Picture This: Handspring's Visor Edge Revealed
News As previously reported, the latest addition is the Visor Edge (see picture), which is Handspring's extra-thin handheld designed to compete with Palm's V series. Chief product officer Jeff Hawkins dubbed the Visor Edge the "thinnest in the industry".
[March 13, 2001, 9:43]
Handspring Visor Edge To Debut Monday
News Handspring is expected to launch its latest PDA on Monday -- the Visor Edge, a slim, metal-encased handheld. The Visor Edge is expected to sell for $399 (£271), sources say. The new model, which has the same amount of memory and processing power as...
[March 9, 2001, 8:55]
Palm Slumps Yet Further On Outlook
News Palm was pressured into announcing its m500/5 product line before it was ready to ship because of Handspring's launch of the Visor Edge, a product aimed squarely at the Vx, Palm's best selling product," wrote Vik Mehta, an analyst at Goldman Sachs.
[March 28, 2001, 15:27]
Handspring's Explanation Adds To Visor Confusion
News Hawkins says that the product line will be consolidated into three units, the Visor Pro, Visor Neo and Visor Edge. Most ambiguously, Hawkins gives the impression that the Visor organiser line will remain static until it is phased out.
[January 21, 2002, 14:00]
Sony Revamps PalmOS-based PDA
News Palm and Handspring introduced new slim models, the m500 series and the Visor Edge, last month. Recent figures from research firm NPD Intelect estimated that the Clie's market share was in the low single-digit range, placing it far behind other...
[May 1, 2001, 16:26]
Handspring Begins Selling Treo In US
News Separately, Handspring on Sunday dropped the price of its Visor Edge handheld to $199 from $249. Handspring is also looking to reach out to those who bought its first wireless product, the VisorPhone, which plugged into the Springboard expansion...
[February 11, 2002, 9:48]
Palm Readies New Consumer Handheld
News Rumours also have it that Handspring, the largest licensee of the Palm operating system, is also readying new handhelds and is preparing to drop prices on the Visor Platinum and Visor Edge on Friday. As Microsoft readies the next version of its...
[August 14, 2001, 16:01]
Handspring Slashes UK Prices
News VAT), from £109, with the Visor now costing £119, the Visor Deluxe reduced to £149, the Platinum down to £189 and the Edge cut to £269. The entry-level Visor Solo has dropped to £89 (inc. In a statement released on Tuesday, the company announced...
[August 21, 2001, 11:58]
Roundup: Palm Shifts Focus
News Handspring Visor Edge to debut Monday Palm has made a significant step into the corporate market with the acquisition of Extended Systems. But at the same time it faces criticism over its hardware platform, which remains conservative compared with...
[March 9, 2001, 7:41]
Palm Models Arrive With New OS
News Handspring last week introduced its Visor Edge, a slimmer model that offers expansion through a new connector or through and attachment that can use modules for the company's Springboard slot. Following through on a promise to add versatility to...
[March 19, 2001, 8:28]
Handspring Gaining Toehold In Palm Market
News Handspring last week introduced its slimmed-down Visor Edge. Handspring made small gains on Palm during February, according to PC Data. Handspring, which licenses the Palm operating system, ended February with 28 percent of the US retail handheld...
[March 21, 2001, 13:29]
Palm To Brave The Storm At PC Expo
News In an effort to compete against Handspring's Visor Edge, Palm pre announced the m500 and m505 handhelds, which dried up sales of existing products. Palm will step into the PC Expo spotlight this week in the worst shape in its history.
[June 26, 2001, 7:10]
Palm: 'Little Guy' Takes On Top-dog Rivals
News Although the HandEra 330 lacks the sleek design of the Palm m505 or Handspring's new Visor Edge, Downey said his company has maintained compatibility with its initial handheld and with the large number of add-on devices that were created for the...
[April 23, 2001, 8:52]
