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Sony Switches To Its Own Processor For Handhelds

Posted by timothy on from the slick-as-clamshells dept.

Pointing to this Associated Press story carried by the Miami Herald, Jorkapp writes "Sony has announced that they will be using Processors manufactured by themselves in their next generation of CLIE handhelds, which are due to ship this Semptember. This is only the first step though, as Sony is planning to use its own line of processors for the next generation of Playstation systems. This new processor will give users 16 hours of battery life (impressive!) and the ability to play video at a smooth 30fps." And jake writes with a link to a story at mobilemag.com which also describes the new handhelds (the UX50 was mentioned the other day), and says "both the CLIE UX50 and UX40 handhelds will be available through American retailers in September for about $700 and $600, respectively, but can be pre-ordered now through Sony's website."

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  1. News: 10-15-2003 by qewl · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sony puts AMD and Intel out of business! Competition is always great..

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  2. Damn it by squiggleslash · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was hoping we'd see the first dual-Xeon handhelds, or even a 2GHz quad-G5 palm computer. I mean, think of the advances these would force in battery and heat dissipation technologies alone!

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    1. Re:Damn it by yomegaman · · Score: 4, Funny

      Either that or you'd see oven mitts at CompUSA marketed as "PDA accessories".

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    2. Re:Damn it by rmarll · · Score: 3, Funny

      Either that or you'd see oven mitts at CompUSA marketed as "PDA accessories".

      You could flip the keyboard over and it doubles as a skillet! Perfect for camping trips!

  3. My Latitude LS gets 2 hours max by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    And that's the way I like it!

  4. Sigh by S.I.O. · · Score: 5, Funny

    > which are due to ship this Semptember

    Damn, I was hoping for an Awegust release.

  5. Re:$700 price point by jspectre · · Score: 3, Funny
    have you seen the size of this thing? it won't fit in your pocket either, and if it does it's likely to pull your pants down.

    "excuse me, is that a clie in your pocket or a brick???"

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  6. Magnesium...Titanium... by Stonent1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    None of them satisfy me. It's depleted uranium or nothing! I want to drop my pda on the pavement and damage the pavement and not the pda.

    1. Re:Magnesium...Titanium... by Ziviyr · · Score: 3, Funny

      Why depleted?
      Theres extra security if you can say "STOP THAT MAN WITH THE HAIR FALLING OUT!"

      Also wouldn't need a powered backlight. :-)

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