General Information

Serial #

RB001C040JPN

Part Number

1

Total Parts

6

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC CASING, KEYS, SCREEN, PARTS/ METAL PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

15.5 cm

Width

7.9 cm

Height

1.8 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

China

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C. 2000-2003

Canada

HANDHELD COMPUTER OF TYPE USED IN CANADA AS ELSEWHERE. ARTIFACT WAS PURCHASED ONLINE BY DONOR THROUGH RESELLER IN U.S. (SONIC BLUE). THIS MODEL IS REALLY PSION REVO PLUS PDA, MADE IN CHINA BY PSION COMPUTERS PLC, UK, & RELABELLED AS DIAMOND MAKO FOR U.S. MARKET.

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. 2000. PSION WAS APPARENTLY FIRST MFR. OF HANDHELD COMPUTING DEVICES, FROM EARLY 1980S BUT NO LONGER PRODUCES PDAS. MAKO RUNS EPOC V5 OPERATING SYSTEM (NOW CALLED SYMBIAN). PSION REVO PLUS WAS SUCCESSOR TO BYTE AWARD WINNING REVO (SEE 2003.0165).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

INTERIOR LABEL WITH BAR CODE "RB001C040JPN"/ WHITE LETTERING READING "PSION/ (C) 2000 PSION COMPUTERS PLC DIAMOND MAKO 16MB/ WORLDWIDE PATENTS PENDING/ MADE IN CHINA"; WHITE & BLACK LETTERING READING "DIAMOND", "mako TM" & "16MB"/ BLACK LETTERING ON SILVER LABEL READS DIAMOND/ mako TM"; BLACK LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

BLACK & SILVER CASING/ GREY KEYS

Decoration

PSION LOGO WITH ELECTRONIC SYMBOLS