Review on Enhanced 8MB Flash Springboard Module by Handspring by Bob Fasho

For that price, Handspring should have made a 32MB module (or better still 64MB for a higher price) AND the ability to put the contents of most other modules on it to stream module, making it a "mother" module that essentially can become and remain an integral part of Visor. If Handspring can do that, then it really lives up to the claim of a "one-shot system". Otherwise, this module can only be used to a very limited extent and will soon become obsolete. In fact, it soon gets in the way and helps Visor users juggle modules. Some may say that 64 million is too much to ask at the moment. But people who say that will soon change their minds. Franklin is already introducing memory modules of up to 64 MB for its eBookman this fall. I'm sure others will follow suit. Technologically, making much better 8M for [$$] is not a problem. If IBM can fit 1GB of memory into a PC card, how difficult is it to make a 64MB module the size of a Visor module? Market factors aside, there is no technically sound reason why RAM costs only [$$]/M for PCs and only slightly more for digital cameras and digital audio players, but [$$]/M for Visor. Let's assume you don't need 64MB for PDA. Well, if you only use your PDA as an organizer, then you don't need more than 256K. But expanding storage leads to wider usage. I want to pack a lot of great reference materials into my PDA. Other people may need materials like audio and images that take up even more memory (but for those people I recommend using the Pocket PC platform, at least for the current Palm). s operating system that is not designed for multimedia functions). As soon as the store is available, the developers will provide useful content. How about a real English dictionary with pronunciation script to start with? So far none are available. Noah Pro takes over 7 million but still has no pronunciation. Landware introduces a "Pocket Webster" but has a very limited number of verbal inputs due to storage considerations. The Visor 8M module deserves three stars because of a concept that has potential. Once the storage is available, the developers will provide useful content. How about a real English dictionary with pronunciation script to start with? So far none are available. Noah Pro takes over 7 million but still has no pronunciation. Landware introduces a "Pocket Webster" but has a very limited number of verbal inputs due to storage considerations. The Visor 8M module deserves three stars because of a concept that has potential. As soon as the store is available, the developers will provide useful content. How about a real English dictionary with pronunciation script to start with? So far none are available. Noah Pro takes over 7 million but still has no pronunciation. Landware introduces a "Pocket Webster" but has a very limited number of verbal inputs due to storage considerations. The Visor 8M module deserves three stars because of a concept that has potential.