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Psion 5mx (lemmy.sdf.org)

Not really a calculator, but I saw that someone posted a series 3 :)

I wish this form factor was still a thing.

Yeah, I know Gemini exists but the software is already rotting...

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[-] psychonova 10 points 6 months ago

i know this is a trope at this point, but i really miss the pre-Android/iPhone of handheld devices. Palm & Handspring did some cool shit, and they were fun to use and not yet obnoxious... Symbian and Maemo devices that walked a fine line. we need a DIY reboot of PDAs and handhelds that aren't smartphones that doesn't mistakenly try to focus on being a smartphone.

[-] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago
[-] psychonova 1 points 6 months ago

they were super cool, and i always wanted one. but i ended up mostly staying in Palm land, I ventured into iPaqs and other Windows devices a tiny bit, took a break from Palm for the Linux-based Zaurus at one point, played with Symbian here & there but still kept ending up back at Palm until my Centro kicked the bucket. tried to bounce around with Symbian and Maemo for a while after that but inevitably had to go Android with it

[-] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Yea, me too - Palm was the going thing since the mid 90's. So many of us couldn't wait for a Palm integrated with a cell phone.

So the Treo was it. Pretty good for the time - the keyboard was fantastic. I'd hoped Palm would modernize the OS (something like Android) with a compatibility layer for the old apps. That would've been great.

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