Pros: cheap, works well, easy to use
Cons: not a lot of memory, no cradle

This is my first and only palm so I don't have a lot to compare it to. The handspring visor is a lower end handheld organizer using the palm os with 2 mb of memory. 2 mb of memory isn't much compared to most other palm organizers but it is more than...

Pros: everything
Cons: nothing

Originally, I started shopping for PDAs because of a need to consolidate all my paperwork and schedule books. I was attracted to the Visor Handspring Deluxe because of the compatibility of all Visor models with Macintosh computers (with Palm, I had to...

Pros: Price, memory, attachments
Cons: Plastic design

If you're looking for a PDA but can't afford the high prices of the 3Com palm pilot...this Handspring Visor is the way to go. Starting off with 8 mb of memory and a springboard module to add more memory or other hardware.

It's the same...

Pros: Cheap, expandable memory, runs palm software, nifty colors
Cons: a tad bulkier than its counterparts

In the beginning of my third year of medical school I was advised to buy a PDA to avoid having to care the numerous mini drug manuals and microbiology sensitivity indexes. Little did I know how helpful the Visor would be. While my residents fumbled...

Pros: Read my notes, but biggest is: it has potential
Cons: Read my notes, but biggest is: future unknown

Read this and you will be able to make a decision of which is better Handspring or Palm:

List of things to consider about the Handspring Visor:
1) Battery replacement is annoying. There are no rechargable batteries in the device. The...

Pros: Price Point, Springboard and future modules
Cons: Short Battery life. Screen can scratch easily

I purchased this appliance over a year ago as I realized the laptop was more than I needed to get things done while dashing out of the office.
Not being a true "early adopter", I had toyed with a friends in B-School and was intrigued by...

Pros: Expandable, nice screen, Palm OS
Cons: OS is not upgradeable

I have owned the Visor Deluxe for about a month now and I would recommend this to anyone considering a PDA. The visor deluxe has absolutely every feature the Palm IIIxe has except the OS is not stored in Flash. What this means is that you can't upgrade...

Pros: price, springboard & colors
Cons: os cannot be upgraded, only patched

i ordered the day the started accepted them. after 4 months or so of waiting and constant nagging my orange visor deluxe arrived. palms were too overpriced and the visor was well within my price range. the springboard option sounded great but the...

Pros: Small, functional
Cons: Downloads sometimes cause it to crash

I telecommute, and having to carry notes and calendars and such in to the office is a pain. Since I don't have a computer at work and no laptop this was the next best thing.

I love this little gadget! The only thing that I don't like is the...

Pros: Inexpensive, versatile, Palm OS
Cons: no color screen, not as small as newer Palm series

The Visor Deluxe is the most significant PDA on the market. I am a student and was not willing to spend $500-$700 on an electronic organizer. The ones that fell in my price range were not versatile enough for me. However, with the dawning of the Visor...

Pros: Doesn't seem to break; easy to read; useful; a snap to download
Cons: Thick & heavy; using keyboard takes time

Years ago I replaced my phone book/date book with a Sharp Organizer, but it became obsolete as I did. The problem I found was the daily calendar didn't show the entire day, so often my late afternoon, early evening appointments were forgotten. The...

Pros: easy upgrade
Cons: nothing so far

This PDA is, what I think, is a palm, but better. With haveing a back cartridge bay, this makes it able to up grade in two-seconds. Also you can hook-up special components such as a modem, but you don't have to keep the modem in forever, for example you...

Pros: Price is really attractive
Cons: Body of PDA made of plastic

I honestly would prefer to spend a more to get a more appealing PDA. Handspring's body is just ugly and made of plastic. It is also pretty bulky that you cannot just easily put it in your shirt pocket. This is pretty much the only thing I do not...

Pros: colorful choices and affordability
Cons: use of standard AAA battery

I recently purchased this PDA. My first priority in choosing this instead of Palm was for the availability of fun colors and affordability. When considering to purchase a first PDA, I had Palm III and Handspring in mind.

I chose Visor due to...

Pros: Runs the Palm OS and supports thousands of existing Palm applications
Cons: Palms are better. Easy as that!

I got a handheld so that I could do one thing, to conveniently update all my address book and contact info from my work & home computers in one place. The Visor Deluxe performs that task marginally at best.

The product's marketers and...