Registered: Apr 2000
Location: Mt. Pleasant, MI USA
Posts: 5

Perhaps I overlooked something when reading the Infomitt FAQ, but if the Infomitt (which is basically a pager) can only alert you when your Visor is on, how practical is it?

You can't very well leave your Visor on 24/7, one because of the auto shutoff (which i guess can be overrided), two, because of the obvious battery-life issue.

The price ($50.00) seems consistent if not better than the average text pager. But this add-on will need to work all the time before i buy it.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding something. Can someone help me out with this one?


BTW-just bought my Visor 3weeks ago from CompUSA and I'm lovin it!

Registered: Oct 1999
Location: Metro Station, Hollywood and Highland
Posts: 1018

I would think so. After all, even a Visor that's off has some juice running through it, otherwise the RAM would be empty each time you turned it off.

The only thing I know for sure is that the Infomitt won't work outside of the Visor. Last year when the unit was demoed at Internet World, a writer covering the event pointed out to an Innogear rep that people would like the Infomitt to work outside the Visor, and the rep said, "It's a @#&in' $50.00 pager!"

After enough negative feedback, Innogear plans to release a battery unit that will power their modules then they are out of the Visor.

[This message has been edited by Gameboy70 (edited 04-26-2000).]

Registered: Apr 2000
Location: Mt. Pleasant, MI USA
Posts: 5

Thanks for the clarification Gameboy70. I'm sure the battery unit will make this springboard even more valuable.

Here's my last question on this topic: Can springboard modules such as Infomitt, and others, feed off the battery power of the visor, without the visor power being on?

I guess that was what I really wanted to know anyway.

Thanks!

Prodajee

Registered: Mar 2000
Location:
Posts: 43

You might want to look at the Glenayre application currently being developed. It can work when outside the visor.
www.handspring.com/developers/pr/[email protected]

Registered: Apr 2000
Location: Mt. Pleasant, MI USA
Posts: 5

Thanks for the tip! If this thing really comes out in 'mid-July', I'll print this post out and eat it. Otherwise, it looks promising.