Comments on: Sprint PCS to Release Wireless Phone/Modem Springboard

It's great to see a Visor Phone for the CDMA users on the Sprint Network.....but it's going to be very difficult to sell at $250.00 when HandSpring just dropped the TDMA model to $50.00

Unbelievable that they'd price it at this level with Kyocera smartphone gaining market penetration and other fully-integrated Palm phones on the way.

This collaboration took way too long to produce a product -- I know they had to test for awhile and work the kinks out -- but this is a classic example of a good idea stewing in testing for so long that the technology advanced while they were sleeping and now they'll die a slow and painful death with this product.

I must ask: who wants a blocky Visor Deluxe made even blockier by a cumbersome cell phone attachment? Good luck carrying this baby around in the front pocket! Or, maybe one could purchase one of those excellent 10-lb. super-size leather flip cases made especially for the visorphone/sprintphone and hang that bad boy off the belt loop.

What a nightmare fumbling around with springboard cartridges: "Hold on, let me get that call (pause while CDMA springboard is inserted)... Wait, let me run those huge DBs off my flash springboard (pause while springboard swapped -- cringe when CDMA springboard is dropped accidentally onto train platform and casing shatters).

The Kyocera makes more sense now that they've got the design right -- that is if it's important to you to have an integrated Palm/cell phone to begin with. I'll stick with a slim Palm and tiny cell phone combo.

Hi, everyone out there!

A couple of Questions:

I am ready to believe that Sprint’s CDMA coverage is way better than the VisorPhone’s GSM coverage in the US. But even in central New Jersey, I hear lots of complaints from Sprint cell phone users about poor coverage. I also hear lots of complaints about poor coverage in this area by MCI and Nextel (The worst!). Verizon seems about the best around here.

Are there any really good coverage comparison maps or data that we can use to make informed evaluations of these wireless phone modem palm things as they start coming out?

If I am mostly interested in web browsing on my palm, what would I be sacrificing by getting one of these cell phone–modem combos? Speed? Maybe that’s not a long-term problem with 3G supposedly being available next year?

What other options are just around the corner that it might make sense to wait for rather than buying one of these Sprint things???

I greatly appreciate everyone’s advice for some of us less geekier, nontechnical types!

Thanks, Rob

What software will be included in the module? I'm hoping that it will include Web Clipping and Blazer.

I have a normal sprint phone and a visor phone and the sprint phone is the better of the two.....I am looking forward to the new modle....Sprint has a better ervide...better coverage...and a better wireless web service...yo dont need a extra dial up to connect to the internet. Thats a pls for us cable and dsl users that need to get somthing new tto access the web with a module. Sure sprint will be selling the modle at the same price as a Smart phone...but compare the two units and a visor prism eats up the smart phone then if the rmers of the new visor handheld are true then there will be no contest....In conclusion Sprint is the better of the two and is there anyone who wasnt to buy a visor phone.....$150....thats a deal if you all ready have voicestream service...I feel sorry if you do mail me with comments at r_zimmerman@yahoo.com

Yes, I'm sure Qualcomm had their hand in this one and I'm glad they were able to get it done. I've had a Visor for about 9 months now but absolutely didn't want a separate cell phone and didn't want to touch the GSM Visor-Phone (even at $50). I suspect that this CDMA Visor Phone will sell at a much better pace than the GSM one (even at $200 more).

Kind of off topic but...

Anyone know of any way to wirelessly connect a visor in Canada??? Prices ???