• Nice colors
• Cool Hidden Screwdriver
• For 5 premium styli, Cheap!

• Should have been included

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• Ingenious use of the Cover
• High Quality leather

• Would prefer loop closure

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Visor Stylus 5-pack
The first of these products was the Visor stylus 5-pack. These are billed as "premium" grade styli with a heavy metal barrel. The colors match the 5 Visor case colors offered.

The major surprise to me was the two "hidden" features of this premium stylus. Unlike the stock, this stylus has a hidden reset pin under the stylus tip, just unscrew. The built-in Reset pin is a value added feature that was standard with the Palm III series, and I missed this on my Visor. So although I expected this feature, it's nice to actually see it.

What I didn't expect, and loved, was the other end of the stylus. Unscrew it and you have a perfect little screwdriver for taking the back off your Palm/Visor or fixing those geek glasses you undoubtedly wear from using all these PDAs. Slick! What's strange is that Handspring makes no mention of the screwdriver on their site, nor on the product packaging.

Wilderness Nubuck Case
Handspring was also kind enough to send two of their Premier style cases, also orderable from their web site – one brown, one green. Pictured here is the brown Wilderness Nubuck case, the gree case is identical except for color. Here's where I was again surprised by the creativity of the people at Handspring.

When I first got my Visor I was less than impressed with the snap on cover. But, Handspring has now demonstrated several ingenious ways of utilizing the fastening mechanism. The Visor Premier style case actually has a cover sewn into the inside of the case! This is what holds the Visor in place. Akin to the Palm V rail system, Handspring is utilizing an "on-board" attachment mechanism for additional products. I like that concept. And, for the Premier case there are added bonuses of this design. I can snap the Visor in place so that it can be used in the case, or flip it over to tuck in a bag and have the added safety of the hard cover protecting the screen as opposed to just the leather outside.

Rumor has it, Handspring will be further adapting the "flip cover turned accessory" concept by making a Visor belt clip from the same basic concept.

As for the construction of the case, it is very nicely made with top quality leather. The closure on this Premier line of cases is a belt with a snap closure, I personally find a belt and loop closure more appealing, but this does have a clean look.

I did notice that the leather, because it is a buck type, does tend show small scratches. But the high quality of the leather and gee-whiz factor of the integrated cover gets me over both the scratching and the non-loop style closure objections.