A smartphone equivalent from 22 years ago Ericsson MC218 aka Psion 5mx

[@audiogek]

Lovely old tech! I have a special place in my heart for my first mobile computer, the MDA vario, 15y old, also with stylus...and still working.

[@PSAfterHours]

yeap, some of that old tech just keeps going

[@davidrgilson]

I had the original Psion version of this (the series 5), and I had a predecessor, the Psion Series 3c. Used them to type notes in university lectures. Even managed to get online with them with a 14.4bps modem that was bigger than the "palmtop" computer!

[@davidrgilson]

The operating system these ran on was the forerunner for Symbian, the long dead smartphone OS.

[@sasham4073]

i had that exact one. had backlight too. i installed emulator for zx spectrum games on it, and loads of other software.. had so much fun with it

[@PSAfterHours]

I love this old tech. Engineers had more fantasy back then

[@karlsonsjekabsonsneiburgso4271]

These vids are the best

[@nuhbiwan]

Put some motors on it make it fly

[@mr-huggy]

The don't make smart phones like they use to. I still have a Palm and a Palm Treo 600 phone kicking around somewhere.

[@PSAfterHours]

Palm Vx was the best PDA I ever had! The symbol writing recognition was just amazing

[@mr-huggy]

@@PSAfterHours I use to have a app that could download webpages on to my Palm so i could read stuff on the bus on the way to work. As for my Treo before the days mobile companies (about 2004) caught on to mobile data I had unlimited data (64kbs) it also worked abroad :)

[@hermetic_wizard777]

It's better than a smart phone for work or writing because of it's long term power efficiency for just 2 AA batteries.

[@PSAfterHours]

I would not say "better". It seems to be very useful, but on the longer run, modern smartphones are just better

[@typxxilps]

But that idea had started about 10 years earlier with a device called not Newtonpad or whatever but atari portfolio beautifull idea ... and I still have all the Palm Pilot of the 1997 onwards like Palm III, IV and V before the colour screen started and the Handspring ones beside the Sony Clie, the most beautifull ones back then.