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Another Possible Bust for Handspring or jus Precaution

I am going to hope that Handspring is playing "safe" by releasing these units and that they will try to hit Christmas with some really new units.Why?:

a) The changes presented to the units are really minor adjustments to the base (existent ) models. The 16MB and Rechargeable batteries are nothing exceptional.

b) When I look at this new release I see it as Handspring wants to try to provide some news to the media and general public.

c) With Pocket PC's coming in hard with Pocket PC 2002 system and units that basically :

* Have a much simpler OS now and nice, see websites for reviews.
* Units that are providing integrated wireless systems ( i.e new IPAQ).
* Added storage formats , Toshiba Genio.

d) Other Palm OS have release nice color units that even in the higher $$ range are more buck for the money.

e) I simply cannot believe that Handspring will not amaze us with something during christmas time when the market "picks up" commercially.

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Re: Another Possible Bust for Handspring or jus Precaution

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Originally posted by davidi
...With Pocket PC's coming in hard with Pocket PC 2002 system and units that basically :

* Have a much simpler OS now and nice, see websites for reviews.

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http://www.infosync.no/en/news/n/566.shtml

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I totally agree.

I personally am disapointed about what was released. Basically a snazzier version of the Platinum and Deluxe. IMHO the colors were the biggest change. And I don't even like these new colors enough. Handspring needs to put out a better product, or when it comes time for me to retire my Platinum, I'll be looking at Palm or Sony.

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It seems as if Microsoft is trying to sell gradients, 3-D, and background images as an 'improved interface'.

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Looks almost like you've got XP in your hand
Microsoft's ClearType technology, which in a very basically explained manner triples the vertical resolution of the handheld display, is now also being used throughout the entire system to improve readability.

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Re: Another Possible Bust for Handspring or jus Precaution

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a) The changes presented to the units are really minor adjustments to the base (existent ) models. The 16MB and Rechargeable batteries are nothing exceptional.

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NO memory expansion formats beats added Internal RAM for speed and simplicity of use. This is significant for heavy users.

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LOOK PEOPLE WE NEED TO STEP BACK AND SEE THIS AS IT IS. WHAT HANDSPRING HAS DONE IS NOT COME OUT WITH A "NEW" MODEL - BUT REFINED THE EXISTING THE CURRENT LINE. MANY, MANY COMPANIES DO THIS. WE GET SOO WRAPPED UP IN THINKING THE NEXT THING THAT COMES OUT HAS TO BE INFINITELY BETTER. WHY DO YOU THINK HANDSPRING HAS BEEN LOW KEY. THEY ARE NOT LOOKING AT IT AS THE NEXT GENERATION, JUST A SMALL REFINEMENT TO KEEP THE EXISTING LINE FRESH.

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Originally posted by ricojrossi
LOOK PEOPLE WE NEED TO STEP BACK AND SEE THIS AS IT IS. WHAT HANDSPRING HAS DONE IS NOT COME OUT WITH A "NEW" MODEL - BUT REFINED THE EXISTING THE CURRENT LINE. MANY, MANY COMPANIES DO THIS. WE GET SOO WRAPPED UP IN THINKING THE NEXT THING THAT COMES OUT HAS TO BE INFINITELY BETTER. WHY DO YOU THINK HANDSPRING HAS BEEN LOW KEY. THEY ARE NOT LOOKING AT IT AS THE NEXT GENERATION, JUST A SMALL REFINEMENT TO KEEP THE EXISTING LINE FRESH.

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ricojrossi, can you check out your CAPS LOCK? it seems to be stuck...
ALL UPPERCASE is considered SCREAMING! Please do not use it...

Thanx in advance!

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