Motorola Solutions Acquires Psion

At one time, Psion handheld personal computers were extremely popular. Not so long ago on Habré there was a review of one of the PDA from Psion, released back in 1999. At one time, this company was more popular than Palm, but what's there - few at that time could compete with Psion in the field of business PDAs. But things did not go further, and the company could not become as popular as it could be. Although luggage, so to speak, Psion is not small behind its “shoulders”.

For example, it is Psion that has the rights to the Netbook trademark both in the USA and in Europe - you must agree, a considerable advantage nowadays. The company obtained the right to a trademark after the release of the Netbook Pro device in 2003 (the device’s photo is in the announced photo). Over the years, the company began to work in only one direction - in the creation of secure mobile devices, mainly for corporations.

Psion, in principle, is still a fairly large manufacturer of mobile devices. The company employs 830 employees, its equipment Psion sells in 50 countries. And in 2011, the company's revenue amounted to 273 million US dollars. So Motorola does not buy a dilapidated and ruined company, but a normal, active manufacturer of mobile devices.

As for Motorola Solutions, this company has agreed to purchase Psion for a considerable sum - $ 200 million. This, of course, is not 13 billion, as is the case with the purchase of Motorola Mobility by Google, but the scale here is different. As for the deal, it will be completely closed by the end of 2012.

Via engadget