iPhone 3.0: Channeling Handspring
March 21, 2009 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Phones, Phones, Phones
When Apple announced iPhone 3.0 and its ability to integrate almost any accessory into the dock (they showed off a mock photo of a digital blood pressure accessory), I immediately remembered the days of the Handspring Visor and the springboard modules that, though unsuccessful, paved the way for portable gadget features we have today — phones, cameras, the Internet, MP3 players — all in one Personal Digital Assistant. Handspring was a breakaway faction from Palm back in the day. They concentrated in developing springboard accessories for their line of Visor PDA’s running the Palm OS. I remember having the 56kbps …read more
