Registered: Oct 1999
Location:
Posts: 71

Good lord, this magazine needs a technical editor. It's a short write-up so I'll type it out. All typos are mine, but all of the glaring mistakes (including the web site--go to it!) are thanks to CIO Canada.

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THIS PDA'S PRICE IS RIGHT

If you don't already own a personal digital assistant (PDA), for shame! How can you hold your head up and call yourself a connected, with-it person?

This new brand-new PDA is a likely candidate to fill the void in your life. It uses the Palm operating system, the OS for Palm Computing's popular line of competing products. But Visor offers more memory and expandability for less money. And designer colours too (blue, ice, graphite, green, orange.)

Visor looks and feels a lot like a Palm PDA. the same software suite: address book, calendar, to do list, memos, etc. The same Windows-like interface. You operate it with a stylus that you can also use to print notes on the screen, which Visor then turns into computer text. All just like Palm. And also like Palm PDAs, the unit comes with a hot-synch cradle that lets you connect to a PC and synchronize databases.

What's different is that for about $350, you get a unit with 8MB of memory, compared to about $650 for the otherwise very similar 8MB Palm Vx.

visor also has an expansion slot you can use to add optional Springboard modules, including games--the unit comes with a Tiger Woods golf game--extra memory or a 33.6 Kbps modem. Handspring is promising a Springboard MP3 player, wirelesss modem, pager, digital camera and more. Son. Visor, www.visor.com

Registered: Sep 1999
Location: Valparaiso, IN
Posts: 146

Wow, that article really did suck. The facts were wrong, the prices not even close, and of course, there's the URL. Wow! I wouldn't expect the writer of this article to be published in the NY Times anytime soon!

[This message has been edited by Hawkeye (edited 01-25-2000).]

Registered: Dec 1999
Location:
Posts: 251

Maybe those are canadian dollars.

Registered: Dec 1999
Location: Connecticut USA
Posts: 2682

Hmmm... another interesting tidbit:

Click on the Visor link in the above post... take a look at the logo there... Now go to http://www.rhodiana.com/products/products.html and look at the 3Com/Visor link... notice any similarity???


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MarkEagle - Ice is nice!

Registered: Jan 2000
Location:
Posts: 11

Eagle Eyes Mark!

I wondered why/where the Rhondianian (whatever!) web site came up with their "Visor" logo. Now we know; they went to www.Visor.com. Oooops. Wonder how soon they'll fix that Visor logo on their sales page? I ordered a case from them. The CSR was very personable. I felt like I was dealing with a high quality Mom & Pop business. Someone should tell them they're using the wrong "Visor" logo.

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

Registered: Sep 1999
Location: Texan in Calgary for a while
Posts: 1361

I emailed Rhodiana to let them know.

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James Hromadka
VisorCentral.com
Personal Website: http://www.Hromadka.com

Registered: Nov 1999
Location: bright side of the moon.
Posts: 996

and if you look at the picture of the Visor sitting in the case, you'll notice another 'slight' error....the negative was wrong side up. The calculator screen icon is on the top left side and the 'house' is on the top right....

sheesh...are we anal or what????

Registered: Oct 1999
Location:
Posts: 71

Heh...I wasn't expecting this much response from a such a silly post.

$350 is about $25 shy of what it indeed costs, in Canadian funds.

-Doug