Handspring Visor Prism Handheld

Pros: Great color,easy sync, advanced calculator for converting length, weight or temperatures, plenty of memory
Cons: Poor in sunlight, occasional "reset" crashes, no earphone for future use as an mp3

I used to have a Visor Deluxe and I loved that too- until I lost it in an airport! Believe me- people aren't that eager to return such a great tool (toy!). Since I just "had" to replace it, I decided to get a color Prism instead. Since I carry it in my...

Pros: Great as a Visor upgrade
Cons: Some apps don't work

There are some excellent reviews here. So as not to go over the same ground I will provide some additional points from the perspective of a Visor Deluxe user upgrading to the Prism.

I have a Visor Deluxe with the optional backup module using...

Pros: Color!, USB, Rechargable battery,PhotoAlbum
Cons: Will buy every new color app that is released.

Like many, I've wanted a Palm Pilot or Pocket PC device but they just didn't seem to provide the real life functionality that I needed. The other problem was readability. About the time I turned 40, I noticed that I just couldn't read fine text like...

Pros: Just in time for holidays
Cons: Expensive

Handspring Prism information

Cons:
The body is too thick to even fit comfortably in my shirt pocket.
I cannot remove the hard faceplate and snap it on the back with only one hand. You are left having to hold two items to...

Pros: Color screen, Handspring/Palm OS, rechargeable battery
Cons: Bulkier than Visor deluxe, rechargeable battery

Two years ago, my dad surprised me at Christmas with a Handspring Visor Deluxe (blue). I didn't really want one, but I soon understood that this was a life changing present. I never had to mess with a paper address book or calendar again, and I could...

Pros: Color, easy to use, compact, springboard module slot
Cons: A little heavy

I just received the Visor Prism by Handspring and it is great! This is my first color PDA and I was impressed with how easy it is to set up and transfer data to and from my desktop computer with the touch of 1 button. I was amazed at how quick it...

Pros: Palm OS, bright color, great in all light except direct bright sunlight, expandable.
Cons: expensive, bulky compared to other PDA's.

The Visor Prism is my first PDA. I did a lot of research, and figured I would buy a Palm. But when I looked at the Palms, they did not seem anywhere near as good. I looked at the Palm 500 and 505. The 505 screen was hard to read and very poor color,...

Pros: Great color. Great battery life. Expandable. New datebook and calculator.
Cons: Backlit screen won't show up in sunlight. Like any backlit device, fairly large size.

I used to have a Palm V. It was very small and I grew to love the Palm OS. I decided to go all out and buy the best new Palm OS handheld available and that is the Handspring Prism.

First the cons: large and somewhat heavy. You can't...

Pros: Outstanding color, springboard slot, theoretically cannot become obsolete
Cons: sometimes hard to see screen outdoors

I own the Handspring visor Prism, and it has changed my life. I am always organized and on time, I can check my schedule by day, week, or month at a glance. I have my address book, schedule, a word-processor and various e-books all in my tiny Prism,...

Pros: Finally rechargeable, fantastically crisp color
Cons: A little on the expensive side, should have had a flip cover

Years ago I bought one of the first PalmPilot models and it ended up gathering dust in my closet because the battery life was so poor. I decided that the next PDA I would buy would have a rechargeable battery. Having had a bad experience with Palm and...

Pros: Over 65,000 Colors, Expandability, Speed
Cons: Screen in Daylight, Weight

When it came time for me to replace my ever-aging PalmPilot of three years, I was bound and determined to go color. I was also determined to purchase a product, with some research of course, that was not within the Palm family. This was not because I'd...

Pros: Excellent color screen, Expandable
Cons: Still $200 more than monochrome screen

Lately, the store I deal with has been heavily promoting Visors in advance of the release of two new ones, both of which I’ve recently had the chance to spend some time with.

The first is the Visor Prism, the first color PDA by Handspring. It...

Pros: Color, Re-Chargeable, Linux Compatible.
Cons: Some USB Support missing from Linux Programs, Screen Outdoors.

It has been a few months now, and I have been using my Handspring Prism for just about everything, from organizing my personal life to playing great freeware games I find at Freeware Palm, but my most mission critical use is at the office, where it...

Pros: Beautiful, expandable, functional
Cons: bulky, 8MB RAM is too little

I just upgraded from a Visor Platinum by getting a refurbished model on eBay. It's just as fast except in drawing color text (hardly noticeable), and even seems to hotsync more reliably that the Platinum. I'v heard some criticism of the screen, such as...

Pros: Great Color, All the Palm Virtues
Cons: Cost of the Springboard Modules

After being an advocate of Personal Digital Assistants (PDA) for many years now, it is so gratifying to see them emerge from techno-geek obscurity into the bright spotlight of mainstream popularity. Why? Because the concept of a fully capable computer...