New Sony Clie PEG-UX50

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday July 17, 2003 @06:11AM from the just-makes-you-wanna-lick-it dept.

webguru4god writes "Sony Japan has just released a killer new Clie, complete with integrated Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and a camera, in a small laptop-like enclosure. It runs Palm OS 5.2, has a 65,000 screen, and a built in keyboard! " I've always been a bit skeptical of handhelds that have flip out keyboards like this, but have repeatedly been impressed with the quality of various models of Clie. This might be worth a look.

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Another Article Link by jared_hanson · 2003-07-17 06:17 · Score: 4, Informative

Another article with more detailed information can be found at infoSync World.

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Re:No Graffiti by TedTschopp · 2003-07-17 06:24 · Score: 4, Informative

There is a keyboard and Graffiti and a new input system which does trainable handwriting recognition.

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Mirror by H0NGK0NGPH00EY · 2003-07-17 06:25 · Score: 2, Informative

Check the story here: http://myhome.spu.edu/time/mirror/Clie-UX-50.htm
The enlarged pics are here and here.

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Re:Battery Life by zmooc · 2003-07-17 06:26 · Score: 4, Informative

On my clie NX70V the battery-life varies a lot on the applications used; the cam uses quite a lot, memorystick access as well. Wifi really drains it. So no matter how long they tell you the battery life is, it's utter bullshit anyway since it depends heavily on the application used. Taking pictures and immediately e-mailing them over wifi can drain the battery within half an hour while using it exclusively as an electronic agenda will get you somewhere around the mentioned 7 hours.

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Re:You're all pigs! by MikeXpop · 2003-07-17 06:29 · Score: 3, Informative

Since the linked site is slashdotted, here's a site with pictures I found from 2 seconds of googling.

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not released, announced by acm · 2003-07-17 06:36 · Score: 2, Informative

Sony Japan didn't release it today, they announced it. It will be released in Japan around August 9th, and no date has been given for the US. Sony's handheld president Masanobu Yoshida will hold a press conference in Sanfrancisco Friday announcing a new PDA (almost certainly this one) for the US.
Re:Battery Life by BenjyD · 2003-07-17 07:12 · Score: 2, Informative

The battery life is affected by how long the device is on (just keeping the screen on uses some power) and also by what you do with it. If it's not actually doing anything (i.e. it's just sitting in the event loop waiting), the whole processor bit almost switches off, so power consumption drops.

The other power consuming action is maintaining the contents of memory, which happens all the time whether the unit is on or off, although it doesn't consume that much power.
Re:but wait, check this out: by xswl0931 · 2003-07-17 08:14 · Score: 2, Informative

Sony isn't doing the anti-/. effect, Palminfocenter is smart enough given previous links from slashdot to protect itself.
Product Info by dmccarty · 2003-07-17 08:24 · Score: 3, Informative
Since the comments on this story have been limited so far to the usual it's-against-my-religion-to-read-the-articles-but- I-think-I'll-post-a-+1-funny types, here some information on the unit from the Japanese product page at Sony:
- Specs:
  - Sony Clie PEG-UX50
  - 802.11b
  - Bluetooth
  - Sony-developed Handheld Engine CPU (8 - 125MHz on demand)
  - 3.2", 16-bit, 480x320 resolution (locked to landscape mode?)
  - 4.1 x 3.4 x .7" (103 x 86.5 x 17.9mm) and 6.2oz (175g)
- Wireless connectivity: Comfortable wireless LAN network connection, or Bluetooth with automatic switching (corresponding equipment required)
- Battery life: 14 days of "normal use" (apparently 30min/day, backlight off) with a LiIon polymer battery. An extended battery is available for 35 hours of continuous use
- Built-in camera: The camera can rotate 300 degrees and take low-resolution stills (.3 Mpixel) or video (160x112) (w/ audio). It has a digital 3X zoom, white balance, "effects function" (It can possibly be used as a remote webcam via Bluetooth?)
- Web browser: Can be set to a one-button push (woo! note to Sony: check if Amazon already has the patent)
- Screen: Wide-screen, bright, video-supported, 480x320, 65,536 colors
- Storage:Memory stick, 22MB built-in, 16MB "of the substance" (?)
- Build: Lightweight, magnesium case and chassis with security loop
- Web browsing:
  - Supports: "Forward," "Back," bookmarks, JavaScript (not all), JPEGs, GIFs (animated, too), PNGs and SSL
  - Doesn't support: Flash, Java (?)
- Video: Can display video up to 30fps, converting AVIs on your computer to MPEG1 or QuickTime. (Can store 130 min of video on a 128MB memory stick, or 460min--wow, nearly 8 hours!--on a 1GB memory stick)
- Audio: Support audio playback for MP3 or ATRAC3 formats for appx. 16 hours (?) with the standard battery
- Software: I won't get into the software because unless you get yours now from Dynamism it's almost certain to change in the US version.
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Re:No Graffiti by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-17 09:03 · Score: 1, Informative

Sharp already did the keyboard thing. Been there. done that. See the Sharp Zaurus. New models coming soon!