Registered: Sep 1999
Location: Pittsford,NY,USA
Posts: 223

Some of my thoughts on the VisorEdge:

• I think the design of VisorEdge was heavily influenced by the design of the StarTrek PADDs. (See http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/worldtour/newpadd.jpg) In my opinion it looks much nicer than the Palm V.
  
• The extra pins on the bottom connector are for the missing RS232 signals that Handspring neglected to bring out on the other Visors. (It will be much easier to use Palm serial devices that require those signals once an adapter is made.)
  

Registered: Feb 2000
Location:
Posts: 1571

Very Interesting

EMeyer:

I agree with you! These are very interesting observations. I doubt Handspring will have the Twist for us on Monday though. We would have definitely hear rumors about its features. Still, I am almost certain that they will have a color companion of the Edge (the Twist?) for us later in the year.

Registered: May 2000
Location: St. Paul, MN
Posts: 1429

Wow. Good thinking! I couldn't agree more with the twist. The Edge, I don't know excatly about, but I think there's a better reason hand made it incompatible with all existing cables etc.

Visor Snap=Springboard Module sled
Visor Twist=COLOR EDGE! (Been kept secret !)
Visor Edge=normal Edge, better price = $350 (would whoop palm v's @sses then


-miradu2000
I CAN'T WAIT!!!

Registered: Feb 2001
Location:
Posts: 6

Visor Twist please!

I really hope they come out with a visor twist soon. I have promised myself that my next PDA would be color and a color slim PDA that is compadible with the modules I already have is perfect. Oh well I can hope.

David

Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Tampa, FL, USA
Posts: 2

If you really want thin technology with a color screen and can't wait for a Visor Edge with color (unless, of course, we're surprised and they offer it today) I understand the Palm M505 will have the same form-factor as the Palm V but with color.