Psion Dacom extends European Leadership

September 14, 1998 - Psion Dacom PLC - UK

Psion Dacom has increased its lead as Europe's foremost manufacturer of PC Card modem products. According to new figures from Dataquest, Psion Dacom extended its market leading position for PC Card modems shipments in Europe to 16% during 1997.

The latest figures represent the third year in succession that Psion Dacom has held the number one position in the European market. The Dataquest survey, entitled Analog Modems - Europe 1997, gives details of PC Card sales throughout Europe for January to December 1997.

Gareth Hughes, Psion Dacom's managing director, claims that the company's continued success is due to a significantly improved product range. This, he says, has resulted in a better choice of products for customers: "In 1997 we launched the Gold Card Global which brought wide PTT approvals and a modular approach to the market. For the first time users were able to upgrade their modems to GSM and ISDN.

"We've listened to what our customers and channel partners and given them what they want - good quality, flexible and reliable products. By doing that, and by strengthening our international presence, we've stayed number one for three years running".
The company's world-wide distribution network was strengthened during 1997 with several new sales offices, including Boston and Stockholm. European distribution was broadened, with particular emphasis on the Nordics and Central European regions. In response to increasing demand in the French market, Psion Dacom also plans to open a sales office in Paris in the coming months.

To read the full story visit http://5alive.psionking.com/

EPOC 15/09/98 -- Matsushita may buy into Symbian

David Potter, Chairman of Psion Plc, has told UK trade publication Electronics Weekly that talks are being held with Matsushita.  The Japanese electronics superpower may buy up to 30% of Psion's stake in the Symbian consortium.  The result?  Symbian gets a step closer to the critical mass required to established a standard and a much needed Far Eastern presence.

http://www.pmn.co.uk/frameson/news.html for the full story

The new Psion Message Suite v1.5 needs a "patch" to run on the Geofox-One.

It is very simple, just do the following:

Main features of Message Suite v1.5:


File Attachments - Message Suite can now send and receive  file attachments
On-board Conversion - Message Suite now has the ability to convert certain PC based file types automatically. In release 1.5, Message Suite can read Microsoft Word documents and convert them into a format that can be read using  the EPOC 32  Word application . Text files can also be read.
Support for multiple remote mailboxes

EPOC 32 EMULATOR

In August Symbian released their EPOC 32 Emulator as a free download from their website, and many Geofox owners must have  cheered. I certainly did,  thinking  that it would allow me to access and edit my Data and Agenda files on the PC. But unfortunately the Emulator did not have the necessary files onboard for us to make use of it! So when the copyright dispute between Symbian and STNC Ltd led to the removal of the Emulator from the Symbian website, and the call went out to destroy all existing copies, it was perhaps not such a blow !

Palmtop magazine have had to remove it from their latest CD of freeware and shareware, and it seems to have left software development in a legal limbo..........

I do hope that either a Geofox Emulator ar something similar will soon become available.... I for one have been missing the facility which there was for me to edit my Psion 3c data files on the larger screen of the PC.

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