Handheld Reviews

Don't judge this TV by its cheap look, judge it by its screen resolution and picture quality. I have owned Casio's models 970 and 880. They don't have as many pixels as the 550. The brightness and picture quality is superior when you put them side to side. The 550 has TFT active matrix screen while the others have passive matrix. The TFT is better under all light conditions, even under direct sun light. If you really want a TV that is good both outdoors and indoors don't buy a passive matrix tv. Get ready to have lots of fresh batteries or buy the AC adaptor from casio's website. I would not recomend getting those universal AC adaptors out there, even if you set them up to match the handheld specifications, it can eventually burn your screen and your TV won't turn on again. The warranty doesn't cover this kinda thing since you are not using casio's certified AC adaptor. Believe me, it happened to me once and I have heard a lot of sad stories of dead handeld TV's once they are hooked to generic adaptors. SO, play safe, take care of your investment and enjoy!!!!

Great picture as long as receiption is good. Traveling in the car is another story. I don't have the car antenna, this might help. It blows through batteries also. But, still a good golf cart addition.

Active Matrix-good picture and reception. Don't buy any product unless it is active matrix. For the extra $50- buy the Casio three inch model.

When the battery runs down while in the car ... I listen to mp3s as my car radio doesn't work and the music is better with ear phones anyway ... you are just stuck with a dead iPAC until you can get it to the cradle ... unless you have this really useful charger stored in the glove compartment. Just plug one end into the cigarette lighter and the other end to the iPAC and you are back in business again, whether listening to music or just needing the iPAC fully charged for that important appointment. A great accessory!

The batteries fizzle on the ipaq pretty quick. You'll need
this to keep a fresh charge.

This product is a very handy thing to have in the car when you are a PPC owner. I use it for my iPaq and am very happy with it. It charges the battery quickly and is easy to use. Thanks Compaq!

When the battery runs down while in the car ... I listen to mp3s as my car radio doesn't work and the music is better with ear phones anyway ... you are just stuck with a dead iPAC until you can get it to the cradle ... unless you have this really useful charger stored in the glove compartment. Just plug one end into the cigarette lighter and the other end to the iPAC and you are back in business again, whether listening to music or just needing the iPAC fully charged for that important appointment. A great accessory!

The batteries fizzle on the ipaq pretty quick. You'll need
this to keep a fresh charge.

This product is a very handy thing to have in the car when you are a PPC owner. I use it for my iPaq and am very happy with it. It charges the battery quickly and is easy to use. Thanks Compaq!

Hotsyncing with the Visor can be a pain: it takes a long time and it's sometimes dificult to get the Visor to sit it's in cradle. When you want to put files from your Visor onto the computer, there's no alternative, but if you're just backing up files, this module is excellent. You press one button, wait a minute, and everything is backed up. This is especially important because I've found that replacing batteries in the Visor sometimes deletes the data. Restoring from the backup module is then a one step process. Retoring from hotsync would first entail reinstalling all of the software and then hotsyncing the data. It's a little pricey and is something of a luxury, but it makes life much easier, especially if you're on the go.

I hot sync with a backup buddy already. However, I travel quite a bit, and this neat little module is just the best. It is very easy to use. . . simply put in the slot and tap an icon. . . and then you have a backup with you at all times, even when you can't get to your desktop.

Everything should be this easy.You put the module in the slot and tap the backup icon,And,it does it amazing!!!!!!I love this product.

I bought it for my Palm m125 and it works super fine. The main problem is that manufacturers misinform about their calculation of mb's. It's called mebibytes. Yep, 1mb=1million bytes. Altough mine had 29.1mb(mega), my other card(Lexar) was 30.5mb(mega)...

Still, the price is twice an compact/smartmedia at the same size.

I wouldn't argue with the speed since I can't calculate fractions of a second. It seems inconstant from card to card. I'm going to check out if I can get something normal...

I bought a san disk 64mb for my viewsonic v36 pocket pc. I keep my games on the card and my pictures from the built in camera. The best thing about it is that it is the size of a postage stamp. The transfer speed is fast for something as big as a postage stamp.

Being old enough (cough! cough!) to remember foot-square memory cards with a whopping 4KB (yes, KB, not MB), the fact that 32MB fits in a card the size of a postage stamp is just amazing. And this isn't even the highest capacity available!

I inserted the card into my Palm i705 (another Amazon.com purchase) and instantly quintupled the amount of storage I had available. I moved some large programs over to the card and used BackupBuddyVFS to do a daily backup to the card - if I ever lose the RAM away from my office, I have EVERYTHING I need to restore it right in the palm of my hand.

It works - what more is there to say?

As far as the product goes - this is incredible. Imagine something the size of a credit card and 1/4 inch thick being able to be tracked by a satellite. My Ipaq 2215 bonded quickly and effortlessly with this receiver - it was so easy to set up.

This was my first gps purchase, so obviously I had many questions. You have to register the product to ask a question via email and two weeks later - I still haven't received a reply to my questions.

For $150 more you can buy the nav pack - which the only difference is you get the software. I originally bought that but the maps weren't up-to-date so I returned it and bought this. I use MS MapPoint 2004 as my mapping software now and it works great.

I should have bought this a long time ago. I have had my iPaq for almost 1 year and finally bought this. Wow - it is so cool. Works very well with MS Pocket Streets. After seeing how this works, I can not imagine why anyone would pay $1000+ to buy a car with built in nav system.

This product delivers exactly what it's advertised to do. I'm a Mac person and found it to be compatible with all of the available software (Route 66 for example). The Bluetooth implementation likewise is very compatible with OS X. One thing to be careful about is to follow the serial port setup advice (see www.66.com support notes for a clean procedure to get it working).

