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Kewney: Dell Win A Coup For Psion Dacom
News The move is a triumphant culmination of several months of Psion Dacom manoeuvering and negotiations aimed at convincing Dell that it was a truly global company. It involved establishing new marketing and public relations contacts in several...
[December 15, 1997, 13:27]
Psion Dacom GSM/modem/LAN PC Card Out
News UK firm Psion Dacom today announced availability of Gold Card Network (£399 + VAT), a four-function PC Card that combines 33,600bps modem, 14,400 fax, Ethernet and GSM features. Psion Dacom can be contected by telephone on 01908-261686.
[October 21, 1996, 11:05]
Psion Dacom Wins Huge Dell Global Deal
News The card has 23 country approvals, a decisive factor, according to Psion Dacom. Nobody else had a global capability with GSM and ISDN," said Dave Curl, worldwide head of marketing for Psion Dacom. About 40 extra staff will be taken on at Psion...
[December 15, 1997, 11:56]
Live 96: Psion Dacom's Polychrome Modems
News Psion Dacom can be contacted by telephone on 01908-261686. The surfboard-shaped Surfer modem (£180 including VAT) supports transfer rates up to 36,600bps. The jackets come in Citrus Lemon, Tangerine Dream, Lagoon and Purple Royale.
[September 26, 1996, 9:04]
Guy Kewney's Diary
News Psion Dacom has had a very good year, selling PCMCIA modems, plugging PCs into cellphones, and making friends with Nokia. I've done particularly well out of Psion itself, since the Series 5 works with a Psion Dacom card.
[December 6, 1997, 7:00]
Psion Slump Signals Sea Change For PC Cards
News Psion claimed its PC card division, Psion Dacom -- which had a succesful 1998 winning a number of major OEM deals most notably with IBM and Dell -- would be affected this year by the growing trend by notebook manufacturers to embed PC card modems.
[February 11, 1999, 12:47]
Psion (2) -needs New Mobile Comms Plan
News Ian Beasley, technical director at TeleAdapt, a UK mobile communications specialist, speculated that Psion could use its Psion Dacom modem business to copy the cellular-phone-in-a-cradle approach favoured by Hewlett-Packard (HP) in its OmniGo...
[July 29, 1996, 14:26]
Psion Shows Off Bluetooth Smarts
News Psion Dacom, the group's data communications division, gets its bread and butter from such wireless devices as GSM modems for laptop PCs. What we're saying is the skills for cellular have been there for a while, but the future is in 802.11, voice...
[May 9, 2000, 11:20]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News I know Dacom have some new products, and I suspect some of them are much required -- compact flash modems for handheld PCs, multifunction modems to compete with Xircom, and so on -- but I don't know what for sure and I don't know when.
[February 12, 1999, 17:35]
Multi-Tech Tracks Psion With International Modems
News Ever since Psion Dacom announced that it would be the supplier of choice to Dell's mobile PC division, there has been consternation at modem makers who fear they could lose their corporate 'fleet' business unless they pay more attention to...
[January 9, 1998, 14:02]
Five Years Ago: Psion, TDK Bleak On 56K Modem Prospects
News Psion Dacom doesn't plan to release 56K products anytime soon," said Dave Curl, marketing manager for the firm. First published 21 April, 1997. There's an awful risk of confusion for buyers. There won't be a ratified standard until next year and...
[April 19, 2002, 7:01]
Psion, TDK Bleak On 56K Modem Prospects
News "Psion Dacom doesn't plan to release 56K products anytime soon," said Dave Curl, marketing manager for the firm. There's an awful risk of confusion for buyers. There won't be a ratified standard until next year and there won't be an interim...
[April 22, 1997, 16:49]
Psion Leads Despite PC Card Market Go-slow
News Psion Dacom increased its lead in the European PC Card market last year. It will continue to dominate despite the market dwindling and forcing increased competition, according to a report from Dataquest.
[July 8, 1997, 8:45]
One Year Ago Today: Psion, TDK Bleak On 56K Modem Prospects
News Psion Dacom doesn't plan to release 56K products anytime soon," said Dave Curl, marketing manager for the firm. 56Kbits/sec modems are imminent but lingering doubts over standards, performance and bugs mean that not everybody is joining in the gold...
[April 23, 1998, 7:00]
Psion Profits Up But Warns On 1999
News David Potter chairman of Psion said: "The shift to embedded modems is likely to reduce Psion Dacom's sales in 1999. The company made a pre-tax profit of £23.3m up from £11.4m for 1997 with sales up 13% to £159.9m from £142.m last year.
[March 3, 1999, 14:53]
PC Makers Show Off At Live 96
News Psion Dacom, Nokia, Sanyo and Creative Labs were among other companies showing new products. This year's show had more PC and Internet-based products than Live 95, but far fewer exhibitors. Microsoft, Packard Bell, IBM and Olivetti hosted major...
[September 25, 1996, 15:19]
Psion Plans 32-bit Products, Reports Profits Up
News Potter added that the firm will also release new products from its industrial terminal division Psion Industrial and communications unit Psion Dacom. Palmtops based on the 32-bit EPOC32 operating system will lead the way as the UK firm tries to...
[March 11, 1997, 13:44]
Five Years Ago: Psion Plans 32-bit Products, Reports Profits Up
News Potter added that the firm will also release new products from its industrial terminal division Psion Industrial and communications unit Psion Dacom. First published 11 March, 1997 Palmtops based on the 32-bit EPOC32 operating system will lead the...
[March 9, 2002, 6:01]
Guy Kewney's Weekend Diary
News And when they did, the silly things didn't understand GSM international dialling, and the big plus -- that they would work on the ordinary phone system too -- turned out to be a let-down, because they were only V.32bis (14,400 bits per second...
[August 31, 1996, 9:01]
CeBIT 2000: What's Hot At This Year's Show
News No such worries this year, with a multitude of vendors -- including Xircom, Siemens and Psion Dacom -- proudly displaying Bluetooth-enabled wares in a dedicated pavilion. Expect wireless, lots of wireless.
[February 21, 2000, 8:50]
