Registered: Oct 1999
Location: Cedar Knolls, NJ
Posts: 38

Dont know if they just did this today, but I just placed my order.. 99 bucks, its like deja vu
http://rhinoskin.com/visor_page.htm

I guess my buddy with the P3 gets my old case...



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Registered: Oct 1999
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posts: 195

Hmm. All function, no form. It just looks like a metal box to me, and a bulky one at that. I'll get one if I hear about any pending terrorist attacks.

Registered: Oct 1999
Location:
Posts: 86

Doesn't the Visor fit a PIII case? I thought they were all the same cases.

Registered: Oct 1999
Location: Mililani, HI, USA
Posts: 256

ChrisB,

Here's one of the few instances where function is form! Believe me, once you've grown accustomed to the security this puppy, i.e. the "metal box," offers, it's really difficult to trust anything else to protect your handheld. I had to give up my old Ti case (along with my PP) to my girlfriend, because the Visor is too big to fit the original. Now I don't have the money to get another Ti case. boohoo...

The terrorist attack you've made reference to is actually gravity. I've dropped my Ti-protected PalmPilot from chest height, and the only result was that the memory and battery covers were slightly ajar. Can you trust your case to protect your Visor that well? (I've dropped it several times, and even sat on it once, and the PalmPilot is still as pretty as the day I bought it. Even the case itself shows barely noticable marks. It's truly an amazing product. Palm itself tried to crash-test it, and only succeeded to demonstrate how great it is.)

I know the Rhinoskin is, shall we say, industrial-looking. Some people say it's ugly. Others think it's the coolest looking case on the market. But I'll grant you "ugly." But I happen to like "ugly" in this case, and I'll also take it over anything else, any day.

Registered: Oct 1999
Location: Mililani, HI, USA
Posts: 256

Dru Lee,

Unfortunately, the original Ti and Ti slider are too short for the Visor, so RhinoSkin had to make a new case. However, the other Rhino offerings, like the RhinoPak 1100, will fit both the Visor and Palms.

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Registered: Oct 1999
Location: Cedar Knolls, NJ
Posts: 38

Here's a link to my original review of the case on PalmPower:
http://www.palmpower.com/issues/iss...inoskin001.html

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Registered: Oct 1999
Location: Beaverton, OR USA
Posts: 87

That looks like a pretty sweet case. Although my first impression was "gads that's ugly," I just looked again, and it doens't look that bad. And if it's the only one that will protect my yet-to-arrive Visor from a fall, it's worth another good look.

Does anyone have any pics of the inside of this new Visor case (it holds c-cards?), or of it completely open? I assume the Visor swings all the way around so that it's 180� from closed position? It appears to be slightly different from the case pictured in perlow's review.

"...you do have the hold the case on the flat of your palm when it is opened -- you can't just grasp it in your hand." (from perlow's review). Is this true with the newer Visor version, too? It appears on Rhino's site, from the long slots at each end, that the Visor version is not much larger open than it is closed.

Registered: Oct 1999
Location: Cedar Knolls, NJ
Posts: 38

The new cases, or the "sliders" as they are called allow you to flip the cover behind the unit so you can hold it in one hand. My '98 review was for the ORIGINAL Ti case, which was designed for the Palm Pro and by chance also fit the Palm III.





They completely re-designed it for the Palm V, and now the Visor has its own case as well.

Jason

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Registered: Oct 1999
Location: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Posts: 36

I don't know about that case, but I had a laugh in their description of the Rhinopack 3000 Utility case, here's the quote:

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RhinoPak 3000 Utility Case
The RhinoPak 3000 is simply the most versatile handheld electronic case you'll find. Carry your Handspring Visor and various Springboard mudules, binoculars, digital camera, cellphone or any combination of electronic hardware adding up to 8.5'x6'x3'.
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Yes that's right the dimensions of 8.5 feet x 6 feet x 3 feet. Now that is a ton of stuff you can carry :-) Hey, and you don't have to worry about dropping the visor, you'll have to drag the case, more problematic will be finding the visor in that case :-)

Registered: Oct 1999
Location: Mililani, HI, USA
Posts: 256

mtn,

You're right about the difference in design between the case shown on Perlow's images and the slider. If you go to the RhinoSkin site and look up the Palm cases, instead of the Visor cases, and go to the slider, you'll find an animated gif demonstrating how the new case operates. It's called a slider because the cover completely slides underneath the back and out of the way in the fully open position. So with this slider case, you can "just grasp it in your hand" as you would the Visor-sans case. (It's lefty-friendly.)

