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09-27-2000, 09:05 AM | #1 |
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Any Handspring users here?
I'm looking for a PDA. The Handspring Visor Deluxe has caught my eye, just because of the unlimited potential it has. WOndering what other people's thoughts were.
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09-27-2000, 09:23 AM | #2 |
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I can feel geeks are us coming to post now!!
Hold on, a bunch of stuff no normal people can understand will soon be displayed. Paul G. |
09-27-2000, 09:29 AM | #3 |
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Pete -- I'd have to agree. I have palm IIIX
it's good, and reliable. but if I were to buy today... that's the way to go. Upgrade central. They're are 2 issues that I know of though. 1. Upgrades existing - There has been a ton of talk regaurding the upgrades, but I haven't seen any of them in existance, but that was a while ago. 2. Color - color ones are nearly on the way. (from other venders) So expect one soon from them too. ok, 3 things 3. availability - those suckers have been hard to get your hands on, that might have changed in the months that I haven't been keeping up with it. other than that... the OS is great. So many prog's avaible. So flexible too just my opinion AO |
09-27-2000, 10:05 AM | #4 |
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Paul: I was going to stay quiet, but after that introduction, I'm compelled to respond .
Pete: The Visor Deluxe is the one to get. Don't bother waiting for a color version, as the higher cost and shorter battery life will make it an unrealistic purchase. Just compare with WinCE and the new color Palm. If I can find the time, there are several Springboard plug-ins that I want to design and build. In the meantime, you can do all sorts of research on it at http://www.visorcentral.com. I have an orange Visor Deluxe, and Kris has a graphite Visor that he wants to perform an 8Mb memory swap on. I have experience with soldering surface mount chips. In the Kingdom of the Blind, the One-Eyed is King. -WaC Wayne |
09-27-2000, 10:10 AM | #5 |
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Thanks, Wayne. You da man!!
I almost bought a Palm VII yesterday, but I was afraid of it being limited. |
09-27-2000, 10:10 AM | #6 |
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The Palm V is smaller and thinner, so if you're looking for something you can *easily* slide into your pocket along with your wallet, you may want to consider it.
In my right pocket, I keep my wallet, keys and Palm V. In my left pocket, I keep my cell phone and car keys. When it's cold out and I'm wearing a jacket, the Palm and cell phone go into the jacket pockets. When I go on business trips and have to meet clients in a suit, the Palm definitely is more professional looking than the snazzy translucent Visor case. That said, I love the visor's expansion capability and would rather have that if I had the time to hack on it. But I don't, so I use the PalmV and have not "modded" it. That said, I work for Compaq, so I have to plug this: <a href=http://www5.compaq.com/products/handhelds/pocketpc/>http://www5.compaq.com/products/handhelds/pocketpc/</a> Hey, it runs Linux - try doing *that* on your Visor! nyah nyah nyah! Actually, I helped with the Linux port - <a href=http://www.handhelds.org>http://www.handhelds.org</a>. Okay, I'm done being a nerd for now. Back to your regularly scheduled car talk... Edwin Uber-Geek [This message has been edited by efoo (edited September 27, 2000).] |
09-27-2000, 10:33 AM | #7 |
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Pete, you distract Edwin, and I'll reach for his right pocket...
Anyone who runs Linux is a bigger nerd than I. :P -WaC Wayne Geeks-R-Us |
09-27-2000, 10:37 AM | #8 |
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Wayne,
Why stop at his right pocket, you may as well reach into his left and grab his keys, too. -Pete |
09-27-2000, 10:41 AM | #9 |
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Hey, stay away from me. I'll sic a bunch of religious Macintosh zealots on you.
-Edwin |
09-27-2000, 11:14 AM | #10 |
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All you guys talkin' about reaching into Edwin's pockets.... umm... riiight...
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09-27-2000, 11:28 AM | #11 |
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My mentioning of the color units was 2 pronged... 1. if you want color wait 2. result of color devices being available the cost of none color units should go down. AO [This message has been edited by m750 (edited September 27, 2000).] |
09-27-2000, 11:55 AM | #12 |
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Visor Deluxe!
This is the way to go! I made the mistake of not having enough cash for the deluxe, and now I have to have Wayne solder in 8MB of memory - but actually that will end up being LESS then the Visor Deluxe. $170 = My 2MB Visor $40 = Memory upgrade $210 = TOTAL OR $250 = Handspring Deluxe 8MB is the only difference, and you're ready to go out of the box. Wayne and I are working on a OBD2 connector, and we might end up building a springboard module! Oh... and Macintosh is a religion, not an OS. - Kris |
09-27-2000, 11:59 AM | #13 |
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Oooops almost forgot - The Compaq "thing" Lasts for 10 hours on batteries. I can get MORE then a month out of mine, and I use mine all the time.
But - yes it's cool that it runs Linux, an OS I could never quite be productive with... - Kris |
09-27-2000, 05:59 PM | #14 | |
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