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New Product Announcements

I'm wondering if there will be any new HandSpring product announcements within the next week.

We are at the 1 year anniversary of the Prism

The Prism price has recently dropped

HandSpring earnings call will be Oct 17th, I'm sure they will be wanting to bolster some support in light of the weak year

They are dumping visorphones for free now (with plan)

We know the Treo products must be close at hand if there is FCC activity

It's time to get the x-mas line-up available

What is your best guess ?

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I was at one of the chain office supply stores today while a friend bought a Prism for her husband. The salesperson said their store had already ordered the new product from Handspring and expected it at the beginning of the month. Priced around $500.

Don't know how much it's worth...but I thought I'd throw it out there!

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$500? Sounds like a new top of the line unit! Sweet!

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My CompUSA is completely out of Prisms and he said he does not expect they are getting anymore.

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I expect the delay came from HS having to entirely redesign the new device. I don't think they'd risk poor sales by making an edge with a color screen.

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Originally posted by purplemd
I was at one of the chain office supply stores today while a friend bought a Prism for her husband. The salesperson said their store had already ordered the new product from Handspring and expected it at the beginning of the month. Priced around $500.

Don't know how much it's worth...but I thought I'd throw it out there!

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Is this going to be the Treo? That unit had a near-announcment experience before getting sidetracked by FCC red tape.

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The Treo doesn't seem like the perfect x-mas present.

"Oh, um, thanks honey. Now my boss can e-mail me on my way home from work "

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I pray the come out with a Color EDGE. then everyone,(third-party bastards), will jump on the EDGE bandwagon. OH PLEASE!!!

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Originally posted by culo77
I pray the come out with a Color EDGE. then everyone,(third-party bastards), will jump on the EDGE bandwagon. OH PLEASE!!!

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Originally posted by kalahari

If Handspring come up with a worthwhile color device, to replace my Prism, I'll buy it. I really do not think that a color edge would be a worthwhile purchase though -- a new high-end device needs a lot more features than the Edge + color would offer.

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Originally posted by dick-richardson

What red tape are you talking about? They changed the status from Granted to Pending at Handspring's request.

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And I thought that Handspring requested this because of some problems with the application process for FCC approval.

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New Visor? We've been here before. . .

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Been here before...

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New Visor? We've been here before. . .

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And I for one hope that the rumors become true. The last two devices HS has released was less than stellar. I hope they provide a new color device, 16MB, High-Res screen with on-board SpringBoard with smaller form factor. If not, looks like Sony will be getting a new customer... Although I would prefer to stay with HS, not if they can't remain innovative. In my opinion, since the Prism release last year, newer models haven't come close to my expectations (which are quite realistic and were a year ago). Just my opinion... Come'on HS, let's see whatcha got!!! Make us proud

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Announcement soon

Looks like there will be an announcement on Monday of the wireless Treo devices but not necessarily availability at that time. Look closely at this article, as it describes the possibility of a later release of Color Treo !!!!!

Treo Announcement !!!!

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From the article:

"Company representatives have acknowledged that sales of the device [visorphone] didn't live up to expectations."

personally i think the marketing behind the VP was dreadful. things been out almost a year and is still not available for a good price without a service plan.

if they pull this stunt with the treo, i'll probably jump ship with my next upgrade. i'm in canada, and though i'd love to stay with HS, they don't seem to care about the market here. if treo is marketed like a cellphone instead of a pda, i'll head for sony if/when i upgrade.

and as i say that, it's kind of funny. cause if the treo is available here immediately i'll upgrade then. but if not, i won't likely upgrade till the end of spring/start of summer 2002. my pda suits me just fine. but i need a cell phone. i'd like to get them in one unit. if i can't, i'll just get a sep phone and upgrade to a color pda when they're cheaper next year.

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I think the Treo looks like great functionality. I think the VisorPhone was HS learning experience into the wireless market. These Treo devices clearly are a bigger step of integration toward wireless and with the keyboard will be a step toward the BlackBerry market. I would expect the GPRS always on support as a follow-on. There was also mention of color follow-on. This looks like the device I have been waiting for.

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16 MB RAM

Did anyone notice that the Treos will have 16 MB or RAM? Sweet!! Hope they are available in Canada when they are released too. Although now I am hesitant after hearing about the color one in development.

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Re: Been here before...

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Originally posted by jonecool


And I for one hope that the rumors become true. The last two devices HS has released was less than stellar.

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