Rating: 
Summary: Great PDA, Good Packaging
Review: Since day one, I have loved my Handspring Visor. The expansion possibilities of the Springboard are what made me pick this over the Palm Pilot. Although I have not purchased any Springboard modules for it yet, I have a few on my Christmas list, like the modem and maybe an MP3 player. The only part of this device that I don't like is the cover. The flip style cover of the Palm Pilot is much more convenient than the cover that Handspring uses, but I think that it is a small price to pay for the possibilities that Handspring provides.
Rating: 
Summary: iMac User's Only Choice
Review: If you are an iMac user there is really no reason to pay extra to get an adapter for your PDA to sync with your desktop computer. The Handspring is Mac ready out of the box and it's already the cheapest Palm OS PDA out there. Unfortunately, it's still a Wintel world, so many applications such as Hot Sync for Yahoo's online calendar aren't available for Mac OS. So if you are a Mac user who just has to have a PDA, be warned: it may not do everything you want it to do. That being said, however, you may find yourself doing things with it you didn't expect. For example, I use it as mainly as an e-book to read AvantGo articles on my own time. You will be exposed to a new universe of ever-expanding Palm-based content. After installing a few heavier applications, however, you may find 2MB is not enough for your needs. I don't particularly like Palm games, so it's enough for me. I have no problem with the quality of the plastic. You get what you pay for. It feels sturdy and the snap-on case does the job, although at first you may find yourself instinctly flipping it top to bottom rather than side to side when you snap it on the back of the unit. The downside - it's pretty damn heavy compared to the Palm devices, especially the Palm V, and it is uncomfortable in a shirt or coat pocket. It's best left in your bag pack, brief case or other carrying case.
Rating:
Summary: Cool Tool
Review: I found the Visor to be all that it was billed to be. A great little tool to help one keep organized. I've enjoyed using it, even though it causes others to snicker, due to the "geek" factor in using a PDA, rather than a paper organizer. There are also a number of wonderful add-on software programs available. The only negative has been due to my desire to use it with both a serial connection to a Mac and a USB connection to a Windows machine. If you are using one platform, I don't think you should have any problems. Wish list - I wish it came with a hard copy manual, the CD-ROM based manual was not very easy to use.
Rating:
Summary: Can't buy a better PDA!
Review: I don't think there's any other PDA more worth its value. All the Palms are over rated, expensive and can't be expanded. My friend has a M100 and it's not worth the money. Other PDAs like the Jornada and the one by Compaq don't have the Palm operating system and that's a major flaw. Sony's PDA has Palm OS but costs 400 dollars. It's worth it's value because of the memory stick capabilities, but I can't think of anybody who has 400 bucks to spend on a PDA. The Visor is just perfect and at only $180, it's very reasonable. All the functions of the visor is the same as the Palm and I don't understand why someone can chose something that can't be expanded if it costs the same price.
Rating:
Summary: Best Bucks You'll Ever Spend!
Review: I have been using my Visor since December of 1999 and it has been GREAT! Besides the great features for a reasonable price, it has filled a need for me to have updated information with me wherever I go. With this Visor, I keep it synched with both my work and home computers. Before this, I would always be at home - and needing an email address on my work comuter - and vice versa. Plus the hassle and weight of carrying a paper calendar and notebook, from which I had to transfer information by hand every year to a new one. Now I have all my info all the time - and it serves as the "link" keeping home and work computers on the same page. I am now so ORGANIZED! <smile>. I did a lot of research and spoke with several "tech" friends - who all recommended the Visor over the Palm. I have compared models belonging to friends and firmly believe I have the better PDA - at a better price. Buy it!
Rating: 
Summary: D.O.A.
Review: After a great deal of hands on comparison with the Palm M100, this appeared to be the hands down winner. More features, expandability, a cradle with fast USB connection (extra expense for Palms) and no flimsy plastic. However, my new visor was dead on arrival. Nothing would bring it to life. My wife has had a Palm IIIx for some time with no problems whatsoever. I have higher expectations of these types of products, and would expect some sort of QA would take place before they ship them off. So with this rather dubious build quality, I can only offer 1 star at this time!
Rating:
Summary: elegant
Review: I was reluctant to spend almost 200 bucks on a calendar and address book until I tried the Palm OS on my Mac. It was elegant and easy, so I bought the bottom of the line (2K) Handspring. Now I can't imagine being without it. It handles all my addresses, my rather spare schedule, and gives me John Donne and Emily Dickinson besides (CSpotRun). A very friendly gadget indeed.
Rating: 
Summary: Not that special but if u buy get 8mb version
Review: I got my Handspring and played around with it a bit. I havent learned how to use all the features but Ive hotsynced it to my PC and surprisingly everything works. The Handspring is definitely for those tech challenged people. The interface is very user friendly. I hate the stylus tho, its cheap and tiny, which makes it hard to write with. The graffiti program could be improved on but I think theres third party software out there that is better. Overall, the I like the Handspring, but the lack of RAM really sucks. Paying for the 8mb expansion pack isnt very economical or practical if you're going to use some other expansion module. You're basically paying for 10 dollars a megabit and if you need to use an mp3 module or something you'd have to juggle modules. Handspring could verywell have made a 32 or 64meg version or come up with some kind of expansion module that would allow the use of different types of flashcards.
Rating:
Summary: So glad I bought a Visor as opposed to a Palm Pilot
Review: My Visor is great. As an avid internet user and a busy college student in need of organization, this was by far one of the most wise purchases i have ever made. I am really impressed with the all of the palm software there is available, and the Springboard slot makes the Visor that much more useful. If you're undecided between a Palm Pilot and a Visor, I would reccomend the Visor, because it is far more versatile and expandable than the Palm Pilot.
Rating:
Summary: The glass broke on mine, too
Review: Beware: The glass is VERY VERY FRAGILE on the Visor.Customer service at Handspring was OK, (they said "it's like a windshield on a car, sometimes it just breaks)... but I'm shocked I would have to pay $85 to fix a piece of glass that broke while the unit was in my coat pocket. Go to the Handspring web site and you'll see that admit that some units ship with broken glass. If it breaks in shipment I think it wasn't made or packed very well. I might just buy a new one (Palm? something else?) instead of pay the $85, because I'd get another cradle, the software and maybe the newer one's don't break as easily. I've had mine since March and loved it. Now not so sure. If you have a Visor, get a case and be very careful.
|
