Rumor: Visor Snap Coming Next Week
Coming from a very reliable source, though not from inside the company, is the rumor that Handspring will release the Visor Snap next week. The Snap is rumored to have a high-resolution color screen. The exact resolution isn't known yet, though it is reported to be closer to the HandEra 330's than the Sony N710C's. Whether this means a soft Graffiti area is also unknown.
For a processor, the Snap is reported to be running a 66 MHz Dragonball chip, though this actually takes some credence away from this whole rumor. Motorola only announced the 66 MHz DragonBall Super VZ a couple of weeks ago and it won't be shipping until the fourth quarter of this year.
When judging the accuracy of this rumor, it is important to remember that PC Expo is next week, which is important enough to be a venue for a major announcement of this kind. Also, Handspring does have a pavillion at the Expo.
Handspring has registered the domain name VisorSnap.com though they haven't done anything with it..
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RE: Yes!
Marketing Mistakes?
JBH
RE: Marketing Mistakes?
RE: Marketing Mistakes?
-Scott
ziffbam@yahoo.com
RE: Marketing Mistakes?
The m505 was the first, and I'm sure last, time Palm had ever pre-announced a product.
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RE: Marketing Mistakes?
The m505 screen wouldn't have been such a let down if Palm didn't paste "BRILLIANT COLOUR" on every m505 ad.
It's the marketing, not the leaking that was the downfall of the m50x launch. (oh yeah, and not to mention the manufacturing delays, but that also has nothing to do with leaks since the delays were announced after the offical launch).
RE: Marketing Mistakes?
Not sure what you mean by "delays" since Palm announced that the units would ship by a certain date and THEY DID.
RE: Marketing Mistakes? i like the color
great outside....too...
i had a prism and do not miss it at all...
couldnt read it well outside...
palm should have given us a brightness and contrast adjustment...but i am very happy with it..
it took about a day for my eyes to adjust from the prism to the palm 505..and i am sure there will even be a hack to make it even better...
i have never missed my prism...
RE: Marketing Mistakes?
i have never missed my prism... "
hehehehehhe, it seems that it isn't GOOD ENOUGH. :D
RE: Marketing Mistakes?
By the way do the people who complain use an M505 every day... I do and I like it...
comments make me think of people who complain about Ferraris but have never sat in one...
Get serious
I'm amazed that Palm is still selling *any* m505s at all. There's something to be said for blind loyalty.
RE: Marketing Mistakes?
RE: Marketing Mistakes?
RE: No Mistakes Here
> Every program that works on a III series Palm with a recent OS should also work
> with the CLIE.
Every program that works on a III series Palm with a recent OS also works with the HandEra. Add in that all III series add-ons also work with the HandEra and I don't think that any mistakes were made.
VisorTwist.com???
i don't think so....
RE: VisorTwist.com???
http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois?STRING=visorsnap.com
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Ryan
Editor in Chief
webmaster@palminfocenter.com
RE: VisorTwist.com???
So handspring hasn't had a 'new' product launch in 8 or 9 months which is quite sizable considering they really need to have some sort of equivalent to the handera 330, clie 710, m50x..
I wouldn't be surprise if a new product was released close to the end of the edge rebate. I also wouldn't be surprised if the edge was suddenly reduced permenently by $50, (if not $100USD)..
But this new product is most likely the wireless visor than the colour edge.
That's my take on the current handspring situation.
RE: VisorTwist.com???
a. throw competitors off our trail (since we knew for fact that our competitors frequently did whois lookups to get an idea of our new products.
b. keep our options open, since our management was notorious for making last minute decisions
c. just to hold some decent domain names so they don't get snatched up. It is tough to find a good names that are still available.
So.... Twist and Snap may be 2 different products, or just 2 possible names for the same product. My guess is that Handspring has decided to go with a cutesy naming convention like Edge, Twist, and Snap, which will replace the original Visor models.
RE: VisorTwist.com???
Yeah....I work in tech too, and we buy domains for even fake products we are making. If there is a demo of a new service, we buy the domain for it, even if we never put anything there. Often we will using staging servers off the domain too, just for more "outside" URLs.
Dave
www.davespda.com
Color Visor = the final nail in Palm's coffin
1) Palm licenses their OS to other companies thinking they will get free development + licensing fees (win - win), not thinking about lost hardware sales.
2) Palm starts losing money as sales fall well below expectations.
