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Posted by MarinoFAN on 08-10-2002 05:17 AM:

Anyone purchase a VP from Handspring lately?

Hi all, I was thinking about making the VP purchase from Handspring. I have had my Deluxe for about a year and I am yearning to get wireless with it. I remember a few months back people saying it was taking months for it to come in from Handspring. Does anyone know what the wait time is now a days? Also does anyone have any reasons why I should avoid the VP purchase. I would like to use my cell phone I have now to connect, but unfortunatly I have Cingular in FL which is CDMA and I have not been able to find a way to go wireless with it. Thanks for any input!!!

-Andy

Posted by 4Wheeler on 08-10-2002 02:01 PM:

I've got one I'd let go for cheap... no chip but you can get that from the service provider.

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Posted by cakennedy on 08-10-2002 02:41 PM:

Yes, I just got my VP yesterday. I ordered it Wednesday and with standard ground shipping, it only took two days.

I love the VP! I've only had it for less than a day, but it's a very, very impressive product. I got it on a trial basis, and if it works well I'll go for a Treo. The VP was free, so there's nothing to lose!

Posted by MarinoFAN on 08-10-2002 04:26 PM:

Thanks for the input... How did you get a trial offer? That is the one reason I am so hesitant becasue of signing a 1 year contract with Voicestream.

Posted by chungmike on 08-11-2002 05:32 AM:

I've had my VisorPhone for about a year now, and I've loved it! I find it very convenient to have these two products in one rather than carry around two items.

About the one year contract, consider this.....if you going to get a mobile phone, you usually have to sign a contract anyway....unless you're already on a plan. If you're ready for a new service, just get the free VP and activate the 1 year service contract.

Being able to make phone calls, send SMS messages, check e-mail, and surf the web ANYWHERE has been very valuable to me....also a very high cool/geek factor...whichever way you look at it. Although the VP/Visor combination is a bit old, I still get tons of compliments on how cool it all works. You can do this with your Visor ONLY with the Visor Phone.

BTW, you can send and receive SMS messages when you're talking on the phone. I was pleasantly surprised one day when I was on a phone call (using ear piece) and an SMS message came though. I continued my conversation and replied to the SMS at the same time.

Another comment about the Visor Phone....I have the HS case that exactly fits the VisorPhone and Visor. I used to alway pull the Visor out from the VP antenna until I started noticing some stress cracks around the antenna. I now pull it out using the sides of the VP to prevent further cracking. Be careful with your VPs so that you don't break the antenna area.

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Posted by cakennedy on 08-11-2002 11:07 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by MarinoFAN
Thanks for the input... How did you get a trial offer? That is the one reason I am so hesitant becasue of signing a 1 year contract with Voicestream.

Whoops...I was little unclear about that. I mean I got the VP for my personal trial, and if I like it I'll get a Treo later. So far it's been great, and I got the VoiceStream ISDN to work right away, so there's no additional ISP or data charge.

It's a bit large, compared with a conventional phone, bit it's of course smaller than carrying a PDA and phone. Handspring really did a great job engineering the VP and software; the integration is very impressive.

Posted by YoYoman412 on 08-12-2002 12:54 AM:

Love it more than anything

The Visor Phone is definitly one of the best springboard modules. Why? Cause its free and yet it gives you the ability to do practically anything phone connection wise. Surfing the internet, checking your mail, SMS messages and talking to people anywhere is truly very KEWL.

The only bad part was shipping for me because even if you order the fastest shipping, you have to wait for Handspring to contact the phone service and wait for the phone service to make your account. Then once the phone service gives the OK to Handspring is when it is shipped. It took about a week but it was well worth the wait.

Get a Visor phone and enjoy it.

Jonathan

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Posted by chungmike on 08-12-2002 03:29 PM:

cakennedy,

How do you dial into Voicestream ISDN? I've heard about this but never tried to access it.
Thanks.

Mike

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Posted by cakennedy on 08-12-2002 10:22 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by chungmike
cakennedy,

How do you dial into Voicestream ISDN? I've heard about this but never tried to access it.
Thanks.

Mike

Here's my settings (I'll post in the other VoiceStream ISDN thread too):

OS: Palm 3.0.1H (original Visor OS!)

System -> Prefs -> Network:
Service: VSTR Wireless (or whatever you want)
User Name: (single space)
Password: (single space)
Phone: 19132440821

System -> Prefs -> Network -> Details:
Connection type: PPP
Idle timeout: 3 minutes
Query DNS: no
Primary DNS: 65.161.188.100
Secondary DNS: (blank)
ID Address: Automatic checked

System -> Prefs -> Modem:
Modem: Custom
Speed: 57,600 bps
Speaker: Low
Flow Ctl: Automatic
Country: Other
String: AT&FX4;+CBST=71,0,1
TouchTone selected

And that's it; Blazer and One-Touch mail connect automatically when needed. Using these settings, I can even connect to my SMTP server and send and receive mail with One-Touch. Hope that helps!

Posted by MarinoFAN on 08-14-2002 02:40 PM:

I got it!!! Thanks all for the input My next purchase is going to be a Prism so I can surf in color :-P

Posted by edeguzman on 08-16-2002 05:42 PM:

is the VS ISDN free? or do u have to pay?

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Posted by MarinoFAN on 08-16-2002 05:48 PM:

comes out of your monthy minutes, just like you were making a phone call

Posted by edeguzman on 08-16-2002 06:45 PM:

ok...thanks. now i don't have to sign up for earthlink!

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Posted by YoYoman412 on 08-16-2002 11:12 PM:

Wheres Modem?

The probelm with me is that under the prefs I cant find the Modem option? Can you tell me how to find it?

Thanks

Jonathan

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Posted by edeguzman on 08-17-2002 04:04 AM:

I had the same problem....

Go to Prefs>Connection

Chose the "Standard Modem" then Click edit....

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Posted by YoYoman412 on 08-18-2002 04:11 AM:

Whats Wrong?

I dunno what I am doing wrong with trying to make this connection. When you mean user name and password as single space does that mean just do a normal graffiti space? I keep getting Error-No Carrier. And under prefs->Modem-> is Connection method Serial to Modem? And does this work with VisorPhone or just a Visor connected to a VoiceStream phone like a Nokia phone? Help would be much appreciated. Thanks!

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Posted by mbd26 on 08-28-2002 06:59 PM:

Visor Phone

Howdy all,

Just to pop in my $.02, I've had a VP for several months and LOVE it! Phone, email, web/blazer, SMS, the whole enchilda works very well. I set up the settings for dialing into VoiceStream's number from other posts on this message board. I'm in NYC and use VoiceStream with no problems. You do have to futz around yourself to get everything set up because no one at Handspring or VStream knows anything about the VPhone. Nonetheless, I love it. It comes bundled with software, I use One Touch for email, which is a super app. I recently had a small problem with it and their tech support was very helpful. I ordered it on line (Hey, it's FREE!) and I received it in less than a week. The V

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Posted by mbd26 on 08-28-2002 07:02 PM:

ooops... sorry. Anyway, as I was saying, the VPhone is cool.

Question: does anyone have a VPhone battery they want to sell?

Thanks,
[email protected]

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