Registered: May 2001
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Originally posted by dampeoples
What's on your wish list?

The money to buy one!

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Registered: Jul 2000
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Memory???

I have to ditto most of what I've read here. My VDX is doing just fine in the year+ that I've had it. But seeing the new Treo & other offerings, I have to wonder why one innovation has "missed" the PDA market. There has to be a reason, and I'm not up enough on the processors etc. to know why. So here's one thing I'd like to see in a new Visor:

Run the WHOLE THING from a MMC / SMC / Compact Flash (maybe too big).

Just think: One slot in the side of the Visor to hold a 64M MMC with POS AND all your apps AND all your data. You won't even need a cradle- just a USB card reader & the destop software. You can upgrade the POS at any time- provided the processor can handle the new version.

Security? Worried about your PDA being used by someone else? Just take the MMC out and put it in a safe place.

Like games? Have another card that has nothing but games on it. Maybe just a 32M card for those. Pictures? Same idea- but no need to offload the eyemodule's databases to take more pictures- just insert another MMC and keep going.

Share a Visor with significant other? Each one has a card with their personal information & programs on it. The desktop software will read both cards & syncronize the "public" information.

Yes, keep the Springbroad slot. Keep it about the same size as the Deluxe / Platinum etc.

If InnoGear can put TWO MMC slots on a module, surely HandSpring can put ONE in a Visor.

I sent this idea to Handspring and got the standard "thanks for the input" reply. If any of you know why this won't work, please let me know.

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Eric Miller

Registered: May 2001
Location: San Francisco, California, USA
Posts: 90

Re: Memory???

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Originally posted by EricMiller
Run the WHOLE THING from a MMC / SMC / Compact Flash (maybe too big).

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Registered: Oct 2001
Location: Silicon Valley
Posts: 66

Man here I go again, wasn't this in a different thread?

Handera's resolution and collapsible graffiti screen.
Handsrping's springboard
Palm's software - beef it up some!, Customizable skins
Compaq's Ipaq's screen and lighting - hmm maybe sony or HP?
R.I.M.'s paging when email is recieved
R.I.M.'s Keyboard
64,000 colors
built in 19kbps wireless modem (wish 144k was out)
built in wireless internet (just internet no cell phone, why does handspring think I want a cell phone. If I wanted a cell phone I would buy one)
Mini joystick / Ipaq's controller (able to press diagonally)
Jog Dial
Blazer browser
MP3 player - better speaker
Headphone jack
Built in Compact Flash 2.0 slot
206mhz strongarm processor
32 mb flash
64 mb ram
Activity light
Lan / Network charging cradle
1gb IBM microdrive
Long life rechargable battery
control the palm from my computer - I saw this for the pocket pc

T.V. Tuner / radio springboard - man that would be so cool

Phew! man that list keeps getting bigger.
My old post in visor village wasn't that large.
I hate having to register for every message board I go to. I know that I am going to find some other stuff I want.
One thing for sure is I don't want a pocket pc. Too slow, microsoft doesn't seem to care about making software run fast. I need to play with one to see if it crashes as much as windows.

Registered: Oct 2000
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• Hi-res, 16-bit reflective display with decent sidelight
  
• Latest version of Pam OS stored in flash so it can be upgraded when it isn't the latest version anymore.
  
• 45 Mhz or faster processor
  
• Graphics accelerator (like N series Clie).
  
• SD/MMC slot
  
• SpringBoard slot would be nice, but not mandatory.
  
• Small form factor (Edge / m505 size).
  
• 802.11B wireless networking