OBITUARY South African-born pioneer of the British tech industry David Potter, the man behind the iconic Psion pocket computers, passed away on 28th June, six days before his 83rd birthday. “What’s ...

Psion has sent "cease and desist" letters to some netbook-oriented web sites ordering them to stop using the term "netbook". jkOnTheRun says: "The letters claim that the term netbook is trademarked by ...

Psion insists that such claims are not true, despite the fact that it has suspended production of its Bluetooth PDA and, faced with a "weak and oversupplied" handheld market, will not be developing ...

UK handheld computer maker Psion, which announced on Wednesday it was laying off 250 staff and postponing the launch of its Bluetooth kit, has been pushed out of its niche, according to experts. The ...

Psion yesterday lost a fifth of its stock market value after it was forced to admit that US partner Motorola had pulled out of an eagerly awaited joint venture aiming to "bring the internet to your ...

In the four years since the first Raspberry Pi appeared, there have been many takes on a portable computer based on it. The choice of components is fairly straightforward, there is now a wide ...

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Psion's legal team followed up with jkOnTheRun, and according to them, it's only going after those sites and companies "making a direct, financial profit from use of the 'Netbook' trademark." (As ...

The UK's once-brightest hope for global tech dominance, Psion, has thrown in the towel in the battle to dominate the handheld computer market. The firm, battered by the global slowdown and rivals such ...

Psion has defended its decision to pull out of the market for handheld devices by saying it was making a "move up the value chain". "Is it a market we want to be in right now?" Psion's Peter Bancroft ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Psion Inc. news every morning. Sir David Potter, founder and chairman of Psion, the UK handheld computer company, has warned that ...