Advantages: internet and email on the move, helps you to plan your life, check your e-mail on the train/the beach/wherever Disadvantages: not cheap, you can only read the omnisky instruction manual on your desktop PC
...PDA's, I recently purchased a Handspring Visor Platinum after reading a review in T3 magazine. As somebody who tends to be very disorganized (scraps of paper with 'to do' lists litter my desk on a daily basis!) this seemed like an opportunity to get more organized. You could of course just buy a diary and save yourself a couple of hundred pounds, but that would'nt be very high tech and cutting edge now would it! And of course a PDA is much more than ... ...One good thing about the handspring pda's is the 'plug in' bit on the top (where the visor phone slots in) - you can also add an mp3 player, a digital camera and other accessories. However, these do apparently have their quality limitations and are a bit pricey. (See handspring.com for details of what you can add on). By the way, with omnisky you cannot yet use the visor phone as a mobile phone as it is set to send and receive data only - however ...
GoodShop 29.04.2001 (09.07.2001)
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Advantages: Springboard slot, Fast USB Sync Disadvantages: Speed, non-upgradeable OS
...one, because none of the Handspring Visor family have flashable ROMs, if it did I could upgrade to PalmOS 4, and solve the speed problem. It helps keep the cost down, but ultimately means that the devices have a shorter lifespan. Personally, I'd buy a Visor Deluxe, or wait for the newer Palms to be widely available here in the UK. ...
ponty 05.07.2001
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Advantages: Expandable, good looking, large storage Disadvantages: Not cheap for a black and white PDA
...a PDA yet, then the Handspring Visor Platinum could well be worth a look.
At around £249, it's not the cheapest PDA on the market (Handspring themselves produces models starting at £100) but it still represents great value for money.
It's 8MB of memory is enough to store all of your addresses, contacts, memos etc., and even if it's not you could plug in another 8MB using the "springboard" modules available. (Modules also include games, digital ... ...It seems that Handspring has got one up on Palm.... at the moment anyway.
And until Palm produce a model that's as expandable as the Handspring Visor, it looks like Handspring are racing to the front of the PDA pack..... well at least for the next few weeks ! ...
apowis 12.01.2001 (30.12.2000)
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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
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Handheld - 128 MB RAM - Screen: 4 in inch - Display: TFT active matrix - CPU: XScale PXA310 - Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi - Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0, Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0 Classic
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