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Visor Prism
Color Apps
Handspring has some
software applications that show off how fun color can be. Handspring
Photo Album can show pictures in full 16-bit color. Several
sample photos are included that really show the difference between 8-bit
(256 colors) and 16-bit images. Photographs will especially look
good on the Prism. I have here a split image of one of the included
samples. Guess which one is 16-bit?
Even non-color applications will still look better on the Prism. Title bars and dialog boxes are blue, and text highlighting is yellow. I wish that the built-in applications would have utilized color more effectively. The To Do list should have let me assign colors to its priorities, and DateBook+ should have free/busy/out-of-office color indicators like Outlook does. One thing I noticed is that the screen flickers black then white when switching between 8-bit and 16-bit color applications. This only happens when the application first begins -- it didn't happen when switching between photos in Photo Album, and isn't annoying. Palm OS 3.5
If you are upgrading from the Visor, there can be some "gotchas."
I use BackupBuddy, and my first
HotSync installed some OS 3.1 files that caused my Prism to crash when
I went in to Prefs | Network. There
are also some applications that do not work under OS 3.5. I had to
remove Matrix and Launcher III because of lockups, and the Liberty 1.0
caused a hard reset! I think I'm going to trademark the phrase "Thank
goodness for the Backup module" Is Palm OS 3.5 the panacea that Palm users have made it out to be?
Not in this reviewer's opinion. I like the command-stroke menu (see
picture) and not needing Menu Hack anymore, but only laptop users will
find the new OS essential. ![]() |
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