🚀 go-pugleaf

On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Andrew Morgan wrote:

> Personally I think Handspring have cut their own throat with this - The
> Treo is a leap ahead of other communicators but the feature set is still
> a whole heap below a Visor and a decent Mobile.
>
> If you guys are working on a springboard project - i would stop,. to be
> honest, unless you have a captive audience or a specific use in which
> case I would make sure I buy up enough Visors to equip my team before
> tehy vanish.

A couple months ago I had to call Handspring tech support and asked if
they were discontinuing the Visors.  The guy told me just the obsolete
models like the Deluxe, the Platinum, and one more which I forget.  He
said they had too many commitments with Springboard Module manufacturers
to stop making the entire Visor line.  But after reading up on this, it
looks like Handspring is going to totally screw the Springboard Module
makers.

Man, it's frustrating to watch a company with a great idea, like
Handspring, sabotage themselves.  I'm using a Visor Pro now with a
Springboard Visorphone Module to make phone calls and to access the
Internet/e-mail.  I've tried the Treos at Staples and I much more prefer
the Visor/Visorphone Module setup.  My only gripe is that the Visorphone
has a slow modem (14.4 K).  Why in the world couldn't Handspring or the
Visorphone maker just improve the Visorphone to 56 K and make other
enhancements???  I think the Treos aren't as functional as the
Visor/Visorphone setup and the Treos are way more expensive than this
setup.

If Handspring DOES screw the Springboard Module makers by discontinuing
PDA's with Springboard Module slots, I hope someone else comes along and
makes a PDA that can take the Springboard Modules.  I'd gladly switch my
loyalties to that company.  I can't picture myself ever switching to a
Treo, at least not the way they are presently designed.

Bob