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The Palm Pilot 1000 was launched in 1996, the Rocket, 2 years later in 1998.
by utucuro 4y ago
The Palm Pilot 1000 was launched in 1996, the Rocket, 2 years later in 1998.
- Lio 4y agoI can remember reading Project Gutenberg books on a Psion Series 3[1] in the early 90s but not sure exactly when that was, '92 maybe. I'll bet someone must have tried something similar, earlier, using one of the little Tandy portables. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psion_Series_3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psion_Series_3
- Finnucane 4y agoThere was the Sony Data Discman in '92, which failed because books had to be distributed on a proprietary disc format, and there were not many.
- utucuro 4y agoThat took me back on a trip down memory lane... My father had a psion, can't remember the specific model, though most likely from the 3 series, because he was using Palm devices by the time of the 5 Series launch. The form factor was of the Psion great and I even ended up getting the Sony Clié NX73V more or less because of that years later... Aside from the 227g weight, it was an amazing device for ebooks with an amazing 320x480 resolution... It's funny, I use a 6" e-ink Tolino (Shine 2HD, if I recall right) for ebooks these days, but the far lower resolution LCD displays never bothered me back then... My phone today has a considerably better and larger display (Samsung AMOLED) compared to then, and yet I would prefer not to read on that; I wonder why...