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by predictsoft 1119 days ago
I have gone through several Psion 5's over the last few years. They all broke eventually - mainly the screen (ribbon cable).

Because I couldn't justify spending yet another £60 for a Psion 5 which soon breaks down, I run Epoc Agenda now on my Windows PC on an EPOC emulator, and it's great for keeping track of events.
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semiprime 1119 days ago
I'm currently writing an agenda app inspired by the Psion 3a/5 Agendas - because they were the best calendar apps I ever used.

Github: https://github.com/semiprime/pygenda Demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvQqFmlZ6nM

If you liked the S5 agenda, I'd appreciate any feedback you could give. (Video shows it on a Gemini, but I also run it on my Linux Laptop. Running on Windows is probably possible, but I haven't tried it, so you'd need to do some fiddling - in particular installing GTK3).

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predictsoft 1119 days ago
Hi, if you could get it working on Android, I'd be willing to pay $5.
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semiprime 1118 days ago
Planet Computers already did an Android Agenda app for their range of handhelds: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pripla.gem...

(I've not used it. I've seen people complaining that it's not very good, but people always complain on the Web, so that's not much of an indicator of anything.)

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rcarmo 1119 days ago
this is pretty amazing - well done!
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wvenable 1118 days ago
I recently bought an Psion 5 off of ebay -- I've never had one before. The one thing I can't really get over is how awful the screen is -- the reviews online seem to indicate that mine isn't unique in this regard. Hard to see in anything but perfect lighting.

The keyboard is pretty good although not as good as I would have expected given the ravings about it.

I should probably open it up and re-enforce the cable but I'm a bit afraid of messing it up in the attempt.

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