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Color
Cobalt Blue
Memory
8 MB
Speed
33 Mhz
OS
Palm OS 3.5.2.H
Battery Type
Built in Lithium Ion battery
Weight
6.9 oz
Dimensions
4.8" x 3.0" x 0.8"
Availability Unknown
$169.00
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83% |
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Prism Good, MiniJam Bad |
Got my new Prism. Faster, more readable, overall nicer. However, my MiniJam locks up hard. Innogear tech support first gave me the run around with their patch, then admitted to the problem. I had to make a decision between keeping the MiniJam or the Prism. The Prism won and the MiniJam went back.
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Richard |
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Color Makes the difference |
I have only had it a couple of days but I know I am going to really use/enjoy it.
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Refrus_T |
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Great Color - Well worth the price! |
I upgraded from a Visor Deluxe, which I love. I think Handspring did a good job with the Prism. If you don't need color the Deluxe is fine, but if you can afford the Prism you will thrilled with it.
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Anonymous |
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Good Color but no performance increase over IIIc |
I expected the Visor Prism to be noticeably faster that the Palm IIIc with "business applications". I was disappointed. The time in takes to set a filter in a 3000 record DB with ThinkDB is the same on the IIIc and Prism; the time to recalulate a spreadsheet with Tiny Sheet and Quicksheet is the same on the IIIc and Prism. I do not use either the IIIc or Prism for games; overall I have noticed no performance increase in application speed between the IIIc and Prism. The color is nice, but I purchased the Prism more for the faster processor.
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Jase |
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Not enough value for the money |
Personally, Handpring should have taken a lesson from the
Palm IIIc. Just adding color is not enough when there are
so many other areas for improvement available. It's odd
that losing enough sales prompted them to jump so soon.
One big comlaint I have about the Prism and the IIIc is that
the grafitti input is not nearly as good as the older devices and
the Prism is really horrible.
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smoothy |
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No way. |
Too expensive, not enough useful color software.
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Anonymous |
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Yes, go buy one....... |
I've had the Deluxe for two weeks then the Prism
came out. Just to have the beautiful color
display is enough for me and most people...
Why go greyscale when you can go 64,000 plus colors.
The pixelation that a few people
complained about is not worth mentioning at all.
Just go get one...
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Anonymous |
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If you take your palm everywhere, get one. |
Slightly heavier and thicker than my palm III, but narrower. But 16-bit color is great. Very happy with the screen, no more backlight hack although I adjust the contrast down to 20% at night, boy is it bright. You can use the damn thing as a flashlight at night, I have litterly. I was concerned about battery life, but after heavy useage all afternoon and night and only saw about 15-20% battery usage. I normally dock and sync twice a day so I stay charged but now just leave the prism in the dock. I have found a few apps and hacks that locked me up hard, had to hard reset twice. But after a 15min resync to reload all 8mb, my batteries are still charged, unlike my palm III. Does anyone know if the built in MIC is active? or just for future expansion (Visor Phone)
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E |
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Too bulky...not enough features |
I have had ever Palm OS device since the USR Pilot. I switched to Handspring products because they were a better value. I just upgraded to the Prism from a VDX. I must say that I am disappointed; I think Handspring has done itself a disservice. I love the color display so much I will never go back to a monochrome. However, the Prism lacks many features found in similar Windows PocketPC devices at similar prices. In addition, the added 30+% depth of the Prism makes it inconvenient for those of who truly carry it in our pockets. So now if I want a modular color-display PDA, built-in with 8 mb memory, voice recording, and MPEG playback, I have to go with a PocketPC. In addition, some of those units are thinner than the Prism. You almost got it right, Handspring!
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Adrian Gresores |
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Beutiful. . . |
I have been religiously useing my visor deluxe for nearly a year, and I still loved it but this . . . wow reminds me of the first time I saw glQuake (Quake 1 on a Voodoo) Oh and My prism fits in my Rhodiana case just fine.
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