There's good news for those of us that were fans of Psion's mobile computing products in the late 1990's. Psion Teklogix this week released the NetBook Pro. It sports a case similar to that of the old Psion Series 7 but comes with a 400MHz processor, 128MB of RAM, Windows CE .Net 4.2, 8.5 inch colour touchscreen and slots for PCMCIA, SD and CF.
Curiously enough it is priced at a sky high $1500 USD. That's comparable to a regular laptop, and the money would get you more. Psion Teklogix claim that the overall cost of owning a PC laptop including service, support etc is about $8000 USD, compared to $2000 USD for the NetBook Pro. Still, I have a hard time seeing the NetBook as a laptop replacement. But I am sure that it will find its niche market. Either way, it's good in a nostalgic sort of way, to see a new "handheld" from Psion.
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