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Old 09-27-2000, 09:05 AM   #1
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Question 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.

-Pete
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Old 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.

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Old 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
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Old 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
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Old 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.
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Old 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...

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Old 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

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Old 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.

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Old 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.

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Old 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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Old 09-27-2000, 11:28 AM   #11
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wac-
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

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Old 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.
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Old 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...
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Old 09-27-2000, 05:59 PM   #14
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$250 = Handspring Deluxe 8MB is the only difference, and you're ready to go out of the box.
I beg your pardon... I am quite proud of my orange Visor Deluxe, thank you very much.
http://wac.addr.com/ee/visor/visor.html

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