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Pen and Paper is Still better Than This

Advantages: Handy To Do List, Future Antique
Disadvantages: Not Much Cop At All

Years ago a boss of mine (who bored an uncanny resemblance to the pointy haired boss in the Dilbert comics, both in appearance and attitude) advised me to get one of these babies to help with my organisational skills, like most advice given by that idiot I completely ignored him. I preferred using notebook and pen and still do. However seeing that they were going cheap on eBay I got mine for 18 quid I decided to have a go. If you decide to have ...
...in mind that this beastie is OLD technology and is very limited in what it can do. Ok so what does it do then well basically it is an organizer and nothing more with the following features….. Address book, Calculator, to do list, date book, expense form thing which is compatible with excel, memo pad and mail which is compatible with Outlook. In the few weeks I have had it the only thing I have used is the to do list which has proved to be pretty ...

Champ666 28.09.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Handspring Visor Deluxe

Organising is Good!

Advantages: Colourful, Bright, Reactive, lots of thrid party support
Disadvantages: hard to find good third party support. hard to see in sunlight,

The Handspring makes organising so easy. You could describe it as fun to use, it’s not bulky and comfortable to hold, but is also solid and chunky and you can feel even the strongest person would have a problem breaking it. Wonderful except for a few flaws, one the cradle connection is temperamental, two third party programs tend to be buggy and can promote the machine to resetting itself constantly. But on the plus, I have dropped mine several times ...

Eversfield 18.02.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Handspring Visor Prism

20th century technophile’s 'Gameboy’with attitude

Advantages: Springboard Expansion Slot, Funky transparent casing and an equally cool hotsync dock, very to use, backlight that enables use in absolute darkness, stylus has a hidden screwdriver function
Disadvantages: Tend to crash a lot which is a very bad point thus major data loss, consumes a lot of batteries, dim backlight

...no longer in production, although Handspring does sell reconditioned Visors at about £50. My main purpose in writing this review is to show what PDAs were like 3 years ago, and how much PDAs have advanced technologically nowadays. -PRODUCT INFO- Processor : Motorola MC68EZ328 16 MHz RAM: 2 MB Display: 2 Bit (4 grey levels) Input Device: Touch screen Battery: 2 x AAA battery Average run time: 2 weeks (this depends on how regular you use it. ...
...it a bit disappointing that Handspring didn't include a built in voice recorder with the Visor. I owned my Visor for 3 years and I have never operated the microphone. -IR PORT- The left side of the unit has an IR port. As with other Palm OS units, this port can be used to sync, and transfer data / files. The Visor can send and receive data from other IR enabled Palm OS devices. -STYLUS- The right side has the stylus silo. The stylus looks like ...

docmedic 24.01.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Handspring Visor

Handspring Visor Edge

Advantages: Looks great, super slim
Disadvantages: A lillte old now, B/W only, no Bluetooth / WiFi

...few hardware specs for th Handspring Visor Edge PDA, check the "Product Information" tab for lots of detailed specifications. - Operating System: Palm OS version 3.5.2H - Processor: 33 MHz Motorola Dragonball VZ - Memory: 8 MB - Display: 160x160 pixel, B&W, 16 shades of gray - Infra-Red port - Internal Lithium Ion Rechargeable Battery The very sleek Edge is made of an anodized aluminum sandwich. There is a top aluminum shell, a bottom shell, ...
...aluminum shells have a brushed surface that resists fingerprints and feels nice to the touch. The Edge comes in 3 color variations. Silver Metallic, Blue Metallic and Red Metallic. I picked Silver just because I liked the bare techno look of it ! It came with a spring loaded metal vertical flip cover, but I've replaced it with a "book cover" style aluminium front & back casing for a little more protection.. - Size: 4.7 x 3.1 x 0.44in (11.9 x 7.9 ...

matt_fantastic 04.04.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Handspring Visor Edge

I used to have a palm pilot.....

Advantages: well protected, the pen never falls out, you can upgrade it.
Disadvantages: it doesnt feel as solid as the palm, feels a bit more plasticy

So one day I lost my palm pilot and someone told me to buy a Visor. So I looked on the website www.handspring.com and thought for a long time on which one to get. Eventually it was between the cheapest one and the platinum and I thought they looked very similar. So I bought the platinum as I was surfing on QXL.com one day and saw one, bid for it and won. I am now the proud owner of a platinum and I love it. Is it better than the palm? Well its much ...
...love about my platinum. I had a 3x palm, one of the cheaper ones with the cool perspex cover. The things I liked about the palm: *It looked cooler The things I didnt like about the palm: *The pen kept falling out and I lost it quite a few times. *There was not much protection to it and I lost the battery cover once but they did send me a new one free which I was very impressed with. The things I like about the visor: * It comes with a cover ...

MadeinScotland 01.11.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Handspring Visor Platinum