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Keefer Lucas
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Best All-time Springboard Module

Now that the Springboard slot is officially dead, I think its completely appropriate that we contemplate what was the best Springboard module ever brought to market.

Personally, I think that the OmniRemote will be difficult to pass up for the honor, as it has held its retail value to this day; used OmniRemotes still sell for $50 on eBay, and they only cost $60 new. The GPS Companion module fetches more (generally around $80), though that is half its original retail price.

I can't vote for the Visor Phone module because they never offered service in my part of the country, an issue that continues to keep me out of the market for a Treo almost entirely.

What do others think?

01-05-2003 12:03 AM

DarthRepublican
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Re: Best All-time Springboard Module

quote:
Originally posted by Keefer Lucas
Now that the Springboard slot is officially dead, I think its completely appropriate that we contemplate what was the best Springboard module ever brought to market.

Personally, I think that the OmniRemote will be difficult to pass up for the honor, as it has held its retail value to this day; used OmniRemotes still sell for $50 on eBay, and they only cost $60 new. The GPS Companion module fetches more (generally around $80), though that is half its original retail price.

I can't vote for the Visor Phone module because they never offered service in my part of the country, an issue that continues to keep me out of the market for a Treo almost entirely.

What do others think?

I really liked the VisorPhone. It was my first cell phone. It worked very well for me despite its bulk. But you pretty much had to have it in the slot all the time if you were going to use it as a mobile phone which was a problem if you had a lot of SpringBoard modules.

The MiniJam was great -- very versatile -- but they made a few too many promises. They never did develop the software to allow you to store pictures and e-books directly on its MMC cards.

The Eyemodule II was a very good product as well. I'm tempted to go with this one. But the modules that I continue to use every day are the simplest, the backup and 16MB flash modules.

I use a Treo 270 now so my Visor Prism doesn't leave my desktop much these days but when it does, it is because I want to use one of the maps, e-books, dictionaries, bibles, and many other applications that are stored on its flash module. At a time when most PalmOS devices were limited to just 8MBs of memory, I had a 24MB Palm Pilot. The 16MB Flash Module was by far the module I used most.

01-05-2003 03:41 AM

EricG
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the SIX PACK

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01-05-2003 06:27 AM

Toby
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quote:
Originally posted by EricG
the SIX PACK

I was going to post the same joke, but his sentence says "brought to market" so it ruins the humor value.

01-05-2003 02:53 PM

MitzEclipse
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I'd say the Backup Module - has been 100% successful and saved my butt a few times!

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01-05-2003 08:33 PM

Keefer Lucas
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Please...Recap

...in the early days when the Springboard was "viable" about the only module I cared to invest in (as I have stated ad nauseum through the years) was the OmniRemote. Other than that, I felt that virtually all the other modules were too expensive, often by a two or three-fold margin. Which is a belabored way of saying I never paid too much attention to Innogear and the MiniJam at the time it was "the rage".

So, if someone could, please recap what the "Six Pack" was supposed to include...I assume MP3, storage, and voice recorder...but what were the others?

01-05-2003 11:00 PM

cml
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Registered: Aug 2002
Location: Vermont
Posts: 148

quote:
Originally posted by MitzEclipse
I'd say the Backup Module - has been 100% successful and saved my butt a few times!

Agreed. The backup module has saved me several times .

My second choice would be the Handcam. It is amazing how many things you can use it for, considering its size. You just need to figure out how to get by its quirks .

I am in the same boat as Keefer Lucas, as basic digital service (TDMA, Verizon) was just barely rolled out in my corner of the country . I do have the option of Sprint, but coverage is horrible. It would be awesome to have a VisorPhone though

- cml

01-05-2003 11:57 PM

rossco63
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thinmodem

The one I use everyday is the 56k Thinmodem by CardAccess. As an OS X user, I need to do a modem sync of Avantgo if I want to use it at all, since there is still no Avantgo conduit for OS X.

