Psion 7

The Psion 7 is a notebook computer from Psion. In size it is fairly original – larger than a palmtop or handheld machine, but smaller than a laptop computer. It was the first of the Psion series to have a full color screen – and the last, since Psion has since discontinued its PDA products. It follows a leather-bound clam-shell design, with a touch-sensitive LCD screen and QWERTY keyboard. Internally it boasts a 132.71MHz SA-1100 StrongARM processor, 16MB of RAM (upgradable to 32MB) and 16MB of internal ROM.

The machine runs the EPOC operating system (a Symbian OS), and as such, can be programmed in the Open Programming Language (OPL), using the provided development program. It can be synchronized to a PC by means of an RS232 port to serial connector, a method that is antiquated by modern standards.

The unit has expansion ports for Compact Flash (CF) media and Hitachi Microdrives. For data transfer between Psion computers it features IrDA (infrared) connectivity.

Included Software

• Agenda – a personal information management program
• Calc – a calculator
• Contacts – a contacts manager
• Data – a flat-file database program
• Jotter
• Record – a voice recording program, for use with the in-built microphone
• Sheet – a spreadsheet package
• Sketch – a drawing program (for use with the touch-screen interface)
• Time – a world clock and alarm program
• Word – a word-processor

There are also facilities for connecting to the Internet and sending and receiving e-mail.