Locating back panel components

Springboard

 

expansion slot

IR port

protector

Reset button Stylus

Battery door

USB and serial connector

Springboard

Slides in and out of the Springboard expansion

expansion slot

slot. You can replace the slot protector with a

protector

Springboard expansion module to add features to

 

your handheld.

Stylus

Slides in and out of the slot in the back panel of

 

the handheld. To use the stylus, remove it from

 

the slot and hold it as you would a pen or pencil.

IR port

Uses infrared technology to transmit data to and

 

receive data from other Palm Computing®

 

platform devices. See “Beaming information” in

 

Chapter 7 for more information.

Reset button

Under normal use, you should not have to use the

 

reset button. See Appendix A for information

 

about when and how to use the reset button.

Battery door

Covers the batteries that power your handheld.

USB and serial

The connector that connects your handheld to the

connector

cradle, which in turn connects to a USB port or

 

serial port on your computer. This allows you to

 

update the information between your handheld

 

and computer using HotSync technology.

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Handspring Visor manual Locating back panel components