Travel Technology - Psion 5 advice

Does anyone still use a Psion? I want to use an old one, and I would like to pick someone's brains about the best ways to transfer data to a PC; can it be done by the infra-red link and do I need to istall psion's software :confused: Thanks.

Yes and Yes.

You can transfer to the PC through IrDa, but you will need to install the software.

I absolutely loved the series 5 and am disappointed there is nothing like it out nowadays, a real shame that Psion stopped making their own devices :(

There are a few things you'll need to know though; PsiWin only works through Com (serial) ports, so you might need to install the "IRComm" software from Microsoft to create a "virtual com port".

You can download PsiWin here:

http://www.handango.com/psion/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=243&device=Revo&jid=984FB1C3D421BX3EB9D6767ACDC98E15&platformId=4&productType=2&topSectionId=1010&productId=38954&sectionId=1010&catalog=20

Amazingly Expansys still has a smallish Psion store operating here:

http://www.expansys.com/psion.asp

And there is a forum for Psion users here, but it's got virtully traffic...

http://www.pdastreet.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=8

I think PsiWin is probably your best bet via cable.

My main computer when I travel is the Psion netBook (not the netBook Pro). I haven't had to carry a laptop for a couple of years now and I love it.

I think PsiWin is probably your best bet via cable.

My main computer when I travel is the Psion netBook (not the netBook Pro). I haven't had to carry a laptop for a couple of years now and I love it.

The netbook was an absolute marvel of technology. Sadly it was also a marvel at least 5 years ahead of its time.

For all it's functions, PsiWin is a total POS, as is even the current mRouter Symbian sync software that contains leftovers of PsiWin.

I generally dump things off the netBook using scp on my MindTerm SSH client :)

Thanks for your replies. I agree with you ScottC - the Psion 5 was/is brilliant for those travelling - although vulnerable to a screen defect. It is a shame that there is nothing to replace it. For the time being I am transferring files on a flash card via a USB flash adapter and using the Psion Convert Files software from Psi Win.

Now if only my Psion could talk to my Blackberry...

I too like the 5MX but PsiWin killed the product in my opinion. It was just too hard to use. Every 6 months I try to do something with mine and give up after a few weeks. It usually comes back to problems with PsiWin. Last time I really wanted to use it just for documents but it is too hard for me to mail them directly from the Psion with my ISP/work set up. So I would have to transfer them to another device to send and that didnt work well. So went my last attempt at resurrecting it.

I just got a Palm Tungsten 5 and a Thinkoutside IR keyboard. I think it is a much better solution.