I bought the Diamond Mako (or Psion Revo+) some time ago thinking I would only use it on business trips to check remote e-mail and compose a few documents. Soon enough, I found it so useful that it completely replaced my Day-Timer wallet organizer. More like a minature PC than a PDA, the Mako/Revo is a wonderful machine. In many respects, it is in a class by itself.

The Body Glove case promises wallet-like functionality (storage for bills, your license, and a few credit cards) and a secure, padded case for the Mako. It fulfills most, but not all, of that promise. While it is useful enough for it's intended purpose, I would make a couple of improvements:

The neoprene material: Although it provides effective padding, it is a bit too thick ... more than necessary for adequate shock resistance. It makes for a chubby little package when it is zipped together. That may not be important to a woman carrying a purse, but to is important to us men that have to carry these things in our pockets. Another disadvantage of the thicker neoprene material is that it makes the Mako's alarm virtually inaudible when the case is zipped up. Since the alarms continue until they are reset or the battery runs out (and the alarms consume a considerable amount of electricity), you may find your Mako unexpectedly out of power when you open the case and attempt to turn it on.

Attachment to the PDA: The PDA is affixed to the case via velcro hooks on the case and two velcro pads that are affixed to the back of the PDA. While that simple set up works well, the velcro pads interfere with the PDA/docking station interface. This is a minor problem, however, as it can be solved merely by cutting the velcro pads in half lengthwise.

Keeps the humidity out. Has three slots for credit cards and one pouch for money.

It's a good case for the Psion. However, the Psion really doesn't need it as it's built very sturdily. This case is for people that really hate to get their goods worn & torn over time. But in time, you'll want a faster, nicer toy!

Wasn't for sure what I was getting myself into. I'm used to watching a huge projection TV at home. This little TV is a very good buy. Colors are vivid and the A/V input is great. I was a little thrown off when I first turned it on, because I saw this bar going across the screen. But as I soon realized, it was the tuner searching for a channel. Much better than fumbling with a little analog dial. The sound isn't booming, but what do you expect from such a compact device. It was very clear and easy to hear without any distortion at any level. The only reason I'm not giving this product 5 stars is because it should have at least come with the AC adapter...

A very good product. Because of TFT technology, screen clarity is very very good. I used a Casio TV 7500 for a long time, but this ones' screen is far better. I have got 2 sets of NiMH batteries (1700 mA) and they last about 2 hours. There is only one thing that I miss, preset channels.

The Casio ev-4500 is now available. 4 inch active matirx. Slim hand-held. I don't know what battery life will be like but this is now the ultimate portable handheld TV (although the 660 is still a great product).

If you want to use this case as a wallet and, like me, you usually carry a lot of stuff in your wallet (a couple of IDs, supermarket cards, business cards, etc.), it won't be your best choice. It has only 4 slots for cards and no ID slot. If you fill all 4 slots with cards, the wallet gets fat and it looks like the cards could damage (or at least scratch) the screen of the Palm.

What I also didn't like - the Palm is attached to the wallet with its left side only (its right side is loose). So, when you open the wallet, Palm tends to flip similar to an ID insert in a ordinary wallet.

But in general the quality is very good, the leather is soft, also because the wallet is padded.

Makes the Palm way more useful -- it's always with me now.
The wallet is great -- it can take in all the important plastic, plenty of space for cash, the railing for the palm keeps it in place. The clip is great! My boyfriend has the wallet from Palm and he is switching to mine now. The clip is not getting in the way, very quick and easy to use.

I was pleasantly surprised when this item arrived. I recommend this item for someone who doesn't carry a lot of cards in his/her wallet. I carry six "cards" including my license. This wallet has four sleeves and two hidden pockets. The billfold has a vent that makes it easy to place and retrieve $$. I also own the Palm brand "slim case" and while the while the overall quality is comparable to the Franklin, the "tuck-in" flap on the Palm brand hangs over the screen when you use your Palm V. The Franklin wallet has small snaps that stay out of the way.

I have three of these cradles all in different colors. This one came with my visor and i think it is the coolest color(it also matches my visor). I have one in my office, one in my dorm room, and one in my house at home and they all help out a great deal. they should just have a feature where they can plug into the wall so if you really need to charge and you dont have a cpu you can do it, also a dc adapter for the car.

This USB port HotSync cradle for the Handspring Visor makes downloads and backups to your PC very quick and simple. I wanted to purchase an extra cradle for use at home, but found the shipping and handling charges direct from Handspring to be ridiculously expensive (almost $10.00) Thank you, Amazon, for not beeing greedy and charging exhorbitant shipping and handling charges and also providing prompt delivery.

It looks cool on your desk ... Worked right out of the box. My Visor is synced to Mac OS 8.6 (home - iMac, work - G4), upgraded Palm desktop to V2.6 a graphite cradle at home the Ice at work. HotSync worked at everything I've moved across it so far. Handspring's cradle is a simple molded plastic design, six feet of cable, with four non-skid feet. The method to secure the visor to the cradle isn't great. There is a small square hole just above the battery door on the Visor that catches a peg on the cradle and holds the two together. With Visor attached stability is good and it has a relatively small foot print. What was not as intuitive was the slight downward pressure required to secure and then release the visor from the cradle. While there is plenty of play in the contacts to allow for successfully HotSync without properly securing the Visor to the cradle it is also possible that a simple bump could break the connection. If it is placed on the cradle properly the two units are easy to move and took a few slight bumps without visor fall from the cradle.