Sony Announces Superslim T415

atomic212 writes: "Sony has announced a new mid-range handheld today, the PEG-T415, a 320 by 320 monochrome model that is, according to Sony, the world's thinnest PDA. Though only .41 inches thick, it has a Jog Dial and a Memory Stick slot and includes remote control software."

Comments

Melt in your mouth, not in your hands..

[saqmaster]

I wonder how much these designers get paid to sit in a padded room using their wealth of experience to create the funkiest designs.

Are they just extinct PR bunnies turn creators?

This latest offering certainly looks nice, but I still have to see _anyone_ walking around with any form of Sony PDA (clie). Come to think of it, Handsprings aren't exactly common (even though they're cheap). I know for one tha the iPaq is the PDA-to-have around here - even though most people just seem to use them as expensive mp3 players and meeting-announcers..

weak

[austad]

So when are they going to focus their efforts on an Arm or Transmeta based handheld with TFT Color Reflective screen and CF slot?

I used to have a Visor, and while it was useful for holding contacts and appointments (and playing SFCave), it really cannot compare to an Ipaq, espcially if you like gadgets and toys. $300 for a palm, or an extra $100 for an Ipaq which is faster, has a CF slot, and has color....

firewalled

[cloudmaster]

Unfortunately for Sony, they're still firewalled at my wallet, due to the article at http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/08/23/021223 2
Wake me when some other company starts selling these.

Handhelds are stupid

[Mdog]

--Flaimbait--
Does anybody else get fed-up with the fact that any time some moron puts out yet-another-overglorified-speak-n-spell that /. seems to cream in its collective pants? What's really different about this as compared to writing about every time Dell or Gateway puts together a new piece-of-crap? There's nothing innovative here, nothing interesting (unless you're into handhelds, and even then it's only a blip)...I don't get it.

Thank goodness I can only get modded down by two.

It is not the thinnest!

[Ichoran]

They have apparently forgotten the Franklin / Xircom / etc. "Rex". It's the size of a PCMCIA
card. It isn't as powerful as the handhelds,
but it sure seems like a PDA to me.

Flexible PDA?

[ldopa1]

It would be really cool to see Sony or some other company come up with a thin, flexible PDA. The technology is already there, save for the touch screen part of it.

Two companies, Flexible Circuits and E-Ink have the circuits and display parts down. All we need now is a flexible processor and flexible memory, and we'll have a Palm FleX which you'd be able to fold up or roll up and put in your briefcase.

If anyone knows of a vendor of flexible memory or processors, I'd love to hear of it.

Re:what...

[aussersterne]

Webserver on your PDA is not useless. I run NPDS on my Newton 2100 all the time and it's one of the most convenient ways of interacting with your PDA while you're at your desk. I got it a static IP and got it put in the DNS.

Now, when I need to get at some information that's in the device while I'm at my PC, I don't have to pull the PDA out and pen-tap through things, I just point the browser (usually already running) to:

http://newton.xyz.com

From there I can search my contacts, get at my notes, use my datebook etc. Data can be entered this way as well.

Webserver-in-a-PDA: Don't knock it until you've tried it...

Sony Boycott

[foo fighter]

Isn't Sony a member of the RIAA and MPAA?

I really couldn't care less about this gadget. I was upset last night when I rented Snatch for the first time, only to find out the Screen Gems (who distributed the movie) is a Sony company.

The hypocracy of this site is maddening at times. Especially when the news really isn't news at all, and seems to hype a company that most of the readership has denounced time and again.