Handspring Visor

The HandSpring Visor comes in two flavours - Solo and Deluxe. The difference being, Solo comes with 2mb instead of 8mb, and comes without a docking cradle. You will find 2mb filling up quckly, so it is advisable to go for the more expensive 8mb, which can store thousands of addresses and suchlike. Also, the Solo is about £60 cheaper in most retail outlets. HandSpring have taken the Palm OS, and put it into a device that is fairly similar to the Palm III series of organiser, from 3Com. The case of the Visor, however, is different, with a useful grip on the sides, reducing risk of dropping (which happened to my Palm III). The Visor also comes in five colours, to ...  Read the complete review

I bought my Handspring Visor in the summer of 2000, when they had been around for a year or so, and overall have found it to be a valuable asset. The unit looks a little dated now (Jan 2002), due to the frightening pace the computer market moves at. It is fairly weighty too, but not enough to make you notice it too much in the pocket of a jacket. It comes with a case which clips onto the front of the unit when not in use, and can then be clipped on the back of the Visor. This makes for a rather clumsy first impression, but can be overlooked. Indeed, I have purchased a leather case for my Visor, which has rendered the plastic case useless! The Visor runs ...  Read the complete review

I bought my Visor deLuxe a couple of weeks ago and although it has been a godsend in terms of me remembering appointments and shopping lists etc and never had a boring moment on public transport, one thing should be noted: It cannot be set up to syncronise with your work pc if you are on a protected network, using anything below Windows 98. The only way I found around this was for MIS to install a seperate account for me on the pc with administrator rights, but I have to log into my old account to do my work. Therefore, check your system requirements and specifications before choosing a Handspring over a 3com. ...  Read the complete review

I was in search of a tool to replace my DayTimer due to lack of space on my desk. My husband purchased the Handspring Visor for me for Christmas. I was hesitant to place all of my important appointments in a computer based product (we all know the rates of failure). I took the plunge and have not looked back. My husband found this product to offer the same features as some of the more expensive PDAs. I really like the Springboard module option. I can interchange and add options as often as I desire (or as often as I can afford $$$). In regards to support, I have only had a few minor questions and was actually able to get the accurate answer from their ...  Read the complete review

I ordered my Visor in November last year, and had a friend bring it over from America. I received my Visor Deluxe in early February (in my opinion, the other lesser modelsare not really worthwhile) I have found it to be excellent. Although I do not (yet) have any of the Springboard modules, more interesting ones such as mobile phone, MP3 players, GPS and backup units are appearing steadily on the Handspring website. Although not flash upgradeable like the Palm Pilots, the standard set of applications is superior to the standard Palm ones (Enhanced Datebook and Calculator) and the base OS is stable and perfectly usable. The main benefits are effectively ...  Read the complete review