The Irish Mail on Sunday

PDA? SADLY, IT’S ALL GEEK TO ME

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I didn’t own a Psion organiser back in the 1990s, but I dreamed of being the sort of man who did. The handhelds were for people too switched on for a Filofax, and its sliding keyboard promised a future filled with endless on-the-go productivi­ty. Now, of course, we’re in the actual future, and the grandchild­ren of the Psion are mainly used for Candy Crush. But the glamour of the Psion still clearly has some pull. The Gemini PDA from Planet Computers is a resurrecte­d version of the classic Series 5 organiser, crafted by the same designer. The new version runs Android, and the keyboard’s satisfying to use, with a Macstyle row of icons so you can launch Word, email and note-taking apps. Basically, though, this is a geek toy and, unfortunat­ely, there’s just no gap in the market for it.

 ??  ?? OLD SCHOOL: The new Gemini PDA
OLD SCHOOL: The new Gemini PDA

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