PSION LAUNCHES ONLINE OPEN CO-CREATION CENTRE

PSION LAUNCHES ONLINE OPEN CO-CREATION CENTRE FOR CUSTOMERS, PARTNERS AND DEVELOPERS

LONDON (March 4, 2010) - To support the significant evolution in its business model, Psion today launched a new, open and online centre to bring its developers, partners and customers closer together in support of three new initiatives:

- to co-develop the next generation of industrial mobile devices.
- to share and leverage Psion’s significant IP portfolio with a wide range of vendors and component suppliers.
- to accelerate a fuller and uniquely, open dialogue with its global customer & reseller community.

The online community will be a place where Psion, its partners, developers and customers can meet, discuss, share, develop and co-create. It will enable them to cater to an explosion of micro-niches in the market, which recognises that all customers really do have different needs.

Mike Doyle, Chief Technology Officer at Psion, said:“We will widen the potential applications of our industrial mobile computers, so customers can get what they want, and not be restricted to what’s already built in. Devices will be genuinely fit for purpose, and the cost of ownership of devices will also be dramatically reduced. The open online centre helps this happen faster and wider, with ready access to all our open, standard device interfaces, our development kits and our developers themselves. Nobody else in our industry is able to do this.”

As an example, for the first time a developer in Poland now has the opportunity to meet resellers, and fellow developers, all over the world and find mutual customers they would never have been able to reach, or serve, together.

Open Source Mobility will give Psion an extended reach and a significant advantage over its competitors, with Psion presenting a unique proposition to customers and partners alike.

John Conoley continued: “Our new open, online community brings us closer to our customers and their thoughts and will allow us to socialise and commercialise innovation. We are using social media to bring our developers and resellers together with our customers, all over the world. Essentially, everyone will be putting their heads together to help create technology that best fits a company’s individual requirements – that has to be a good thing.”

About Psion
Psion is the pioneer in quality mobile handheld computers and their application in industrial b2b markets around the world. We’ve innovated in mobile computing since 1980, helping our global customers solve their business problems, including Volkswagen, SNCF, RWE nPower, E.ON, BMW, Goodyear, Copenhagen Airports and major international transport hubs.

Our mobile devices are rugged, resilient and built to last. They are tailor-made solutions through Open Source Mobility – our open innovation philosophy in which we co-create mobile hardware, software and services, together with our customers and partners. Psion is a public company on the London Stock Exchange. It is headquartered in London with corporate offices located in Europe, North America, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.

For more information, visit www.psionteklogix.com.