QUESTION! Sony Clies - Which is the best?


Looking for some advice... saw people asking, but not too many
answering. I got the same question. I didn't see anyone say their
opinion.


I too am looking to buy a Sony Clie with built-in keyboard.


Now that they are out-of-production... I wanted to know which one was
the best one to buy? I will be shopping on eBay and don't want to buy
the wrong model if there is a superior one.

Advice Needed: Best SONY CLIE w/KEYBOARD?

I'm about to get a PALM PILOT. I need one that:

1) Works on Mac
2) Has a backlit KEYBOARD (can type at night)
3) Stable, recent OS
4) Good quality (won't break or stop working mysteriously)
5) Will primarily be used for WORD documents
6) Long battery life
7) Has Wi-Fi
8) Will take memory expansion card


I looked at all the various Palm Pilots, and saw that the SONY CLIEs
seem to be pretty good... but there are so many of them.

They are out of production, so I will get one on eBay.

I figure since they stopped making them, I can now pick the best one
ever made and buy it on eBay.

However, I need your opinions and knowledge on which SONY CLIE to get.

#1 need is a backlit keyboard and of course stability/manufacturing
quality.

What is your advice? Would you also recommend anything else that synchs
with a Macintosh that isn't a SONY CLIE? (Palm Tungsten Cs don't have
backlit keyboards)

TIA!



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In article <Quasar-194AC6.13390619072006@news.TITANnews.com>,
Quasar X <Quasar@the.Sun> wrote:

> QUESTION! Sony Clies - Which is the best?
>
>
> Looking for some advice... saw people asking, but not too many
> answering. I got the same question. I didn't see anyone say their
> opinion.
>
>
> I too am looking to buy a Sony Clie with built-in keyboard.
>
>
> Now that they are out-of-production... I wanted to know which one was
> the best one to buy? I will be shopping on eBay and don't want to buy
> the wrong model if there is a superior one.
>
> Advice Needed: Best SONY CLIE w/KEYBOARD?

Sorry, I happen to think the best Sony CLIE was the TH55, but it
does not have a keyboard.

I would actually suggest you ask about best CLIE on one of the
Palm related newsgroups. Or go over to http://1src.com where they
have some very good PDA forums dedicated to different PDA
platforms including Sony CLIE models.

> I'm about to get a PALM PILOT. I need one that:
>
> 1) Works on Mac

You most likely will need MissingSync from http://markspace.com to
get it to work with your Mac.

> 2) Has a backlit KEYBOARD (can type at night)
> 3) Stable, recent OS
> 4) Good quality (won't break or stop working mysteriously)
> 5) Will primarily be used for WORD documents
> 6) Long battery life

That is the TH55, hands down, it beats every PDA on the market for
battery life. This is because Sony uses a variable speed CPU that
was throttled down to only 8MHz when idle, and compensated for the
slower max speed of 123MHz by using dedicated graphics hardware so
the CPU did not need to do all the heavy lifting when it was busy.

> 7) Has Wi-Fi
> 8) Will take memory expansion card

Most Sony CLIE's took a Sony MemoryStick (or 3rd party
MemoryStick), but ONLY Sony PDAs used the MemoryStick format, so
the prices were always a bit higher than say an SD card or a
CompactFlash card.

Also some of the older Sony CLIEs only took a 128MB card, so while
my favorite TH55 is using a 1GB card, you might want to check the
specs to make sure what the maximum sized card is before you buy a
card to put in it.

> I looked at all the various Palm Pilots, and saw that the SONY CLIEs
> seem to be pretty good... but there are so many of them.

They were very good. Sony was pushing the state of the art for
Palm devices.

> They are out of production, so I will get one on eBay.
>
> I figure since they stopped making them, I can now pick the best one
> ever made and buy it on eBay.
>
> However, I need your opinions and knowledge on which SONY CLIE to get.
>
> #1 need is a backlit keyboard and of course stability/manufacturing
> quality.
>
> What is your advice? Would you also recommend anything else that synchs
> with a Macintosh that isn't a SONY CLIE? (Palm Tungsten Cs don't have
> backlit keyboards)

Again, I would suggest 1src.com and/or one of the Palm based
newsgroups comp.sys.palmtops and comp.sys.palmtops.pilot to find
the best, and then use MissingSync from MarkSpace.com to get your
Mac sync software for the CLIE.

