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Handspring Releases New Visors

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the and-it-fits-in-the-palm-of-your-hand dept.

ByteHog writes: "Handspring now has 2 more Visors for us to play with. The Visor Neo, which comes in 3 different colors and the Visor Pro" The battery thing especially is a big deal.

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  1. no more 2MB version? by cetan · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I can't afford $200+ for a PDA, but $80 might be nice...why don't they even offer the basic 2MB model on the handspring site? That's sad. Give them a cheapone and they'll get hooked for more.

    Sorry, but $200 is just too big of a step for a PDA for me. Yes, not everyone on /. is made of money :)

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  2. Color vs. Battery Life by r2ravens · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I will trade away color for battery life any day. My PDA (TRGPro) is supposed to be a PD*A*, not an entertainment device.

    I know that color can help the GUI a bit in quicker human recognition and differentiation, but it sucks a lot of power. I don't need color until a Palm with a color screen runs 4 weeks on a pair of AAA batteries.

    I do agree that wireless networking is an essential feature for the near future and GPS could be very valuable.

    I think it was a poor choice for Handspring to use a proprietary expansion slot. One of the reasons I selected my TRG was that it had a standard Compact Flash slot. I can use almost any CF peripheral, including additional memory, modem, barcode wand, whatever.

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