Registered: Dec 1999
Location: Clarksville, VA, USA
Posts: 74

I've been enjoying my Visor for over a month now. It's doing all that I need it to do--and then some. With all the talk about the upcoming color Palm OS, I've been wondering just how useful it will be. The first thing that comes to mind is gaming. Other than that what else would color be good for on a device like the Visor?

David

Registered: Dec 1999
Location:
Posts: 117

it can make it easier to see fine detail on the screen. Helpful on some programs, not others. What it did for WinCE is make a operating system that was already a battery killer even worse.

[This message has been edited by SpiceUmUp (edited 01-26-2000).]

Registered: Dec 1999
Location: Kuala Lumpur
Posts: 247

Colour will eventually be the standard - it's inevitable - however the colour PalmOS 3.5 only supports a very limited range of colours- as SpiceUmUp said, will make it easier to read certain things (like maps). HOwever, the problem with colour screens is that they have to be lighted all the time (with the exception of the Compaq Aero 2130 which uses a reflective colour LCD screen - but it's rather dim), which is really a major drain on the batteries and colour LCD screens generally do not have the kind of resolution and contrast that monochrome LCDs have. It really depends on what you want to do on the device - right now, for all my needs (keeping track of appointments, email, etc) it's not really important yet. I even play games and run some major apps on it, but colour is not ESSENTIAL (although it wqould be nice). I say, buy now - after all, Palms are not really made to last you more than 4 years or so - by which time, better devices will come out and you will know for sure whether colour has really caught on

Registered: Jan 2000
Location:
Posts: 13

I can see that color permits another dimension in the presentation of data. For a specific example, given a list of dated to do items, overdue items could be shown in red while all other items could be shown in another color. I'm sure there are other similar uses.

Aside from that, better display of photos would permit electronic photo albums; and, of course, games.

Color will become increasingly important as the supporting technologies make it feasible economically and in a form factor everyone appreciates.

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