Registered: Nov 2000
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Posts: 61

I'm in bayarea.. visor fon with pacbell seem to be good plan for me.

I would signed up for it now but I don't think i want to carry the visor to have cell connection. Because a lot of time i'll be at a palce where is harmful for visor.

I'm waiting for Visor Phone attatchment. Like some lil device that have keypad and small lcd display so i can see and dial out without attatching to visor.

Registered: Nov 2000
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 201

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Originally posted by Zaw
I'm waiting for Visor Phone attatchment. Like some lil device that have keypad and small lcd display so i can see and dial out without attatching to visor.

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Registered: Nov 2000
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Posts: 61

n/m

i just read about GSM.


[Edited by Zaw on 01-10-2001 at 05:35 PM]

Registered: Dec 2000
Location: Alexandria, VA
Posts: 49

Coming...er, sometime--uh, something or other!

I think this was in the FAQ on Handspring's website--someone [unspecified] out there is working on an attachment for the VisorPhone that will let it receive/make calls while not in the slot on the Visor. It seemed like it might work with the AirPrime CDMA phone module, too, but there wasn't any definite indication either way.

The one thing is (and this is my extrapolation, so I don't know if anyone's done anything about it), unless the VisorPhone can download the address book, though, it'll lose a lot of its functionality when used with this attachment.

I'd love to see a standalone phone that was designed to work with a Visor or other Palm OS handheld--through IR/Bluetooth/both. I love the idea of what the VisorPhone can do, but 1) it's too big, IMHO, 2) a standalone phone--i.e. something in the Nokia 8200 series--would be cheaper, and 3) I want to be able to be online and make calls at the same time--without losing functionality. Since most if not all of the major wireless phone makers (Nokia, Motorola, Ericsson?, Samsung?, Kyocera) have licensed the Palm OS, does anyone know if any of them is likely to make such a phone?

P.S. I know that the closest thing right now to the phone I'm describing is the Nokia 8290, but that won't help. The only GSM provider in my area is VoiceStream; I used to have a phone from them, and the service I got was appalling. Plus, I've seen a bit too much of the limits of their coverage