In a world where zombie brands like Palm and Polaroid no longer hold their original meanings, it’s refreshing to some see some old-school gadget ideas stay true. In this case, I’m talking about Psion’s legendary pocket computers from the ‘90s — whose industrial designer, Martin Riddiford, successfully crowdfunded a modern version of the tiny laptop earlier this year.
As a noted physical QWERTY keyboard lover, I definitely drooled over the original Gemini PDA… but not for long. Because while a tiny laptop sounds like fun, it’s tough to justify carrying a pocket computer that doesn’t take pictures, make calls, or let me check Twitter without flipping the blasted thing open.
Now, Planet Computers may be fixing those omissions with the C…
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