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I see that. ($199.00 for a Visor Edge? HELL YES!)

But it's the part about Handspring "disposing" of the PDA's you turn into them!

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Re: supposedly...

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Originally posted by patwoods
supposedly the price will drop to $299 also, then it will only be $199 with the trade-in...

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Originally posted by bblue
But it's the part about Handspring "disposing" of the PDA's you turn into them!

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I looked up United Data Trech's website.
http://www.uniteddatatech.com/
They are a "full service reclamation company and independent distributor of new and refurbished" computer products. Ergo, it's very likely that if a PDA is turned in to Handspring for this program, and can be resold, it will be.


You made Toby say "Bah." We may have to smite you for that. Where's my hammer?

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That is a very good idea to spur sales on the edge, wihtout making a "rebate" or a price drop. The problem is is I'd rather see the Visor's and Palms and anyhting they get a good collection sold at a very very cheap price to schools to use. Yse schools get old equipment, but a set of 30 Vdx's is a very cool thing to have! They can recycle the old stuff, but do'nt throw away good stuff.

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Originally posted by homer
Handspring probably has a ton of edges backlogging the inventory channels and they need to dump them.

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rather have an M505

I'd rather have a Palm M505. Handspring is getting close to just giving away the Edge.

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Did that smaller edge connector on the edge turn out to be a huge flop? I haven't seen a specialized modules using it yet. (Trying to hold back the 'nee-ner nee-ner!' )

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All I have to say is that maybe Handspring should expand this trade-up to make it a $100 savings toward ANY Visor. I personally would rather have a new Prism than an Edge.

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That's the point. Handspring is not having trouble selling the Prism - everyone wants one already.

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Originally posted by Vertigo
Did that smaller edge connector on the edge turn out to be a huge flop? I haven't seen a specialized modules using it yet. (Trying to hold back the 'nee-ner nee-ner!' )

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This trade up is tempting, msotly the giving my VDX to someone else option. (I figure they probably require you to re-register the thing on the website, but hey, why not)

I won't complain about how much money, that sounds fair.

What I think is more important is that everyone in the biz is clearly doing two things: cutting prices, clearing inventory.

That said, anyone with a Stowaway is probably better off waiting until the stowaway for the edge comes out and then buying whatever becomes available then, and selling their VDX off. You'll probably get $100 for a VDX at the end of the summer, and you'll probably get a not-yet-released handheld AND get to use your stowaway.

That said, I'm still tempted to give my VDX to my fiancee, and share the handhelds until I have a stowaway for the edge.

I hope handspring realizes that a lot of people are just waiting until they can get a stowaway for the edge. I think they are probably more going for the competitive upgrades, I mean this could get a lot of V and Vx converts. The Edge does have a lot to offer them...

Oh well.
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Originally posted by Vertigo
From the 'Which Visor Do you have?' thread, I can see why : http://discussion.visorcentral.com/...=&postid=102568

Only 5 out of 149 Visor Owners owned only the Visor Edge.

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Originally posted by Rob
We sure are a hard to please bunch, aren't we? This is exactly the kind of program that people have been asking for! True, they are limiting it to the edge, but that's better than nothing!

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Still, even if you think the Edge is overpriced, it's not just because it's "thinner" than the VDX; like the Plat & Prism:
- it's faster
- 16 grey scale
- OS 3.5, which means you can do the current free OmniSky modem deal.
(Oh, and I almost forgot to mention the part where they're throwing in free sex w/Claudia Schiffer to sweeten the deal!)

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Hot damn; "seek & ye shall find," -- er, or something ...
Anyway, that wish for the Prism drop has come true.
Wish I knew about this last week....

(Wonder if this solidifies a ThinPrism in the works....)

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Still, even if you think the Edge is overpriced, it's not just because it's "thinner" than the VDX; like the Plat & Prism:
- it's faster
- 16 grey scale
- OS 3.5, which means you can do the current free OmniSky modem deal.

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Originally posted by bkbk
Hot damn; "seek & ye shall find," -- er, or something ...
Anyway, that wish for the Prism drop has come true.
Wish I knew about this last week

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HA!

Well, has anyone else noticed I am VERY GOOD at predicting the future?

The EDGE was a cheap move by Handspring. They simply developed a less-space-consuming expansion slot, and re-fit the PDA. It's not that hard, judging by the wasted space in my Deluxe. I'm pretty sure re-shaping the Platinum was not much difference.

Now PALM stuck their heart & sould into the M500 / M505. The form factor is nothing short of stellar. The drool factor is through the roof! And lookee here! A bluetooth module has ALREADY been announced, and will retail for $150.00 !!!

Palm took a risky investment, and so far, it is paying off. I guess the stories about how Hawkins & Dubinsky could do no (ok... little) wrong were not true!

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As for BKBK, that's not Claudia. Nope. They heard your plea to lower the price of the prism, and it's just Donna Dubinsky in a thong bikini... with a new hairdew!


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I'm not sure why you're calling it cheap. It has the highest quality components of any Visor yet. It has metal buttons, better screen, OS 3.5, nice thin form factor, and it's faster. Also, at $400 (well $300 now for us owners of PDAs) I'd hardly call it cheap

Hopefully we'll get our bluetooth modules soon too. Keep in mind the SD bluetooth stick is announced, not neccesarily released. By now I'm sure everyone on this board knows the difference .

The drool factor of the formfactor on the Palm M5XX series is true I think, but the none adjustable screen is a definite problem I think.

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Yeah, I think w/the Edge J.H. was trying to repeat the move he succeeded w/so stellarly w/the Palm V: change nothing but the look of the HW, and see if it sells -- and it went through the roof.
But Palm V never had a "big bro. looking over its shoulder" all the time it was out, the way the Prism does the Edge. And on top of that, there's plenty of other competition out there now for that $400, as has been pointed out.

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