Replacement for Psion
 

After a number of years of faithful service, my Psion has finally given up the ghost and I need a replacement. All I actually need is a calender and address book, and preferably one that is fairly small to make carrying easy.

It would also be useful if I could reload the data backed up on my PC from my Psion into it - but that's not essential. And I don't want a phone, as I've already got one which I'm not in the market to replace at the moment.

Can anyone recommend a product they've had experience of?

Interesting timing; I came across my Series 3a in a drawer a few days ago and fired it up for nostalgia's sake! Worked perfectly, and I still love the way it folds away after use, but it also reminded me how far handhelds have come in the intervening 13 years or so.

By the sound of your post though, it did all you need, so why not get it repaired? You don't mention the model but typing "Psion repair" in to Google brought up a fair few possible hits. I recall a common failure point on some Psions is the ribbon cable; these can still be obtained and replaced. In a similar vein, I got my old iPAQ PDA repaired last year (I still use it for satnav) and the cost (to diagnose what turned out to be a charging fault and replace the motherboard with a second hand one) was peanuts. Thirty notes or so, I recall, including postage.

I was a great fan of Psion devices and I have a small collection of their products .

However I now use a Blackberry for keeping in touch , checking mail , looking at my diary SMS even phone calls etc . But it is too small to handle long emails or read attachements . and too slow (and small) for useful web access .

Just got an Acer Aspire One this is a Netbook running Linux brilliant but it wont fit in your pocket .

How about a Palm?
 

I used a Palm for a couple of years until I got me an iPAQ for doing other clever things too. But the Palm did all you specify, never faltered, never crashed, & the battery life was pretty good too.

Imported all my stuff via Palm's PC interface, never faltered, and fitted my pocket better than the HP device does. (smaller than a packet of cigarettes, whatever that is :) )

Good hunting!
Jim

My old Psion 3a died of a broken hinge, and I replaced it with an iPaq.
I still reckon the Psion was a better device for what I wanted, but the extra power of the iPaq had it.

The higher-up-the-range iPaqs are excellent - I recently sold my 5555 which was working perfectly but became superfluous because I had one of those do-everything telephones.

I'd suggest that if you liked the Psion, either get it repaired or pick an iPaq.

I know you said you dont want a phone, but I use an xda 2i and that has all of the above functions you require, it sits in a cradle and talks to your pc through it, it also charges in it..... mine is 3 years old and still going strong......... you can get one cheap too

O2 XDA2 on eBay, also, PDAs, Computing (end time 01-Sep-08 21:14:32 BST)

now forget it is phone enabled, and take a step back and see what it can do as a pure pda

Ringnow.com: O2 XDA IIi Specifications

Thanks for all your answers. Having looked at a few things, and thought a bit more about what I might want, I've come up with the following requirements:

Calender & Contacts - something that runs Outlook would be perfect
Wifi for connecting to my network
GPS to provide SatNav facilities

I think some Ipaq models do this, but it's not clear if there's one that does all 3 - any suggestions?

iPAQ 914c

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