashdot's use of this trademark was unlicensed, and thus it must be removed. If our trademarked :-( is removed immediately, it will not be necessary for us to file charges . Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.

  4. this is not IRC by arcanumas · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Day Slashdot uses "LOL" in a story, i stop reading it...
    I'me afraid it's close..

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