Talk:Psion Series 3

Psion 3 screen resolution

There is no mention of the actual screen size or resolution of the original 3. The info in the summary box (for instance) all pertains to the 3a. This is misleading. Liam Proven (talk) 13:35, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

OK, I've found and added info on the original 3's screen size & res to that subsection, including a reference. The summary box and so on needs changing, though - it is unhelpful to have info on there that only pertains to certain models. Liam Proven (talk) 14:10, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

Merge

It has been suggested that Psion Series 3mx be merged into this article or section.

Agree -- it's essentially the same computer. -- Puffball 13:01, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Agree -- The 3mx was the last version of the Series 3, it should take its rightful place in the main article. -- lescarleton 15:23, 14 March 2006 (AEDT)

Agree also. Liam Proven (talk) 13:35, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

Psion 3 vs Psion Series 3

I've always heard this handheld referred to as the Psion Series 3, not the Psion 3. Psion Series 3 redirects to this article, but I think this should be swapped, so that the real article title is Psion Series 3 and the redirect goes the other way. Any objections? Pelago 09:51, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Good idea! -- Puffball 10:47, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Psion 3aR

Can anyone provide a photograph of a Psion 3aR? There might be a few in Russia. Snowman 09:36, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Psion 3a localization

The article mentions that the Psion Series 3a was only released with English and Russian localized ROMs. However, I have one with a pre-installed Hungarian localization. Any other information about this?

This is interesting, can you upload a photo of it, for the wiki? I hope that you can show some Hungarian writing on the screen and/or keyboard. Snowman (talk) 15:51, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

I can confirm that there were many local variants of the ROM. For sure there were dedicated French, German, Italian, Swedish, Hungarian, Spanish roms. The Dutch rom was special; while the Holland Dutch use QWERTY, the Belgian Dutch use AZERTY. It used the same hardware, but there was soldering-jumper on the mainboard to switch keyboard layout. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.215.36.180 (talk) 02:30, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Software by Apple?

The article makes the statement "Psion, Apple and third party software was available loaded onto such memory cards which were available as separate packs." I'm not aware of Apple creating any Psion, EPOC or Symbian software, ever. Someone please either correct me or correct the article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.63.228.58 (talk) 08:23, 25 January 2007 (UTC).

I think it should be Acorn - one of the pictures of software packs shows one which has an acorn on it. Snowman 11:36, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Series 3 vs. Pocket Book

According to the article, "Apart from the badging, the hardware and software of the Acorn Pocket Book and the Psion 3 are identical."

It's been a while, but I thought there was a difference in the built-in software. And if you look at the Pocket Book picture, you'll notice that the 'Agenda' and 'Program' (OPL) buttons are missing, replaced with generic 'Key 1' and 'Key 2'.

See, for example, [1].

Does anybody know a good reference that compares the two, or do we need to trawl Usenet for similar threads?  :) Atomnet 02:20, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

I have added some details and references to the sections on the PB & PBII. I have also removed the info about the Pocket Books from the Series 3 section and moved them into 2 separate sections, one for the PB, one for the PBII. However, I feel that the Acorn information should be split back out into a separate article. Mentioned and linked, sure, but these are not Psion products and they do not belong on a Psion page. Liam Proven (talk) 14:13, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

They were all made by Psion. Snowman (talk) 14:54, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was support for move. Little participation but no opposition and a quick Google search appears to substantiate that the nove target is the common name.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 21:26, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Requested move

As mentioned above, Psion Series 3 would be a more correct name for this article. Letdorf (talk) 21:44, 25 February 2009 (UTC).

• Support being "more correct" is not the only factor in choosing names, however in this case it appears to be more common than the current title and should be used per WP:COMMONNAME. --Rogerb67 (talk) 03:48, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

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