3) Palm begins laying off hundreds of workers, hoping to improve the efficiency of an infamously disorganized company.
4) m505 info leaked over 1 month before Palm is ready to release it, killing off sales of Palm Vx (the company's main profit maker).
5) Palm profits plummet, Palm releases shocking quarterly report, driving Palm (and Handspring) stock prices down to a fraction of previous levels.
6) Palm decides to take $300 million loss on inventory (primarily Vx models) that it will be unable to sell without hurting sales of its upcoming m50x series.
7) The long-anticipated m505 is released, however, several reviews pan it and hundreds of users post messages indicating dissatisfaction with screen.
Thousands of potential customers find m505 screen to be not good enough to warrant a $450 investment.
8) Palm and Extended Systems cancel merger, damaging Palm's ability to penetrate business market.
9) Sony releases color N710C on schedule, with minimal promotion.
10) Retailers begin dropping price of m50x in an effort to move the slow-selling units that were to have been Palm's saviour.
11) After a series of delays due to production problems with their manufacturer, HandEra ships limited quantities of the 330. While this monochrome model is expected to be a disaster in terms of sales, it's engineering advances contrast sharply with the (repackaged Vx) m50x series.
12) High return rates and slow m50x sales prompt further price cuts by retailers.
13) (Biased) report released suggesting that revenues from Compaq's iPAQ may be approaching Palm's sales.
Now, over the next few months:
14) Handspring releases new color models.
15) m50x sales drop even further.
16) Palm releases figures from current quarter showing even poorer performance, resulting in stocks reaching a new low.
17) Palm announces sales "incentives", reducing prices in an effort to move mounting inventory and unloads all non-essential assets/properties to raise capital.
m505 - $349 (sells for $299)
m500 - $299 (sells for $249)
m105 - $149 ( sells for $129)
m100 - $99 (sells for $79)
Palm now realizes - too late - that "commodity" pricing of it's products is inevitable.
18) New models from Casio et. al. running Microsoft's PocketPC4 (Talisker) released, further eroding Palm's sales.
19) Cellphone/PDA combinations using Stinger and other platforms are released, resulting in collapse of Palm's wireless strategy before upcoming m705 can develop a user base.
20) Teettering on the verge of bankruptcy, Palm is sold.
RE: Color Visor = the final nail in Palm's coffin
Let's Hope Not
Sony/Handspring/Symbol will just switch to WinCE. This will stink on ice but makes the best business sense for them.
But the reports of Palm's demise are exaggerated. Yes, the N710C may be outselling the m505, but the m505 is outselling the Edge and the HandEra 330. In the troubled Palm theatre, Palm itself is doing comparatively well.
This is a make-or-break product for Handspring. Don't forget, they've never been profitable. If they can't release a winner soon, they could be on the block faster than Palm.
-Dr. Bob
RE: Color Visor = the final nail in Palm's coffin
Hmmm....Palm Computing, a wholly owned subsidiary of IBM, Inc. I kind of like the sound of that.
RE: Color Visor = the final nail in Palm's coffin
Peace Out
Alan
RE: Color Visor = the final nail in Palm's coffin
Will the new PocketPC be good enough to destroy Palm?
If anyone here has any info, please let us know.
It's amazing that Palm could still be in business after making so many mistakes!
RE: Color Visor = the final nail in Palm's coffin
RE: Color Visor = the final nail in Palm's coffin
C arelesly
R esearched
A rmchair
P unditry
RE: Color Visor = the final nail in Palm's coffin
RE: Color Visor = the final nail in Palm's coffin
RE: Color Visor = the final nail in Palm's coffin
This is one of the fastest company crashes I've ever seen.
Don't tell me, let me guess...
A> Work for the Gartner Group, and are used to being PAID for having these weird delusional fits.
B> Some poor bastard who bought a WinCE v2.x machine, and still hasen't gotten over it.
C> Drank the liquid you squeezed out of a Sterno can.
Reguardless, feel free to STFU and spare us all your juvenile daydreams.
RE: Color Visor = the final nail in Palm's coffin
You can also call me an armchair quarterback if it makes you feel better, but that doesn't change the truth. Based on how defensive you are, it appears that you either work for Palm, are a fanatic, or now have the sinking realization that the company that ripped you off for years is about to go bankrupt.
Sorry if the truth hurts. Get over it.
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