What Is In The Future?
Handspring seems to be doing a little bit better this
week than it was doing last week. It is not known whether a phoenix will rise out of the ashes and if
Handspring will reacquire the public image it had when its products were first launched. The hurdles
Handspring has run into have not done anything positive for sales and have not been good for
publicity. Things do seem do be improving though. Online sales should resume soon and Handspring has
improved their phone system. I called their number last night and again today; the hold time was almost
nonexistent. Handspring’s website is also constantly being improved. Even though their product is not in
the hands of the public, their commitment to developers is very dedicated.
As a side note, the Mac development community still remains unsupported and is
invited to "stay tuned in the future." Hopefully Handspring will continue with its philosophy of
Macintosh support (the Visor has out of box support for the Macintosh) by making these tools available
soon.
Every new company experiences some kind of growing
pains and it is not uncommon with a product in high demand to be in short supply. According to Handspring,
there are no manufacturing delays and consumers will be receiving their units "four to six weeks from date
of order." Handspring has done a commendable job of keeping up with demand and hopefully they can keep the
ball rolling.
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