Psion netBook
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox information appliance The Psion netBook is a small subnotebook computer developed by Psion. Released in 1999, it was for the mobile enterprise market.[1]
Description
Similar in design to the later, consumer-oriented Psion Series 7, the netBook has a clamshell design, a Video Graphics Array (VGA) resolution touch-sensitive colour screen, 32 MB random-access memory (RAM), 190 MHz StrongARM SA-1100 processor and a QWERTY computer keyboard. The RAM is upgradeable by adding an extra 32 MB chip. The netBook is powered by a removable rechargeable lithium-ion battery, giving a battery life of 8 to 10 hours.
In October 2003, Psion Teklogix announced the NetBook Pro, replacing the original netBook. This was similar to the earlier model, but upgraded with a 16-bit colour Super VGA (SVGA, 800 × 600 pixel) display, 128 MB of RAM, and a 400 MHz Intel XScale PXA255 processor running Windows CE .NET Framework 4.2 instead of EPOC.[2] It is also possible to run Linux on this model.[3]
An open-source project OpenPsion, formerly PsiLinux, ported Linux to the Psion netBook and other Psion PDAs.[4]
Included software
- Agenda – a personal information management program
- Bombs – a minesweeper game
- Calc – a calculator
- Comms – a terminal emulator
- Contacts – a contacts manager
- Data – a flat-file database program
- Email – an email, SMS and fax client
- Jotter – a multipage scratchpad
- NetStatRF – a Wi-Fi card monitor
- Program – an Open Programming Language (OPL) editor
- Record – a voice recording program, for use with the in-built microphone
- Sheet – a spreadsheet and graphing package
- Sketch – a drawing program (for use with the touch-screen interface)
- Spell – a spellchecker, thesaurus and anagram program
- Time – a world clock and alarm program
- Opera – a web browser
- Word – a word processor
The Netbook trademark
Psion registered the trademark NETBOOK in various territories, including the European Union[5] and Template:US trademark, which was applied for on 18 December 1996 and registered by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on 21 November 2000. They used this trademark[6] for the netBook product, discontinued in November 2003,[7] and from October 2003, the NETBOOK PRO, later also discontinued.[8]
Intel began the use of the term netbook in March 2008 as a generic term to describe "small laptops that are designed for wireless communication and access to the Internet", believing they were "not offering a branded line of computers here" and "see no naming conflict".[9]
In response to the growing use of this term, on 23 December 2008, Psion Teklogix sent cease and desist letters[10] to various parties including enthusiast website(s) demanding they no longer use the term "netbook".[11][12]
During the twelve years since Psion first lodged the original netbook trademark, the term had become perceived as sufficiently generic that later derivative marks were rejected by the USPTO citing a "likelihood of confusion" under section 2(d), including "G NETBOOK" (Template:US trademark rejected 31 October 2008), MSI's "WIND NETBOOK" (Template:US trademark) and Coby Electronics' "COBY NETBOOK" (Template:US trademark rejected 13 January 2009).
References
External links
- Psion Teklogix website
- Psion Teklogix – EOL products
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- ↑ Linux on Psion Netbook Pro
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- ↑ NETBOOK PRO Discontinued Template:Webarchive.
- ↑ Paul Bergevin – VP and GM of Intel’s Global Communication Group.
- ↑ Psion Cease and Desist Letter Template:Webarchive
- ↑ jkOnTheRun.
- ↑ Psion threatens netbook sites over trademarks.
