timbob
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Okay, let�s get one thing straight, I absolutely hate the two covers that came with my Visor Platinum. I only have two hands (one for the Visor, one for the stylus) so the leather cover went the way of the dodo the first day I tried to use it. The plastic cover was just too much trouble to move to the back of the unit and I always thought that my butterfingers would drop my $300 organizer (luckily only the cover hit the ground)
Then you throw a Novatel Minstrel S wireless modem into the mix and those covers are absolutely worthless. The leather cover simply will not fit and the modem covers the clip on the top of the Visor.
I already carry a pretty nice leather organizer (pens, paper, discs, etc) and it had a pocket that was a perfect fit for the Visor. The problem was that I still wanted some kind of screen protection when I wasn�t carrying my 9� X 12� organizer. I started my search for some kind of cover that was small, semi-permanently attached to the Visor and allowed me to use oversized Springboard modules such as the Minstrel.
My search came to an end when I found the Tactilis FlipClip (http://www.tactilis.com/). From the pictures I could find it seemed to meet all my criteria, and it was inexpensive so if it didn�t work with the Minstrel I was only out $10. So, like many others on this board I waited and waited until I could order one of these covers.
I was surprised by a phone call the other night from Tactilis. Apparently Novatel was too cheap to send them specs of the Minstrel, much less a test unit so they said they would ship mine out early to test the fit for them. Today I was greeted by a package from Tactilis containing my FlipClip and Platinum cover.
The FlipClip comes in two colors, Ice and Graphite. I would recommend the Ice color to anyone interested in this even if you do have a Graphite Visor, my reasoning is that the Graphite would cover the logos on the top of the Visor, the Ice lets the �Handspring guy� show right through. There is no messy glue or other adhesives involved with this cover, it simply holds itself in place with friction. I can�t imagine this would rub paint off your Visor either, unless you removed and replaced the cover many times.
The FlipClip fits fine with the Minstrel S modem in place and I can even Hot Sync with the cover on the Visor.
My only complaint with the FlipClip after 3 hours of use is the cover itself. The cover is designed for a PalmIII and the fit on the Visor leaves some room for improvement, there is about a 1/8� gap between the front of the visor and the cover, but the cover does make contact with the Visor at the bottom. Also the �read through� portion of the cover is a little too dark to really read anything through it. This should be corrected when Tactilis releases their own cover early next year.
I would rate this a must have for anyone who is unhappy with the covers that come with the Visor, especially once Tactilis releases a Visor specific lid.
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12-15-2000 11:10 PM
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