General Information

Serial #

NB003C004B82K

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 SYNTHETIC CASING, KEYS, SCREEN, PARTS; METAL PARTS/.2 SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

15.7 cm

Width

8.0 cm

Height

2.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Computing Technology

Category

Digital computing devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Psion

Country

Taiwan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C. 1999+

Canada

HANDHELD COMPUTER OF TYPE USED IN CANADA AS ELSEWHERE. ARTIFACT WAS PURCHASED ONLINEBY DONOR THROUGH RESELLER IN CANADA & WAS MADE IN TAIWAN BY BRITISH FIRM PSION COMPUTERS PLC.

Function

HANDHELD COMPUTING DEVICE WHICH INCORPORATES FUNCTIONS OF ORGANISER: CALENDAR, ADDRESS BOOK, TELEPHONE/E-MAIL DIRECTORY, E-MAIL/INTERNET ACCESS & POSSIBLY OTHER FEATURES INTO ONE SMALL UNIT. IT HAS ABILITY TO BE LINKED UP TO COMPUTER VIA INFRARED LINK OR THROUGH CRADLE (.3) WITH CABLE LINK BUILT IN SO THAT INFORMATION MAY BE EXCHANGED BETWEEN THEM.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF HANDHELD COMPUTING DEVICE WITH TOUCH SENSITIVE SCREEN FROM C. 1999. PSION WAS APPARENTLY FIRST MFR. OF HANDHELD COMPUTING DEVICES, FROM EARLY 1980S BUT NO LONGER PRODUCES PDAS. REVO WAS WINNER OF PRESTIGIOUS BYTE AWARD FOR HARDWARE. IT RUNS EPOC V5 OPERATING SYSTEM (NOW CALLED SYMBIAN).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

INTERIOR LABEL WITH BAR CODE "NB003C004B82K" & "0002"/ WHITE LETTERING READING "PSION/ (C) 1999 PSION COMPUTERS PLC REVO 8MB/ WORLDWIDE PATENTS PENDING/ MADE IN TAIWAN"/ WHITE & BLACK LETTERING READING "PSION" & "revo TM"/ BLACK LETTERING ON SILVER LABEL READS "PSION/ revo TM"; BLACK LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE BUT WAS APPARENTLY SOLD WITH CRADLE, AC/DC ADAPTOR, SOFTWARE DISK, MANUAL.

Finish

DARK BLUE & SILVER CASING/ GREY KEYS

Decoration

PSION LOGO WITH ELECTRONIC SYMBOLS