Psion rediscovered

I was recently digging through some old computer junk that I have in some boxes looking for a USB cable that I just knew I had. As I was digging through old 14.4 modems, ISA card and power supplies - I rediscovered a tool that used to be my most trusted companion in this digital age we live in. My Psion 5mx hand-held computer. I loved this device. It had a keyboard that I could type on, not just thumb stumble across. It ran an OS called EPOCH. It was instant on, Flash memory-based. It had all the estential applications from a Word Processor, to all the contact management that one would ever need. It fully sync'ed up with every MS related, like Outlook and Excel. I got this in 1999, and about a year and a half later, Psion exited the PDA market. I was devistated. Support was about to come to an end, application development would dry up. I reluctantly moved on. Oddly enough, I went back to notepad and pen, instead of a Palm-like device that have very limited input capabilities. So here I am with this newly rediscovered Psion 5mx. I decided to put in some batteries and see what happened. Wouldn't you know it, the device came up without a hitch and there was all my old data from 1999-early 2001! I used to take copious notes at technical meetings. Reviewing those notes was like looking through an old diary. Anyways, I just wanted to blog about my old Psion, as it's one of those truly excellent examples of fine engineering.

Adam "voiploser" Uzelac

ps - the Psion never did VoIP nor had the capability, and I believe that was the reason it fell out of favor for me.