About the CC holder: it's merely the hollow of the absence of neoprene rubber padding behind the Visor unit. It so happens to be large enough to hold maybe a few business cards and CCs, but it's not exactly a well-implemented "feature." It kinda looks like the folks at Rhino saw that space and thought, "Cool! A business card holder!" I think the best use for this empty space is to hold a paper clip.

It's still a great case though. One other thing: in another thread, http://www.visorcentral.com/visor/discussion/Forum3/HTML/000077.html some have raised the concern that the Visor is not held in by anything while the case is open. (This is the most significant design change from the old to new, IMO.) If you invert the case, the Visor will drop right out. Go to the thread to read more.

(shucks. I messed up the URL when I posted this message. It won't work, but if you remove the comma after you try to access the URL, you'll hit the right page.)

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Registered: Oct 1999
Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
Posts: 56

Hmm. That's something like what I was looking for a while back. It would be nice if they could make it so you could use the pen through some sort of protective cover.

BTW, I don't know if it's just the picture, but that Graphic Visor looks like something that Darth Vader would appreciate.

It doesn't appear to be waterproof when closed. I wouldn't want to toss a bucket of water on it.

What holds the back of the case on? Does it interfere with changing the batteries?

Registered: Oct 1999
Location: Montgomery, AL, USA
Posts: 17

Is the IR port still exposed for beaming with the Titanium Case?

Registered: Sep 1999
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 61

No. It is identical to their Ti case for the Palm III except that it is slightly longer. The IR opening is therefore on the top end, not the side. From correspondence with Rhinoskin, I understand that they do not have plans, at least at this time, to make a Ti case with a side IR port.

Registered: Oct 1999
Location: Plantersville, TX, USA
Posts: 109

I bought the Rhinoskin 3000 case and even though I don't have my visor have been carrying it around with my digital camera...


Well anyway I forgot to zip it and picked it up and although theres like 6 elastic straps, my camera fell right out! Maybe it was just too bulky (Kodak dc210)... I like it overall... Been accused of carrying a
man-purse, but screw-em, I am content with my own sexuality...and that of my wife's.

Zen

Registered: Oct 1999
Location: pocatello id us
Posts: 31

Zen Please God Change your name it doesn't fit you at all, mabey pissamist would be better no offense i call everyone that. and i was wodering the Shock case from Rihnoskin, i ski and kill all that i own, i gone through 2 or 3 tape players at the endof the ski season and there must be ohh say 5 or 6 half dead headphones i own, but any way i would carry i in my backpak (it has a watertigh compartment) and i was wondering if i crached on my back pack wopuld the plastic case of the Shocksuite crack, would my little Visor be hurt? I can't seem to find this out at rhinos website [like how much force would have to be exerted to kill the cases, or crack them] SHould i just spend the $ 65 dollars more and jump for the titanium? Oh and ive got to show you his :b hahahaha its a smiley face going ththpp

Registered: Oct 1999
Location: Mililani, HI, USA
Posts: 256

fsterman,

If you're going to take your Visor skiing, and have a history of breaking everything you own, then your choice is already made. Shell out the xtra money and get the Ti case. I think that in the event of a crash, the case has a better chance of hurting you than you destroying it.

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

Ya know if you want a good case just take off the plastic outside of your cirrent visor and take it into a metal factory. Have them make a mold and press a titanium case for you. Then you'd have a titanium visor Of course heat disapation might be a problem. And hey you could make the clip on cover out of titanium. Unless it has to bend to hook on. Dont know, I dont have a visor.

Registered: Sep 1999
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
Posts: 37

Hey NUTT!!!
the purpose of a case is to protect the screen! and since they haven't gotten the formula for transparent Ti correct yet I suggest a FUL case.... lol...

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

Maybe not "transparent titanium", but remember "transparent aluminum" from the movie Star Trek IV?

The stuff actually exists. http://www.popularmechanics.com/pop...9807TUMIGM.html

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

Even better yet lets just encase it in a 12 inch cube of jello. Clear jello of course and if you drop it you get excellent shock protection You'd also have a snack for when you get hungary.