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If there was ever a super-sexy PDA to raise your heart rate, it's the Revo. Slick, slim and stylish, the gorgeous blue-and-silver clamshell case flips open with such grace and elegance, you'll wonder if things can get any better.
Psion's new palmtop is much smaller than its older brother, the 5mx, while packing the same power albeit with half the memory - 8Mb to be precise. The screen is also clearer than the 5mx, making it easier to read in virtually any lighting conditions.
Running the familiar Epoc operating system, the Revo lets you get organised with the usual bunch of applications including Agenda, Contacts, Phone and Jotter. The first two synchronise with Lotus Organiser and Microsoft Outlook/Schedule+. A great feature is the Phone application that synchronises your names and numbers in your Revo with those in your mobile phone, provided it has an infra-red port.
The usual email and Internet browser applications are there, but since the Revo is billed as being so Internet-connected, we wondered why there was no built-in modem. The only way you can email on the move is via an infra-red mobile phone, a slow prospect anyway, so if yours doesn't have this functionality, you're stuck.
Battery life shouldn't be a problem, with Psion claiming 14 hours from the built-in triple-As. That should last you about a week, but when the Revo is docking, the included AC adapter tops up the batteries in a few minutes.
When it came to actually trying to use the new keyboard to input data, we found that its smaller design was just not up to the job. Apart from the keys simply being too tiny, they hardly move when pressed, which would take a lot of getting used to. That said, you're probably not buying a Revo to type pages of essays, so it's not a major problem. It is, however, a point to bear in mind when choosing a PDA.
See also:
All Palm PDAs
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