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<\/a><\/p>\nIn honor of starting this site back up again, I will be reviewing a PDA I actually used back when it was released.\u00a0 This is not the exact same unit, but I did have a black Handspring Visor back in 2000!\u00a0 The Visor was the first non 3com Palm OS based PDA.<\/p>\n
Starting with the aesthetics, the Visor has more texture and curves than a Palm III\/Palm VII.\u00a0 Along the side of the screen are ridges.\u00a0 The button and overall layout is identical to the Palm III.\u00a0 Power is at the lower left, with calendar, address book, scroll, to-do, and notes.\u00a0 The IR port is moved to the left, since the addition of the springboard expansion port.\u00a0 The build quality is very good.\u00a0 The screen cover gets removed and clicked onto the back of the unit.\u00a0 This is one of my biggest gripes with the Visor, it is easy to loose the screen cover and it blocks the sync port on the bottom.<\/p>\n Other than the look, the technically, the Visor was a superior product to most of the Palm products at the time.\u00a0 The screen is excellent with the best contrast of any black and white LCD I have ever used on a Palm PDA.\u00a0 The contrast is controlled in the software, instead of a control knob.\u00a0 One feature I really like for a pre 2K product is the use of a USB synchronization as opposed to serial based.\u00a0 Syncing is very fast, as to be expected.\u00a0 Another feature that was available is the aforementioned springboard expansion port.\u00a0 It allowed to more memory, a modem, wifi, a camera, and even GPS.\u00a0 It was a neat concept for a time before advanced systems on a chip.\u00a0 The OS is a relatively old Palm OS 3.1, but it works and is quick.<\/p>\n Back over 20 years ago, I did carry this PDA every day.\u00a0 Kept all my phone numbers and notes on this little PDA.\u00a0 The battery life on two AAA is excellent.\u00a0 I have no problem syncing it with my virtual Windows XP, or even my Windows 10 machine!\u00a0 It really does work how it was originally intended.\u00a0 Handspring was eventually absorbed back into Palm.\u00a0 They did develop the Treo, which was one of the first true smartphones and you can see the influence in the Tungsten line from Palm.<\/p>\n I am glad I picked this up for a song, complete with box and two sync cradles.\u00a0 It is fun to play with, but to be honest, I usually end up using my Palm TX for day to day, which will be the subject of the next review.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Handspring Visor In honor of starting this site back up again, I will be reviewing a PDA I actually used back when it was released.\u00a0 This is not the exact same unit, but I did have a black Handspring Visor … Continue reading <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n