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Sony Announces Excellent New Handhelds

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the check-those-buggers-out dept.

PalmAddict writes "Sony Japan has announced what was only supposed to be a non-working mockup at Palm Source just a few short weeks ago, as reality. Palminfocenter has the scoop on the PEG-NR70, a thin, folding, half VGA, built-in digital camera picture taking, MP3 playing powerhouse." Nothing I can say except wow.

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  1. palmos is a dead end by Niksie3 · · Score: 0, Troll

    [semi-flame]
    it doesn't support multitasking - because of CPU

    very low upgradabillity of low quality CPU

    is not document based based - means no documents you can open with different applications

    doesn't have unix compatibillity - means no simple command line apps that make your live easier
    [/semi-flame]

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    Sig you!
  2. Now if they would just... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...stop trying to shove DRM down our throats. I love my PEG-760 as a PDA, but I can't get it to play *regular* MP3s off a standard MemoryStick because of the DRM in the music player. Anyone have any luck with getting around their DRM?

  3. wait... by /dev/trash · · Score: 0, Troll

    Are we for or against Sony this week?