New Visors released. The two new models aren't all that impressive, I'm afraid. The Visor Neo is 8MB, has the new faster processor, and comes in three colors. The Visor Pro is 16MB, has the new faster processor, and is rechargable. Both have grey-scale screens; I was hoping we'd get better, cheaper color screens on new models, but I guess they haven't figured out how to make them thinner yet. Still, I'd love a rechargeable Visor, so the Pro or the existing color Prism are both interesting options.

We've needed major strides in the Palm OS-based palmtops for a while now, and these aren't exactly them. If I were still actively trying to work a portable device into my lifestyle, I'd probably go with an WinCE-based device. I gave up on my old Visor because it got a little too unreliable: dying batteries erasing data (mostly thanks to a bug that appears to disable auto-shut-off after a HotSync), third-party add-on programs crashing the device in weird ways requiring a hard reset (which erases data), and repeated lost connections during syncs (possibly due to AvantGo, but could also be due to the other USB devices I have connected...?). And I don't have a bus commute any more, nor do I ever leave my desk at work, so...