Pros: Easily Expandable, Really Handy, Nice Looking Unit
Cons: No Color Display

It was October 2000 and some of my stocks were flying high. I decided to reward myself for such skillfull stock selection by purchasing a Handspring Visor Deluxe. I bought an orange Visor because, for some mysterious brain wiring reason, that's my...

Pros: attractive & useful
Cons: not quite as small as it could be - low battery life

For those of you mullng over the question of what PDA to buy with your Christmas booty, let me try to break down some of the pros & cons of the Visor Deluxe and how it stacks up to the Palm. I own the Visor deluxe as well as a Palm X and have found...

Pros: Great backlight, 2 months (claimed) battery life, stable Palm OS, 8 megabytes of memory, expansion slot, stylus includes a screwdriver, light and small, graffiti reference sticker included.
Cons: Fluctuating battery meter, 2 months battery time with little usage, backlight drains battery quickly, writing area scratches easily, uses 2 AAA batteries, many expansion cards are still in the beta stage, IR port is on the side of the unit (making some tra

Back in September, I took a flight on Virgin Airlines, from Newark to London. Since my company paid for it, I decided to slip in another two words on the invoice:

Business class.

This was a very nice experience. The flight was...

Pros: price, RAM
Cons: poor cover design, OS not upgradeable

So, you've already decided that you can't live without a PDA. We're not going to question that here, so the real issue is, which one? How much power do you need? How many features do you need?

For general PDA needs like a synchable date book,...

Pros: Easy to use, colorful, portable, capable of fabulous stuff
Cons: Runs on AAA batteries instead of being rechargeable.

I am not a savvy businessperson. I am not a gadget guru. I am simply a girl who's getting ready to go to college in a few months. My dad has slowly been introducing me to the world of gadgets through the last few Christmases and birthdays, to get me...

Pros: great screen, fits well in the hand, great datebook by default, possibility of the springboard port are awesome.
Cons: IR port placement, no flash memory, not loud enough, no rechargeble battery

My Visor deluxe is a replacement for my venerable Palm III, which gave up the ghost suddenly.

Quick aside, for the Canadians out there, Future shop is a few bucks ($2 and change) more than staples, but they'll drop $5.00 off the price to...

Pros: For the price, it's fantastic! Great starter PDA.
Cons: Worst problem: Not Enough Memory!

I was dragged into the PDA generation, kicking and screaming, by my husband - who seemed oblivious to my cries of "Nooo! I don't want another organizer! I don't care if it makes happy beeps and bleeps!"

Of course, now that I've had one, I...

Pros: Stylish, Hotsync dependable, rugged even though it doesn't look like it would be, battery life
Cons: backlight isn't that great, and the plastic case sometimes inconvenient

Well, most of my friends know me as the "ebay queen" so of course I'm living up to that. I think this year I'm on a role to see how much I can actually live off of by purchasing on ebay aside from the usual staple goods and food. For the longest time...

Pros: Really cool expansions like MP3 ect. and keep all your schedule...
Cons: None that I have really found to be deterimental

Story

I have had my deluxe handspring visor for little over a year. I do not know how I lived with it beforehand. I can never go back, everything is so easy. No more forgetting about conferences, dates, birthdays, meetings,...

Pros: Price, Performance, Colors
Cons: Not very rugged

Handspring was founded by the founders of Palm, and their motto could be "smaller, faster, cheaper."

My Visor Deluxe (VD, green) is my first PDA, and I love it. It was intuitive enough to master without reading instructions,...

Pros: Springboard expansion slot, 8 MB memory, LOW cost, color choice, fast USB connection
Cons: Not-so-great screen, carrying around modules

I first purchased the Handspring Visor Deluxe because of the "gadget" on the back called the Springboard that let you plug in different modules to turn it into everything from an MP3 player to a cellular phone. I had used a Palm Pilot...

Pros: USB Syncing, 5 color choices, Springboard slot
Cons: Double Hinged cover (opinionated)

I bought my Visor Deluxe in Spring '00 and have been very happy with it since. I got the blue color out of the five available. The main attraction was that it had 8MB of memory (which Palm matched on its products after the Visor came out to compete)...

Pros: Fast; painless; Didn't have to pay for shipping
Cons: It would have been better if they accidentally sent me a Visor platinum

This company showed me the best example of customer service.

The Story
OK, here's what happens. I usually keep my Visor Delux in my leather carrying case. It faces opposite my drivers liscence and ATM card. I guess all the use...

Pros: 8MB, USB cradle, infinite expandability, ultra affordable.
Cons: Dated Palm 3.1 OS.

For many of us, having a handheld is a blessing. But for those who are still considering the purchase and have a tight budget, there are a few choices if you happen to look for a Palm based handheld. They include the Handspring Visor Deluxe, the Palm...

Pros: It's not Palm
Cons: bad backlight, stupid screen cover design

I bought this Handspring Visor after a terrible experience with Palm. My Palm had died, for the second time, a week after the warranty expired, and after the complete rudeness and utter unhelpfulness from the Palm staff, I swore I would never buy...