> TIA!

Bob Harris

In article <Quasar-194AC6.13390619072006@news.TITANnews.com>,
Quasar X <Quasar@the.Sun> wrote:

> QUESTION! Sony Clies - Which is the best?
>
>
> Looking for some advice... saw people asking, but not too many
> answering. I got the same question. I didn't see anyone say their
> opinion.
>
>
> I too am looking to buy a Sony Clie with built-in keyboard.
>
>
> Now that they are out-of-production... I wanted to know which one was
> the best one to buy? I will be shopping on eBay and don't want to buy
> the wrong model if there is a superior one.
>
> Advice Needed: Best SONY CLIE w/KEYBOARD?

Sorry, I happen to think the best Sony CLIE was the TH55, but it
does not have a keyboard.

I would actually suggest you ask about best CLIE on one of the
Palm related newsgroups. Or go over to http://1src.com where they
have some very good PDA forums dedicated to different PDA
platforms including Sony CLIE models.

> I'm about to get a PALM PILOT. I need one that:
>
> 1) Works on Mac

You most likely will need MissingSync from http://markspace.com to
get it to work with your Mac.

> 2) Has a backlit KEYBOARD (can type at night)
> 3) Stable, recent OS
> 4) Good quality (won't break or stop working mysteriously)
> 5) Will primarily be used for WORD documents
> 6) Long battery life

That is the TH55, hands down, it beats every PDA on the market for
battery life. This is because Sony uses a variable speed CPU that
was throttled down to only 8MHz when idle, and compensated for the
slower max speed of 123MHz by using dedicated graphics hardware so
the CPU did not need to do all the heavy lifting when it was busy.

> 7) Has Wi-Fi
> 8) Will take memory expansion card

Most Sony CLIE's took a Sony MemoryStick (or 3rd party
MemoryStick), but ONLY Sony PDAs used the MemoryStick format, so
the prices were always a bit higher than say an SD card or a
CompactFlash card.

Also some of the older Sony CLIEs only took a 128MB card, so while
my favorite TH55 is using a 1GB card, you might want to check the
specs to make sure what the maximum sized card is before you buy a
card to put in it.

> I looked at all the various Palm Pilots, and saw that the SONY CLIEs
> seem to be pretty good... but there are so many of them.

They were very good. Sony was pushing the state of the art for
Palm devices.

> They are out of production, so I will get one on eBay.
>
> I figure since they stopped making them, I can now pick the best one
> ever made and buy it on eBay.
>
> However, I need your opinions and knowledge on which SONY CLIE to get.
>
> #1 need is a backlit keyboard and of course stability/manufacturing
> quality.
>
> What is your advice? Would you also recommend anything else that synchs
> with a Macintosh that isn't a SONY CLIE? (Palm Tungsten Cs don't have
> backlit keyboards)

Again, I would suggest 1src.com and/or one of the Palm based
newsgroups comp.sys.palmtops and comp.sys.palmtops.pilot to find
the best, and then use MissingSync from MarkSpace.com to get your
Mac sync software for the CLIE.

> TIA!

Bob Harris

Quasar X wrote:

> However, I need your opinions and knowledge on which SONY CLIE to get.
>
> #1 need is a backlit keyboard and of course stability/manufacturing
> quality.

UX50, extended battery, new internal battery, and a decent case - some
of the cheap ones are actually neat because they let you charge the
battery with a USB lead and incorporate a cradle.

But the UX50 is, IMO, one of the best Clies made.

Richard

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Quasar X wrote:

> However, I need your opinions and knowledge on which SONY CLIE to get.
>
> #1 need is a backlit keyboard and of course stability/manufacturing
> quality.

UX50, extended battery, new internal battery, and a decent case - some
of the cheap ones are actually neat because they let you charge the
battery with a USB lead and incorporate a cradle.

But the UX50 is, IMO, one of the best Clies made.

Richard

--
RichardK - http://www.dmc12.demon.co.uk/ - retro, music, cars.
2006 Mazda RX8, 1992 Sera Phase III -= Do Not Tempt With New Cars =-
"If the thought of something makes me giggle for more than 15 seconds I
am to assume I am not allowed to do it". * 64 is 128 for email *