ASCII.jp It was much more fun than a smartphone!Visor Deluxe

IPhone is on the left, Visor Deluxe on the right

Is it Game Boy or Suzuki's Mabo?

I created "Visor Deluxe" released by Hand Spring in 1999 in "Block de Gadget", which makes historical machines in blocks.Speaking of 1999, the night before the i -mode started.However, regardless of that, I can't help but talk about the short spring of Visor, the most cute terminal in history released in 2000 the following year.

As for the relationship with Palm, the origin of Visor, in the block de gadget, in 2011, Palm's god, Tatsuji Yamada, presented in the ABC Summer of the Japan Android Association."Palm → BlackBerry → iPhone → Android is the next Dore?] Is reference.

There is a lot to talk about Palm itself.It may be said that the platform for general users has been hit globally since IBM PC or Macintosh.That is the hardware and software that are just called "Zen of Palm".After that, I will also omit the history of Palm.

Here, I want to talk about why Visor was more fun than smartphones.It is largely due to the fact that the insertion of the extended cartridge called the spring board was packed when the game cartridge of "Game Boy" was inserted almost almost on the back of the main unit.

Another difficult to understand in the block is that the large mouth to insert an extended cartridge on the upper back of the body is prepared to the back.

It was just like a small pickup truck like Suzuki's "Mabo", so I was able to play with the tools used on the day casually.

Various extension modules have been released, such as GSP (I bought three), barcode readers, and digital cameras.It's just something that says, "Everyone is in smartphones now," but they just need to eat the natural rice in a family restaurant or at the hotel lounge at best.

Even now, in the city of New York, the United States is a map of street standards, so I remember walking on a Garmin spring board that can be used unexpectedly even if it is a shobo.In Taiwan and Hong Kong, it was fun to insert a GSM phone module called Visor Phone and use it almost in a smartphone.

The author who uses a Visor Phone extended module.

Visor Phone is attached to Visor Deluxe.There is a part thick but not heavy.In the photo, it was not pasted, but the greasy cheek top was attached to the bezel so that it could not be attached to the screen.

Apps that use Visor Phone.Blazer is a web browser.

Perhaps a computer starts with a large computer, becomes a mini -controller that can be used in the laboratory, has a computer that can be used for home power supply, becomes mobile, and finally approaching humans?I think that is a historic theme.

At that time, using a PDA is to prelim to try, fail, or determine the last minute.There was a place to participate in such a certain kind of industry.

I wanted to use a smartphone like a smartphone in Japan, like Visor Phone (right), so I used a PHS card (left).

A hentai configuration Visor with a PHS card is seen from the front.

Another fun thing about Visor Deluxe is that it has been developed in five colors: graphite, blue, ice, orange, and green.It emphasizes the translucency by IDEO, which seems to be one of the most famous topics in the design industry.In Europe and other countries, mobile phones are expanding, and products like stylish candy are increasing.

I make "ice", below, video, see.

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Mr. Endo

President of Kadokawa ASCII Research Institute Co., Ltd. He joined ASCII Co., Ltd. in 1985 after working as a programmer. He has been an incumbent in 2013 after working as a monthly editor -in -chief of ASCII and Director ASCII Co., Ltd. Kadokawa ASCII Research Institute is conducting and consulting about the lifestyle of people in smartphones and the Internet era. He is also the creator of free software such as "AMSCLS" (fullly used in Lha) and "thumb" (thumb shift keyboard emulator). His hobbies are curry, illusion and stationery. In 2018 and 2019, he won a prize for the second consecutive year at the "illusion and illusion contest" of the Japanese Society of Basic Psychological Society. He is making an animation floating pen using the illusion. His books include "Calculator Shop Koukaku Fighting" (ASCII) and "10 World NHK IT White Box" (co -authored by Kodansha).