Compare Psion – netBook vs Psion – Series 5 Specifications

netBook Series 5
Brand
Psion Psion
Model
netBook Series 5
Released
2000 Mar 1997 Jun
Hardware Designer
Psion Psion
Manufacturer
Psion Psion
General Extras
Passive stylus Passive stylus
Device Category
Palmtop Palmtop
List of Additional Features
CompactFlash OS loader N/A
netBook Series 5
Width
235 mm
9.25 inch 		170 mm
6.69 inch
Height
182 mm
7.17 inch 		90 mm
3.54 inch
Depth
37 mm
1.46 inches 		23 mm
0.91 inches
Bounding Volume
1582.5 ccm 351.9 ccm
Mass
1150 g
40.57 ounces 		354 g
12.49 ounces
netBook Series 5
Platform
Symbian Symbian
Operating System
Symbian EPOC Release 5
1 		N/A
Operating System Kernel Version
R5 R3 v1.01
netBook Series 5
CPU Clock
191.7 MHz 18.432 MHz
CPU
DEC StrongARM SA-1100
1,997
32 bit
single-core
16 Kbyte I-Cache
8 Kbyte D-Cache
350 nm 		ARM 7100
1,995
32 bit
single-core
8 Kbyte I-Cache
RAM Type
SDRAM EDO DRAM
RAM Capacity
32 MiB RAM
19 MiB user accessible RAM 		N/A
Non-volatile Memory Type
No EPROM
Non-volatile Memory Interface
No Yes
netBook Series 5
Display Diagonal
196 mm
7.7 inch 		142 mm
5.6 inch
Resolution
640x480
307200 pixels 		640x240
153600 pixels
Display Width
156.8 mm
6.17 inch 		132.96 mm
5.23 inch
Display Height
117.6 mm
4.63 inch 		49.86 mm
1.96 inch
Horizontal Full Bezel Width
78.2 mm 37.04 mm
Display Area
18439.7 square millimeter 6629.3 square millimeter
Display Area Utilization
43.1% 43.3%
Pixel Size
0.245 mm/pixel 0.20775 mm/pixel
Pixel Density
104 PPI 122 PPI
Display Type
Color STN LCD display Monochrome STN LCD display
Display Color Depth
8 bit/pixel 2 bit/pixel
Number of Display Scales
256 4
Display Illumination
Yes ELP
Display Light Reflection Mode
Yes reflective
Display Subpixel Scheme
Yes N/A
Scratch Resistant Screen
No No
Graphical Controller
N/A N/A
A/V Out
No No
netBook Series 5
Audio Channel(s)
mono mono
A/D Converter Nominal Resolution
12 bit quantization 12 bit quantization
Microphone(s)
mono mono
D/A Converter Nominal Resolution
12 bit quantization 8 bit quantization
Loudspeaker(s):
mono mono
Audio Output:
No No
netBook Series 5
Supported Cellular Bands
No No
Sec. Supported Cellular Networks:
No No
netBook Series 5
Touchscreen Type
Resistive touch sensing screen Resistive touch sensing screen
Touchscreen Simultaneous Touch Points
Single-touch Single-touch
Keyboard
Built-in QWERTY Built-in QWERTY
Number of keys
58 53
Directional Pad
Four-way (without action button)-way Four-way (without action button)-way
netBook Series 5
Expansion Interfaces
PCMCIA I.
PCMCIA II.
CF I.
CF II. 		CF I.
CF II.
USB
No
No 		No
No
USB Connector
No No
Bluetooth
No No
Wireless LAN
No No
IR
IrDA 1.1
4Mbit/s (FIR) 		IrDA 1.1
115200bit/s (SIR/CIR)
Serial
Recommended Standard 232 Recommended Standard 232
Serial Connector:
Proprietary Proprietary
Serial Data Rate:
115200 bps 115200 bps
netBook Series 5
FM Radio Receiver
No No
netBook Series 5
Supported GPS protocol(s)
No No
netBook Series 5
Camera Image Sensor
No No
Focus
No No
Flash
No No
Aux. Camera Image Sensor
No No
Aux. 2 Camera Image Sensor
No No
Aux. 3 Camera Image Sensor
No No
Aux. 4 Camera Image Sensor
No No
Aux. 4 Camera Focus
No No
netBook Series 5
Secondary Camera Sensor
No No
Sec. Aux. Cam. Image Sensor
No No
Sec. Aux. 2 Cam. Image Sensor
No No
netBook Series 5
Built-in accelerometer
No No
netBook Series 5
Protection from solid materials
Yes Yes
Protection from liquids
Yes Yes
netBook Series 5
Battery
Lithium-ion
removable
1-cell 		AA pencil battery
removable
2-cell
Nominal Cell Capacity (1st cell)
2200 mAh cell N/A
Estimated Battery Life
12.0 hours N/A
netBook Series 5
Market Countries
Germany
Ireland
UK 		N/A
Market Regions
Europe
Western Europe 		N/A

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