Handspring Visor Prism Handheld

Pros: Love the color and speed and the larger 8mb hard drive
Cons: BAD BATTERY LIFE! drains real fast. Thank God it recharges

I had the original visor which can't hold a candle to the prism. Love the Color. Pictures look great. However I think the 8mb should have been 16. I read a review and it said that handspring said the battery life under normal use should be 2 weeks....

Pros: Great Screen
Cons: A little expensive

The color screen Visor Prism is one of two new models from Handspring for October, 2000. It's 50% faster than the Visor Deluxe thanks to its 33 MHz Motorola Dragonball VZ processor (the Visor and Deluxe have a 16 MHz processor). It has 8 megs of...

Pros: Nice color, fast hot synching (USB), rechargeable batteries, expansion modules
Cons: Heavier than monochrome - not "pocket friendly", battery life dependent on screen brightness, hard cover not attached to unit

I have been a palm user for several years. I started with the palm pro model and have upgraded over the years. When Palm lowered the price of the IIIc I gave it serious consideration however, after looking at the screen I felt I would not have been happy...

Pros: Springboard slot!
Cons: No flash still!

I have lots of toys, this is just one of them...a toy!

There are programs which will certainly look better on this device, and perhaps run faster (I can't remember the CPU difference). But I had a graphite (see my other reviews) and I'd say...

Pros: Color is a must, good speed
Cons: Bright sunlight defeats screen

I started with a Handspring Visor Deluxe when they first came out. Good unit, cheaper than 3com, but screen sucked as it was the same non active matrix B&W number and unit's speed was also a bit lacking. No recharge feature.

The Color...

Pros: Spectacular color and easy download.
Cons: Not as easy to 'configure' as advertised.

I am a somewhat tired amateur techno geek (read: like the 'idea' of new products and am sucked into the 'usability' and 'accessibility,' as advertised). I'm tired because, after years of listening to tech specialists, poring over 'easy-to-understand'...

Pros: Color, expandability, fast, stable.
Cons: +size

I have owned 2 Palms and this is my 2nd Visor. I love it. The color is outstanding, its speedy and I think the expandability is what makes it superior to any of the Palms. Every month the are new springboard modules to choose from. The only flaw I can...

Pros: color monitor, clearer graphics, rechargeable battery, 8MB, software choices
Cons: rechargeable battery (if you forget to charge), cost

The Handspring Visor prism is a wonderful tool for professionals. It has the capability to store a large amount of information and the size is right. It fits easily into my suit pockets and my purse.
I have been able to keep information from 3...

Pros: Brilliant color display.
Cons: Difficult to see out doors and it is a little bit heavier.

The Visor Prism does have a beautiful color display. It does beat out the Palm IIIc and the 500 series. It can do anything the Deluxe or the Platinum can do but in color. The down-side is that it is difficult to see outdoors, however, you need to ask...

Pros: nice screen, rechargeable, expandable
Cons: battery dies quick, expensive

Having heavily used a Palm III for a while, the evil urge to own a new toy got the better of me again, So I went and forked for this. I looked heavily at the MS Pocket PC line before going with this. I bought it bundled with an Omnisky modem for wireless...

Pros: Fast, decent memory, good operating system, easy to use, color
Cons: A bit pricey, boxy styling

The first color handheld developed by Handspring is, in my opinion, a huge success. The machine is fast and responsive, and the colors are vibrant. It has decent memory (8 megs); I personally have over 50 programs on mine taking up only about half...

Pros: 65,000 color screen, lith-ion rechargeable battery, handspring modules
Cons: Bulky, unstable IR port.

I went from a Palm Vx to a Handspring Prism because I wanted a color screen. The Palm IIIc only had the capability of about 4,000 colors and the Handspring Prism has the capability of 65,000. So that alone was the deciding factor for me on which one I'd...

Pros: Color....I thought there were more, but I can't think of any
Cons: Bulky, not enough storage space,light screen(in sunlight),battery

I bought my Prism when it first came out on the market. I believe around Winter 2001. Although it was bulkier than the rest, I saw past it because of its color. Even before 6 months of use I began to have problems with the battery. According to Handspring, that was normal and I had to do a hard reset every time(For those who don't know, you have to back-up everything...erase everything...and then reload it). That was a great inconvenience. Well, hear I am only 2 years later, looking for another Palm/Pocket PC. My screen decided to get sooooo light that I can hardly read it. The cost to repair it(no longer under warranty), would be just as much as buying a new model.

Pros: Color, Price, Memory
Cons: Sound, Can't Upgrade Palm Operating System

This PDA is great for the price. I has full 16 bit color (around 65,000 colors). There is 8 mb plenty of space for addresses, calendar, notepad, to do list, and games. I mainly use my palm as a time waster when I'm waiting (at doctor appointments ect...). The only bad part about it are the speakers. There barely there and make a beep every once in a while that isn't very pleasant. You can turn them off in the preferences area.

It really burns me when a company puts out a great product and then abandons it in favor of a newer model. This PDA is everything you could ask for in portable/handheld computing. I have mine loaded with Documents to Go so I can read Word & Excel docs, I have PalmReader loaded so I can read eBooks, I have the Photo Album loaded with dozens & dozens of personal color photos and finally...I have a cable that connects my Prism to my LG TM510 cell phone for wireless web browsing with Blazer 2.0. My Prism has an additional 16mB module so I have a total memory capacity of 24MB which is more than enough for all these apps plus more. Also, there's the Innogear Minijam MP3 player with 256MB (4 hours) of music.