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Summary: Good But Not Great
Review: I have had my Prism for 2 weeks now. It is a nice unit and does most of what I want it to do. I do have a few gripes though: (1) It could use a flip top cover. The existing cover must be removed and set down some place. Also my wife put the cover on upside down and broke loose the bottom sync connections. This should not happen. (2) The battery life is pretty short. It is a lot shorter then any standard non-color PDA. I need to charge my Prism every other day. I wonder if it would last for all day use. (3) The Graphiti is marginally accurate. Maybe I need more practice but I doubt it. I find it easier to use the keyboard option. (4) It is bulky. Now for the things I like. (1) I like the 8M expansion card. (2) I like all the different software available. (3) I like the address book and email ability. I know there will be more to like as time goes on.
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Summary: Fat and needs a flip cover
Review: The Prism is certainly state-of-the-art in terms of speed and color. I have owned it since its release. About six weeks. Overall, I'm disappointed, and am looking forward to spring's Palm releases.1. The cover is "maddening." Of course, there are bigger problems in the world. But I'm used to a Palm III series PDA where I use it constantly, flip up the cover, flip it back down, and put it in my pocket. With this Prism, you take off the cover, figure out a place to put the cover so you don't forget to put it back on, use the PDA, then snap the cover back on, except you always put it on upside down at least for the first month until you figure out a system for remembering which end is up. 2. The Prism is thicker and heavier than one from the Palm III series, which was no Weight-Watchers' graduate itself. 3. Color is great, for me, for its better visibility (I read text). If you need to carry and show off photos on it, that's fine, but is that why you need a $450 PDA? Few applications exist that really take advantage of the color. 4. The Prism comes with 8 mb of memory and the Springboard is only 8 mb of memory. Why no upgrade of either to 16? I could guess, memory is expensive and in short supply these days. 5. The battery life made me nervous. It didn't get through two days without a recharge, with moderate use that included two backups to the Springboard backup module. If you want cutting-edge, the Prism is still the best out there, however.
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Summary: *The coolest toy*
Review: I was in dire need for a PDA so last year I got the Visor Deluxe. I was in heaven. I loved it so much I bought stock in the company. I *had* to have the Prism when it came out. I love the alarms that keep me on schedule, the ability to make lists on the fly, the possibilities of the expansion slot. My computer recently died and I wanted to back-up my Visor. I simply inserted the back-up module into the slot and was all set in 5 minutes. If I had a Palm I would have been in trouble. I can't wait to load baby pictures into it. To improve handwriting recognition, I would recommend the inexpensive writeRight covers from concept kitchen.
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Summary: the City of Light
Review: The Handspring Prism is the best PDA on the market, hands down. In comparison with the IIIc, which now may be more appealing due to 3Com lowering it's price, the Handspring can display 256 times as many colors as the IIIc, which makes for a much enjoyable experience if you use it to store photos, videos, or perhaps play the occassional game of Pong. Because of the Springboard slot in the back, though, it becomes expandable in almost every direction, something the IIIc clearly lacks. Now that OmniSky has released their wireless modem for the Prism (($) a month, ($) for the modem after rebates), I'd take the simplicity of the Palm OS along with the upgradablity of Handspring over a Pocket PC anyday.
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Summary: Bulky and Heavy but Nice Colors
Review: The new Handspring Visor Prism is a cool product for the right user. That user needs to care very little about size, bulkiness and probably should be an avid game player. Some major problems I have with it are: 1) It is thicker, bulkier and heavier than the regular Handsprings, and not even close to the sleekness of the Palm V Series. It won't really fit in your pocket and will weigh you down. So, if you care about size and portability don't buy this product. The product looks terrible in a case as well. It is just too thick. On the plus side: 2) The colors and the screen are very nice. However, I would say that unless you are an avid game player or plan on loading up your Visor with a lot of pictures then you really won't be able to show off the potential of the display. I have also found that the screen looks great in dim/dark conditions. It could be used as a flashlight in the dark, it is so bright. However, in normal bright conditions such as your office, outdoors, or in airports, I prefer the Palm B&W displays. The colors screen just doesn't show that well under normal conditions. It is kind of like when color screens for PCs first came out - Passive Matrix. 3) The rechargeable batteries are definitely a plus. Oh, and one more thing: you will need to find color applications that support the Prism. There are some good ones such as ZAP2000, Todo plus, and flipchart. Overall, I would rate the product a 3.5 stars.
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Summary: The Prism is the best
Review: I have used my Prism for one month already and it keeps getting better. Games are great. Viewing pics on the screen are sharp. The speed is also faster than Visor Deluxe. A very good feature is that the Palm Desktop backsup all the software installed. Although it is a good idea to still have a backup module.
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Summary: I think I'm in love!
Review: I waited a long time to purchase a visor, even though I knew I preferred it over the Palm, because I was waiting for color. Boy, was it worth waiting for! I use my visor constantly--for typing minutes in meetings, for gaming when I'm bored, as a clock and a datebook. It's an incredible machine that really is making my life easier, and, as a Macintosh devotee, is the only machine that worked with my Mac right out of the box. The color display is quite nice and causes much less eye strain for me, plus you can show off color pictures which really makes it a nice replacement for my wallet. All in all, I love it and you will too.
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Summary: Colorific
Review: In addition to the other reviews, it should be known that the Visor Prism supports over 65,000 colors where as the Palm IIIc only supports 256. Major advantage. I use mine as a portable digital photo album. All in all, it's a great product for the money.
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Summary: Amazing....
Review: I just finally recived this beautiful unit and the first thing I was amazed at was the color it poured out. Loading the Handspring PhotoAlbum, I saw the true clarity of the colors. After using a PalmVx and a Cassiopeia E-115, which also has 65,000 colors, I am set on this one. I am going to be selling my E-115 & my Palm Vx to fully replace this one. The only drawback that I find over the Palm Vx is the size. NOTHING, can beat the slim size of the Palm V's. If only Palm puts out a Palm V in 16-bit color!
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Summary: NOT GOING BACK TO BLACK AND WHITE!
Review: I SOLD MY VISOR DELUXE TO A CO-WORKER AND GOT ME A PRISM. IT IS A SOLID PDA WITH A GREAT COBALT BLUE COLOR AND A NEW DESIGN THAT HELPS FITING BETTER ON YOUR HAND.THE PRISM FEELS MORE SOLID THAN THE VISOR DELUXE AND THE 16 BIT COLOR SCREEN IS A BLAST!! ANOTHER WINNER FROM HANDSPRING!!!
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