I'm looking to buy a Visor Edge. Your thoughts?
I've come to the decision that my life would be much simpler/organized if I could have a PDA to carry around with me. It would replace my calculator (with it's calculator), 3x5 index cards (for notes & to do lists), my big planner book (with it's calendar), and my cell phone's limited phone book (with it's larger contacts storage abilities).
So I'm looking at the Handspring Visor Edge. I like the fact that it's USB rechargeable, and that it has a hard case standard with it. Let's not forget, of course, the fact that it's so thin!
Do any of you have one? What do you think of it? Is there any other Visor that I should consider? (NOTE: 8MB of RAM should be plenty, as I don't know that many people or have that busy of a life. I should be able to put whatever other apps on it without having a problem with storage space)
Thanks in advance for your help.
So I'm looking at the Handspring Visor Edge. I like the fact that it's USB rechargeable, and that it has a hard case standard with it. Let's not forget, of course, the fact that it's so thin!
Do any of you have one? What do you think of it? Is there any other Visor that I should consider? (NOTE: 8MB of RAM should be plenty, as I don't know that many people or have that busy of a life. I should be able to put whatever other apps on it without having a problem with storage space)
Thanks in advance for your help.
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The current Motorola dragon Ball Z chips used in current handhelds run at around 33MHz, some Sony handhelds are up to 66MHz. The StrongARM chips will run well over 100MHz, and Palm OS 5 will include many 'modern' functions a PDA should. So basically, if you buy that Visor Edge now. it's not going to be very upgradeable. Aside from the fact that you can't upgrade the OS on the Visor models anyhow....
That's my opinion though If you've gotta have one, the Visor isn't a bad PDA. It's not as thin as the Palm m505 or Palm Vx.
There were 3 at business depot that i was looking at
m105 w/ keyboard CAD$299
Visor Edge CAD$329
Sony Clie (dunno model) CAD$299
I didnt bother with one, but i would have gotten the Edge for sure. Best value, biggest screen.
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<strong>The Handspring Treo is the future of PDA's. It's really got it all in there, truly amazing design. Plus it's also a Palm.
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I know. A bit too expensive for me right now, though. I'm going to fly with my cell phone and PDA for right now. Once I get established in a "real job" after I graduate next month, then I'll probably ditch the two and go with a Treo. I know it's compatible with Voicestream, and my Nokia is slowly dying.
After weeks of research I have chosen the clie. I recomend the entry model to anyone who wants a basic and cheap handheld.
As far as I know according to all the info about OS 5. Any Pre-StrongARM PALM handheld will not be OS 5.0 upgradable.
So all these new Palm i705's and such would be stuck at 4.1 or whatever forcing you to upgrade to a new handheld. IF I'm correct.
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I'm just wondering how the Edge is working out? I bought one on Sunday after much debating (I'm going on a month long train tour and figured pda+keyboard is much more practical than my iBook) but it won't be here for another week or so (I'm in Canada). Have any great tips yet? Does is synch with OS X at all? I'm not too concerned, but it'd be a bonus.
It does sync with OS X using Desktop 4.0. The only annoying thing is that during every HoySync, it tries to install a new version of the PalmOS, which fails due to the fact that a Visor cannot be upgraded. Other than that, it's fine.
Oh, and didn't the Newton's use a StrongARM Processor?
<strong>The only annoying thing is that during every HoySync, it tries to install a new version of the PalmOS, which fails due to the fact that a Visor cannot be upgraded.</strong><hr></blockquote>
You can avoid that by removing the OS upgrades from the "Files to Install" folder in your Palm profile. Use Sherlock to find it, since I don't know exactly where it'd be on OS X.
After you do that it won't have a problem.
I like my Visor Edge a lot! It's thin, light, VERY solid, and has overall improved my organization immensely.
After a week with my Visor I'm liking it very much. I have to get over the geekiness factor though. Sometimes I feel a bit silly whipping it out.