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Posted by sfhustler on 10-11-2001 06:58 AM:

Toby, everybody, we gotta lose the edge

I've come to my conclusion, I'm going to email Handspring and ask them to replace it with another handheld. I don't want to reset my Edge twice a week. I don't want to lose any important data. I don't want to talk bad about Handspring. All I want is a reliable PDA that will work all the time. I've had the Edge for about two months now and I've pretty much lost all my confidence in it.

Have you guys also realized how the little stylus holster unscrews itself? I've already lost the screw. Just a number of defects.

I've also waited for that damn keyboard to come out, still hasn't happened. This is not cool.

Posted by Toby on 10-11-2001 12:46 PM:

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Originally posted by TDS_Computer
To run down your battery, go to memo pad, create a new memo and Grafitti in a "Shortcut" (The fish-looking thing), a period, and then a 3. A message will appear saying [AUTO-OFF] and the Visor will not turn off until you turn it off manually. Reset it to normal operation by doing a soft reset or by going into prefs and changing the auto shut off time to something else. [...]

Wonderful advice, except for one thing: when the Edge does the digitizer thing, there's no way to enter _anything_ other than a menu tap. If one could enter a

. 3, then one probably wouldn't be experiencing the same problem.

Posted by Toby on 10-11-2001 12:50 PM:

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Originally posted by dick-richardson
Nope, I'm dead serious. I jacked my wife's prism until I decide on a replacement device (this thing's a brick!) and have a buyer for the refurb. $300 with the hard case and pen stylus. HS customer support has a 10-15 minute wait right now, so I'm sitting on my thumb.

Hmph...another one bites the dust. I'm really torn at this point between a Handera and getting a Neo with a Dave Design aluminum case. At this point, I'm almost wishing I'd just gotten one of those for my old Visor Deluxe. Other than its case, it was rock solid.

Posted by septimus on 10-11-2001 03:04 PM:

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Originally posted by Toby
Hmph...another one bites the dust. I'm really torn at this point between a Handera and getting a Neo with a Dave Design aluminum case. At this point, I'm almost wishing I'd just gotten one of those for my old Visor Deluxe. Other than its case, it was rock solid.

Honestly, go for the Handera. It's cheap. CF is fast. Voice Recording. Jog Dial. And so on.

If you're going to have the big form, you might as well get the big form done right. I have found myself wishing my prism was a handera many times....

If Handera made that thing color, they would kill...

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Posted by dick-richardson on 10-11-2001 05:07 PM:

I'm leaning toward a neo, if only because it has everything my edge did. I even have the rechargeable batteries for it. And at $200, I'll have enough left over to buy a keyboard. In fact, the more I think about it, the more it sounds like a good idea. HS's reputation has still been taken down a notch in my estimation, though. I might go with a Palm m50x.

Regardless, at least I'll know I'm not buying a dead end device - which is the impression I've been getting from HS regarding the edge.

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Posted by Toby on 10-11-2001 09:29 PM:

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Originally posted by dietrichbohn
Honestly, go for the Handera. It's cheap. CF is fast. Voice Recording. Jog Dial. And so on.

The only thing making me hesitant is the whole serial sync thing. OTOH, there is always the wired ethernet option, but that raises the initial cost.

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If you're going to have the big form, you might as well get the big form done right. I have found myself wishing my prism was a handera many times....

Actually, I think a Deluxe/Neo/whatever with an aluminum case _would_ be a big form done pretty right (provided it was reliable). The niggling problem I still have with the Handera is the same as the day it was released: the faceplate reminds me too muhc of my Casio E-11.

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If Handera made that thing color, they would kill...

Color screen and an all black/graphite case, and they'd have my money with no hesitation.

Posted by Floydite on 04-16-2003 04:39 PM:

Re: Now I feel _my_ pain

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Toby
[B]At this point, it isn't looking positive for a Handspring device. I turned the thing off after the hard reset last night and stuck it into my backpack to call tech support this morning. It was fully charged (according to the charging LED when I took it out of the cradle).

I have the same problem - the PDA "thinks" its charged, but it's not and "realizes" this as soon as I press a function key. It's aggravating because it makes it almost impossible to charge effectively. Handspring has been little or no help.

Posted by Floydite on 04-16-2003 04:51 PM:

Re: Now I feel _my_ pain

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