Its official, resistance actually is futile (Score 2)

The upstart has been assimilated, Handspring is finally dead: RIP Its always a sad day when an upstart company fails to make a full go of it. I love my Visor and have been very sad to see the decline of the Springboard modules and now the eventual death of the company. The only unique advantage Handspring had over the other palm device companies was the Springboard slot. They were never going to make it as a phone company anyway and Palm had them covered in the hand held market. They quite literally shot themselves in the head when they dropped the only compelling reason to buy a handspring, its expandability. What a treat it was to be able to modify at will the capability of the visor. GPS, Wireless Ethernet, Bluetooth, Digital Cameras, Cell phones, Visor brought these features to us in a palm device years before any other company started development. Sharing the development load over the community was a great decision that allowed Handspring to move quickly and stay on top of the latest technology without spending company resources. As always is the trend, products get smaller faster and more feature rich. I suppose Handspring's demise was an inevitability given its business model and lack of cutting edge design. From the stand point of a compulsive DIY'er, this is a sad day in muddville.