Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Handspring To Release 65k Color Visor

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the little-yellow-green-orange-purple dept.

Fervent writes: "Hoping to up-end Palm company's supremacy in the color department for Palm OS, Handspring plans to release a Palm device with support for 65,536 colors. " Also, they're gonna offer a version integrated with a cell phone.

4 of 127 comments (clear)

  1. I don't want this... by vsync64 · · Score: 5
    ...and I sincerely hope they don't phase out the ordinary Visor Deluxe in favor of these newer versions, for two reasons:

    1. Color isn't that great. It sucks battery, it makes things less contrasty for reading in extreme lighting situations, and if it's anything like the Palm 3c's color, it's quite painful to look at for more than, say, 3 seconds.
    2. Integrating it with the cell phone would be bad. It's the same reason I probably won't get the MP3 player module or one of those MP3 watches instead of my Rio. I believe in separating essential functions, so that if my Visor dies and loses my appointments, I can call the person and double-check the time, for example. If both the Visor and the phone die, well...
    --
    TO BUY A NEW CAR WOULD MAKE YOU SEXUALLY ATTRACTIVE.
  2. Re:Why is the Palm OS winning? by JatTDB · · Score: 5

    They're winning because they keep it simple, and because the entry-level price is so much lower.

    Most people want to use a handheld for very simple things...a phone book, an address book, maybe a few small games to pass the time during meetings. They don't want an MP3 player with just enough space to hold one song, or other such things that really only appeal to those who like to show off.

    One of my coworkers is a big WinCE fan...he's gone through several ones that he's bought, sold, or traded. The other day he decided to play an MP3 through the little internal speaker. It sounded like crap. He said, "Can't do that with your Visor, can you?"

    Of course, I can't, but then again, I paid less than half the price. And since mine is actually small enough to be comfortably clipped on the belt, I get a lot more work done with it. His is on his desk half the time because he doesn't feel like carrying it around all the time.

    I don't need a "real" pc with me at all times. I have a workstation at my desk, multiple boxes at home, and a laptop for the rare occurances when I need that sort of capability away from those places. For everything else, PalmOS works great.

    --
    "That's Tron. He fights for the Users."
  3. Disgruntled Visor Owners by Trinition · · Score: 5
    Already, there are some disgruntled Visor owners.

    As one of them, I can say that we've been waiting for some inklink of Palm OS 3.5 capabilities for a while now (for official color and greyscale support, IR syncing, network syncing, etc.)

    However, we don't have Flash RAM, so any OS upgrade would have to be in RAM (no big deal if its small enough), or on a SpringBoard.

    Either that, or we have to foot the bill for a $200+ upgrade after sellng our existing Visors.

  4. resolution? by British · · Score: 5

    When are we going to see more than a 160x160 resolution in these devices instead of more color? I'd rather be able to see more text(with decent font detail) than more colors. I know it's a step closer to being more of a laptop than a palmtop, but still.