Re: Replacing a broken 5MX

Hi Gerald,

Stay with the Psion 5MX, Psion Revo (Plus) lacks CF so you can't backup to
it. If batteries go dead you lose all your data! On Ebay or other sources
you can pick up various devices. Psion 5 MX, Psion 5MX Pro, Ericsson MC218,
Psion 7 and Psion netBook. Last 2 are bigger, but also in color.

Regards,

Richard

"Gerald H" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> schreef in bericht
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I must be about the only one left in Psionland... My 5MX died today. I
was using it and the touch screen stopped responding, so I turned it off
and tried to turn it on, but now there is nothing. I've even tried the
keyboard shortcut backup method to see if it would respond, but the
machine is dead as a dodo. Luckily the data was all on the CF card and I
guess I can carry using my agenda etc.. with the Windows Psion dev
kit/emulator.

No one seems to make a decent replacement for the Psion, I.e. something
small and ideally free of Windows with a half decent keyboard. So I guess
I'm looking for another Psion. I've noticed some refurbished Revo Pluses
available with, new, guaranteed batteries. What would I lose by going
to one of these instead of a 5MX? I've only really been using the 5MX as
an Agenda and database recently because it won't connect to my modern
mobile... any thoughts?


.

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