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I ended up writing about the EO Personal Communicator a few years ago: https://www.inverse.com/input/features/fax-on-the-beach-the-story-of-atts-eo-communicato
by shortformblog 2y ago
I ended up writing about the EO Personal Communicator a few years ago:
https://www.inverse.com/input/features/fax-on-the-beach-the-story-of-atts-eo-communicator-90s-ipad-flop https://www.inverse.com/input/features/fax-on-the-beach-the-...
Was never able to get the device working (I have two) but I still have them in my possession. So I have some of the few Hobbit microprocessors in the wild.
- julesallen 2y agoI had one of these and I think I bought it from Staples, Office Depot, or whatever the predecessor to this was. I can't remember the exact timing but I picked up an IBM Simon around the same time. Both were half baked products that ended up in a drawer after a couple of weeks. The EO had lousy battery life and not as good as pen and paper for note taking which is why I wanted it. I had various devices over that time frame which included the Palm Pilot, Sony Magic Link, all of the Newtons, a Sharp Zaurus, and so on. The one that really stuck was the Psion MX5 as I could actually touch type on it.
- shortformblog 2y agoThe person who sent along the EOs also sent a Simon. I couldn't get that working either. Sigh.
- julesallen 2y agoIf it's any consolation you're really not missing much!