As you may have noticed the site has been down for most of Thursday due to Hurricane Floyd. Even in Philadelphia we're getting hit hard. There has been over 10 inches or rain and even some flooding in my area. Power outages have been keeping our servers off-line. We apologize for the outage but you can't stop Mother Nature. Everything should be back to normal now.

News.com has an article on the PalmVx. Sources close to Palm Computing say that it will be released on October 4th. The Vx will have the same features as the V, but with 8MB of RAM at a price of $449. Palm will also enact some price cuts on it's other models. The Palm V is expected to drop to $399 and the Palm IIIx to $299.

Well what should today's topic be? More HandSpring links...
Here's an article by ZDNet on MS and other PDA makers reactions. This PCWorld article glorifies the Visor over Palms. Here's a Wired article entitled Is Palm losing Its Grip? And finally, All hail Visor: Palm's Savior. Oh, and here's another good CNN article on Springboards.

Details of the Visor MP3 springboard can be found Here Thanks to the anonymous person who alerted me to that. It's a 64 meg module that will also record voice notes expect it in early 2000. Here's a link to some video clips of the Visor in action from ABC news last night. ZDNet also has some more Visor reviews. There's also a reference to the Lego robots controlled by Palms on HandSpring's site The original story on that is here. Update: word on the street is that you can call this #888-565-9393 to order a Visor.

HandSpring's Visor is all the rage today. The rumor's should come to an end, and you'll be able purchase the Visor on-line very soon from Handspring.com. Pictures have sprung up all over the net, here are a few links to pics & stories: 1 2 3 4 Update: CNN has an article with more details & pictures. They mention the orders placed now will be shipping in October. The Visor Website with all of the details & info can be found: HERE, there doesn't seem to be any ordering info yet. Thanks to everyone who sent in the news, and also stay tuned for some new Gambit developments soon!

3Com Corp. (Nasdaq: COMS) said Monday it will spin off its Palm Computing unit as an independent company.
More details here, here and here. The Press Release is here.
In a statement, 3Com said the new structure will "enable 3Com and Palm to build on their market leadership positions in networking and handheld computing." An IPO is also in the foreseeable future. Is 3com's Palm spin-off a good move?

What are those new icons for on the bottom right, you ask? By clicking on the picture of the talking guy, you will be taken directly to a comment box where you can leave your comments. Choosing the mail icon will allow you to email the selected story to anyone you wish. The Palm file icon will convert the 10 latest news stories into DOC format, so you can read the news on the go with your Palm. I'd appreciate any feedback or any other ideas you have, just post them below. Enjoy!

Yahoo has some more HandSpring juice in this article. It claims that on Tuesday (9/14) Handspring will unviel the Visor on HandSpring's website and will sell the Visor exclusively online until early next year. ZDNet also has an article on how HandSpring & Palm will work together.

There's a new site that just launched devoted to HandSpring's upcoming Visor. It's called VisorCentral and can be found at: www.visorcentral.com Looks like it will be a great site once we get some more details and a release :)

PCWorld recently interviewed Alan Kessler, President of Palm Computing. The Interview discuses the future direction of Palm Computing. Issues such as Palm Phones, WAP, and platform development are brought up.

This story on ZDnet reveals allot of new info on the new HandSpring PDA: the Visor. Due out next Tuesday, The Visor will come in 3 flavors: with the deluxe featuring 8 megs of memory at $249. It will have a similar form factor as a Palm III, and use the Palm OS 3.1. Other feature's include the improved screen and lithium-ion battery. It's said to run faster than current Palm's and has a 'springboard' for plug & play add-on devices. Yahoo also has some details. I can't wait.