Plus, it is just cool having a small modem module that works reliably. I paid $50 for it at Compusa one year ago and it had a $30 rebate from Card Access. So it only cost me $20 new. Easily the best Springboard value for me.

I just bought my second Plat after dropping my first one too many times. For me the low-end Visor experience is hard to beat. I'll probably pick up a Mem Plug next. Smart media cards are pretty cheap and the module itself can be had for $27 at cdw.com.

01-06-2003 02:27 AM

EricG
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quote:
Originally posted by Toby
I was going to post the same joke, but his sentence says "brought to market" so it ruins the humor value.

Yeah I know, but I just couldn't resist..

Upon further reflection, with Innogear it didn't really matter as what they did actually did bring to market, it wasn't like it made all that much difference.. (so to speak).. well, I won't get into that can of worms again.. most of us know how that whole thing went.. so for those in the know, the humor I think is still there..

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01-06-2003 08:12 AM

flips13
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Re: thinmodem

quote:
Originally posted by rossco63
The one I use everyday is the 56k Thinmodem by CardAccess.

First Springboard I ever bought was the Thinmodem+. The other guys in my office beg me to let them borrow it everytime they need to go on a trip. Sure beats lugging a laptop along just to check email, plus you can surf the web. Using TopGun SSH, we can get to our servers and do just about anything else!

Easily the best Springboard I have used (but I was also one of the poor souls holding out for the 6-pack).

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01-06-2003 02:24 PM

Toby
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Re: Please...Recap

quote:
Originally posted by Keefer Lucas
[...] So, if someone could, please recap what the "Six Pack" was supposed to include...I assume MP3, storage, and voice recorder...but what were the others?

No MP3. The six features were supposed to be:

Voice recorder
56K wireline modem
cellular modem
vibrating alarm
LED alarm
8MB flash

01-06-2003 03:07 PM

Madkins007
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I would have to vote for a flash memory module, the MemPlug, or my favorite, the FlashPlus.

This is the module that I kept in most of the time. It allowed me to do backups, store lots of e-books and pictures, and so on, helping me better fulfill my goal of an electronic wallet/day planner.

The non-memory module I would vote for being #1 would be the eyemodule- fun, cool, allowing instant memory capture. I enjoyed the MiniJam and Thinmodem, but both of those are for a more limited audience. I would suggest that the modules with a broader appeal would generally be ranked higher (if only because more people used them to vote for them!)

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01-06-2003 03:57 PM

Brutus Beefcake
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I'd have to go with the Raycom Personal Massager, believe it or not. It's saved me a load of money, and probably cost my chiropractor an upgrade on his latest BMW.

01-06-2003 05:38 PM

MitzEclipse
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quote:
Originally posted by Brutus Beefcake
I'd have to go with the Raycom Personal Massager, believe it or not. It's saved me a load of money, and probably cost my chiropractor an upgrade on his latest BMW.

Seriously? How well does it work???

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01-06-2003 11:29 PM

MichaelSimon87
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I've been pretty happy with my SoundsGood MP3 Player.

01-06-2003 11:41 PM

eric2002
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the massager?? man, that seemed like the dumbest springboard, but heh.. if it works for yah great!

My favorite springboard is the Eye Module 2, with 16mb of internal storage on my Prism I can take 1 minute long videos and over 100 photos at full 640x480 size. I use my camera all the time.

01-07-2003 01:05 AM

YoYoman412
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quote:
Originally posted by MitzEclipse

Seriously? How well does it work???

If you read the front page article of VC then you should get a pretty good glimpse of it.

Jonathan

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01-07-2003 01:12 AM

eric2002
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you are correct, I am sorry!!
the idea of a massager seemed so lame to me that I never bothered reading about the product. I now realize what it does exactly... it sends electrical impulses, I admit that it actually sounds kind of cool.

01-07-2003 01:19 AM

Keefer Lucas
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01-07-2003 03:17 AM