Wired has an article on Handspring’s new Visor Edge.

Smaller.com has a report from the official launch of Handspring’s Visor Edge. The article opens, “With all the leaks last week, we didn’t think there would be very much to say at the Visor Edge unveiling today. Boy, we’re we wrong. Yes, we had all seen the leaked pictures of the new unit, but that was nothing like seeing it in person, holding it in our hands.”

IntelliGolf version 5.1 is being introduced today, featuring color displays, wireless access to +10,000 digital scorecards, and beaming of scores, players, and courses between handhelds.

Handspring also introduced a new graphite color version of its Visor Platinum, available for $299.

Handspring, Inc. introduced the Visor Edge yesterday. It’s the company’s first slim-design handheld and the first Visor product to be available in a metal casing, which comes in three metallic colors: silver, blue, and red. It’s available now online for $399, and it will be shipping to retail stores by the end of the month.

The Visor Edge has a monochrome screen, a rechargeable battery, and utilizes Palm OS 3.5.2H2. The updated OS includes an enhanced Address Book with fast lookup, a silent alarm, and Date Book Plus, with an integrated To Do list.

Just like previous Visor models, it makes use of Springboards via a detachable Springboard slot that simply slides onto the back of the device and hooks up to “the Edge connector port.” The Visor Edge is compatible with all existing Springboard modules that support Palm OS 3.5, including the VisorPhone. The device’s metal flip-lid also attaches to the handheld by making use of the Edge connector port. The stylus, meanwhile, clips onto the right-hand side of the device.

A full review of the Visor Edge will be available in the next issue of PalmPower Magazine.

SwapDrive announced that the first phase of the company’s three-tiered wireless support initiative is now available. Phase I wireless support is designed to enable Palm VIIx users to access, view, and manage their files and share data with customers, partners, and fellow employees.

Equinox Solutions, Inc. announced a partnership agreement with Cutting Edge Software, Inc. Together, the companies are offering a solution designed to provide handheld computer users with the capability to dynamically convert and download remote Microsoft Excel and Word documents for use with Cutting Edge’s Quickoffice software utilizing Equinox Solution’s ActiveNet middleware application.

Agenda Computing announced it will launch a Pure Linux PDA as it prepares to challenge Palm in the war for market share.

TealPoint Software announced their annual Creations Contest. The contest allows Palm device enthusiasts a chance to win free software and TealPoint logo clothing. Each week through April 30, one award winner will be chosen from all entries to date. The winner receives a free registration of a TealPoint program of their choice and a TealPoint logo shirt or cap. In addition, three weekly runners up will each receive one free TealPoint program registration. Submissions accepted for the contest include TealMovies, TealMeal Databases, TealInfo Folios and TealDoc Documents.

As the Palm OS vs. Windows CE debate rages on and loyalties run deep over which operating system is best, author Warren Ernst offers fresh perspective in this Windows Magazine article. Ernst says that while “no one can deny that, directly out of the box, most WinCE devices can work directly with Microsoft Word and Excel files and Palm devices can