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you’re going on a trip, you must take

along the cradle, which makes the Palm

V less compact and convenient to carry.

The second reason the

Palm V is small is because it

doesn’t have an expansion

slot. This does not mean you

can’t buy a modem for the

Palm V; you can. What it

does mean is that if you want

to access the Internet dir-

ectly from the Palm V, you

must purchase another cra-

dle, the form factor for the

Palm V modem. If you need

both the modem and the AC

adapter to recharge the battery, then

you must carry two cradles on your trip.

PALM VII: WHO WOULD WANT IT?

The Palm VII is ideally suited for

anyone who demands Internet access

directly from the handheld computer

and who doesn’t want to bother with

an external modem.

Something To Talk About

The Palm VII’s claim to fame is its

wireless Internet access, which is pro-

vided through Palm.Net Service. Palm.

Net Service costs as little as U.S. $9.99

per month for the Basic Plan or as much

as U.S. $44.99 per month for unlimited

access. (For more information, see http://

www.palm.net.)

Something To Think About

Before you rush out and buy a Palm

VII for its wireless Internet access, how-

ever, you should make sure you live in a

covered area. If you travel a

lot and plan to use the wire-

less Internet access on your

trips, you should also make

sure that the places to which

you typically travel are cov-

ered. For example, if you trav-el

to Europe and Asia, you’re out

of luck. You’ll have to wait

until you get home to

use those nifty wireless serv-

ices. (For information about

the area Palm.Net covers, vi-

sit http://www.palm.net/coverage.)

HANDSPRING VISOR DELUXE: WHO

WOULD WANT IT?

Users who have become accustomed

to using the Palm OS but want to ex-

tend its basic features (and pay less) will

find the Handspring Visor Deluxe well-

suits their needs.

Something To Talk About

If you like the Palm OS, you

may just love the Visor Deluxe,

which was developed by Jeff

Hawkins, the creator of the

original Palm Pilot. Available

in graphite or a translucent ice,

green, blue, or orange, the Visor

Deluxe has everything the Palm

V has to offer in a slightly larg-

er form factor at a little lower

cost. (See Figure 1 on p. 12.)

The difference in size is negli-

gible—about .3 x .1 x .3 inches and an

additional 1.4 ounces—but the difference

in memory is sizable: The Visor Deluxe has

8 MB of RAM (and costs U.S. $249) com-

pared to the Palm V, which has only 2 MB

of RAM (and costs U.S. $349).

The Visor Deluxe adds small but fun

applications to the basic set of Palm ap-

plications. For example, the Visor De-

luxe includes an advanced calculator

and a world clock. The Visor Deluxe

also comes equipped with several goodies

that separate it from all of the handhelds

I tested. For example, the Visor Deluxe

desktop synchronization cable connects

via a Universal Serial Bus (USB) port.

USB transfers information at up to 1.5

Mbit/s. The other handhelds connect to

your desktop via a serial port, which

runs at 115 kbit/s.

In addition, the Visor De-

luxe offers out-of-the-box Mac-

intosh compatibility, which

none of the other handhelds

offers. Granted, you can synch-

ronize the Palm V and Palm

VII with a Macintosh, but to do

so, you’ll have to purchase the

Palm MacPac.

Arguably the most exciting

thing about the Visor Deluxe

product is its Springboard ex-

pansion slot into which you can

insert Springboard modules.

Several Springboard modules

are available, including a mo-

dem, an 8 MB flash module, a

backup module, an MP3 player module,

and a pager module.

I tested the Tiger Woods PGA Tour

Golf module and discovered that the

Springboard expansion slot provides

literal plug-and-play. When you insert

the card, the game starts by default. You

play the game, then you remove the card,

and all trace of the game disappears.

Something To Think About

Visor Deluxe’s hard-cover screen pro-

tector is not nearly as sleek and elegant

as the Palm V leather cover. What is

more important to think about is this:

Springboard modules work only with the

Springboard expansion slot—which

you’ll find only on Handspring products.

If you buy a Visor Deluxe and several

Springboard modules, you lock yourself

into Handspring or risk having to throw

out your modules.

CASIO CASSIOPEIA EZ-100: WHO

WOULD WANT IT?

Anyone who likes to play with new

toys and who insists on Windows CE

with a color display will be impressed

with the Casio Cassiopeia E-100.

Something To Talk About

The Cassiopeia E-100 was the first of

the Windows CE products I checked out.

(This simple fact may explain why it was

my favorite.) I loved the color display

(which the HP Jornada 430se also has).

Unlike the gray-scale displays, the small

color screen enables you to view the Cas-

siopeia E-100 in any light, from any angle,

from any distance (or at least the distance

between your desktop and your chair).

The Cassiopeia E-100 has three ex-

ternal buttons that you can configure to

take you to any application you like. By

default, the buttons take you to the Cal-

endar, Address Book, and Menu appli-

cations. The Menu shows 12 on-screen

buttons, which you can configure to

launch the applications of your choice.

The last button is a separate folder

for Casio programs. When you click

this button, you find six more buttons

that can launch any Casio programs

you may later install.

NetWare Connection June 2000

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