Registered: May 2000
Location: houston
Posts: 6

hey,
well...i finally decided to buy a Visor the day when i was in Best Buy. It was between the Visor and a portable sony mp3 stick =) I bought the Visor cause it was cheaper [like $220 cheaper!] and it was pretty awesome. I have been using it for a few days now, and I love how it works. Syncing it to my comp and automatically having AvantGo put all my webpages to the Visor is great. Not to mention the software I can put on it =) But, I have been thinking...is this going to work in the long run? I have tried running some apps on the Visor, and they just don't work. Is this worth getting a Palm IIIe? All palm OS software works perfectly with the palm iii series, but are us visor's getting left out?

Also, what do you guys use your Visor for? I'm a high school student and i got mine basically cause i wanted a new toy. I dont have much use for the adress book, todo list, calander, etc, but I wanted it more getting up to date news, programs, and for fun. I have never had a PDA before, except some piece of **** windows ce one that is really bulkey and doesnt work [damn you microsoft!]. But, i'm really liking this, so i wanted to know what people use theirs for...

Lastly, a few quick questions...how do i:
1. use the backlight when its dark out?
2. delete files off it? i can add em, but i cant figure out how to delete stuff off em
3. find a good place to find programs/games for it?

thats about it...sorry if this is kinda lengthy, but hey..im a visor user now so i'll be kickin here for a while =)

- Bryan

[This message has been edited by the playa bryan (edited 05-11-2000).]

Registered: Feb 2000
Location:
Posts: 8

*[no im not a nerd! Nerds dont wear polo *jeans/tommy hilfigre/nautica clothes =)]

You seem a little insecure =P

*1. use the backlight when its dark out?

Press and hold down the power button on it will come on

*2. delete files off it? i can add em, but i *cant figure out how to delete stuff off em

Click the options button on the grafitti area ( lower left hand corner one ) and in the pull down menu go to App and delete. You can also beam from here and catagorize programs.

*3. find a good place to find programs/games *for it?

The best site is probably www.palmgear.com. You can also try www.zdnet.com under their downloads, www.tucows.com under their palm software sections, www.downloads.com under palm OS and even here on visorcentral. Go to the main page and click the software link on the little menu bar. Happy Visorering (Think I made a new word there)

Registered: May 2000
Location: houston
Posts: 6

hehe, insecure =) nah..i just don't like to be classified...some people do that, and it makes me mad, cause it dont matter what your interests are, wheter it be computers or cars. that's all..im not an insecure person =)

Registered: Jan 2000
Location: Twin Cities, MN
Posts: 1683

What DO "nerds" wear?

Registered: Mar 2000
Location: NC, Indiana
Posts: 465

Funny. The Nerds here (they don't tout Visors) wear Nautica and polo jeans alot. Go Figure


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Registered: Feb 2000
Location:
Posts: 33

Hey Mallen,
I'm surprised to see another person on VC that lives in Riverside. I didn't think that A) Riverside was that big and B) VC was THAT popular.

Oh, and to the original poster, just to make sure, most my clothes are Abercrombie and Guess, I'm not a nerd am I? I would hate to be mis-classified.

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

you can also check out www.palmspot.com and www.handango.com 2 sites i like...

i'm a levis and whatever was on sale at the Gap kinda guy myself. guess i'm a nerd.

Registered: Oct 1999
Location: Baltimore MD, USA
Posts: 717

Mr. Bryan, you might want to read the Visor FAQ at http://www.visorcentral.com/faqindex.php3

It has all sorts of useful info.

For a list of software that the Visor has problems with, check out http://www.visorcentral.com/silindex.php3

The list is actually quite small compared to the thousands of programs out there.

If you are a student, I'd check out a program called Four.Zero at http://www.nathanblack.com/

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

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hehe, insecure =) nah..i just don't like to be classified

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Registered: May 2000
Location:
Posts: 6

I mostly wear Wrangler, Justin, and Resistol. But I guess most people classify me as a High Tech Redneck.
http://willpickup.tripod.com

coming soon: http://doublehlivestock.tripod.com

yes this was just a shameless plug for my website.

Registered: Apr 2000
Location:
Posts: 86

[QUOTE]Originally posted by the playa bryan:
[B]I have been thinking...is this going to work in the long run? I have tried running some apps on the Visor, and they just don't work. Is this worth getting a Palm IIIe? All palm OS software works perfectly with the palm iii series, but are us visor's getting left out?
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bryan, actually I can be pretty sure that if it doesnt work on a visor it probably wont work on a palm III they run basicaly the same OS unless of cource there are some hardware issues like ther was with the IR port for OmniRemote. and a few others like dreadling.. but with hundreds of thousands of apps to sift through your be cramped on memory in no time ;')

Registered: Jan 2000
Location: Monroe, Michigan, USA
Posts: 244

Programs have to be Palm OS 3.1-compatible to work on the Visor. (Many are!)

Registered: May 2000
Location: Lambertville, MI
Posts: 25

<-- Dresses like a skater, but true nerdiness is revealed when I empty my cargo pants of my visor and modules. Darn, they found me out.

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Registered: Oct 1999
Location: Columbus, Ohio USA
Posts: 255

I'm not a clothes conscious person at all.

Here's how a true nerd thinks.. Do I buy my khaki's at JC penny on sale and get let's say a new case for my visor, or do I buy one pair of something like levi khakis.. Hmm.. tough choice.

CHeap ass shirt from target (that looks like every other expensive shirt) and waste money on a new game or buy 1 damn shirt from abercrombie. Again, easy choice

It's not really about how you look, but what you do. I love computers and tech toys but I play ice hockey all the damn time and stuff like that. It's how you think are, and if people think you're something else you have to get in their face a bit

Registered: Feb 2000
Location: South east,WI usa
Posts: 11

Just because I have my glasses taped together and a pocket protector does not make me a nerd! I look just as awsome in a leisure suit and platforms.

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Registered: Oct 1999
Location: East Lansing, MI, USA
Posts: 126

Hey I'm a nerd and I wear polo, Tommy Hilfiger and nautica.

Registered: Apr 2000
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
Posts: 18

My daughter calls me a geek!! She says with a pager, visor, and cell phone hanging on my belt, she says too bad Levi's doesnt make a 'utility belt' in their dockers line!!

Dockers man here! I just wish they would give a quantitiy discount!

Registered: Feb 2000
Location:
Posts: 21

Actually, wearing Polo/Tommy Hilfiger/Nautica/etc makes you a trendoid, not a nerd.

*flaunting my generic blue jeans and thinkgeek.com tshirt*



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Registered: Mar 2000
Location: The Big Glove
Posts: 7

I am the freakist nerd/Geek you will ever meet. I Usually wear a music shirt(manson, tool, NIN, perfect circle, Rage etc) and my generic some kind of shorts/pants. Everybody knows i am weird by the way i dress, but think i am weirder when i pull out my Visor

Registered: Sep 1999
Location:
Posts: 95

Hmm, on the clothes (off)topic. I hit the local CostCo and get their Dockers look-alikes. They fit & feel the same, and look damn close, but they only run about $15 a pair instead of $45!

How else could I afford my software habit?