![]() PEG-TJ27, the TH55 can save pictures in four sizes, adjust brightness, and add effects. Unfortunately, Sony didn't include its Photo Editor application, but the CLIE Organizer application suite takes advantage of the camera. You can easily add photos or voice notes to calendar entries, contacts, or notes. We also like that you can write freehand on date book pages. Yet, while we enjoyed CLIE Organizer, we would still prefer Palm's new Contacts and Calendar apps, which sync better with Microsoft Outlook, over Organizer's Address Book and Date Book.
![]() battery tests, where we repeatedly play an MPEG movie clip with the unit's screen brightness at 50 percent and Wi-Fi turned off, the TH55 lasted an impressive 4 hours, 50 minutes. Even with regular Wi-Fi usage and the backlight cranked up to high, we went several days between charges. Sony rates the TH55 for 15 days of normal use. Still, real road warriors will prefer a handheld with a replaceable battery.
The Wi-Fi radio has a fair range, and it can sniff out available networks and tell you which ones require encryption keys. Whether we were at home or work, connecting to a Wi-Fi network was seamless. We didn't have to change any settings; the TH55 just found the network and logged in with the appropriate key.
Browsing Web pages is slow, as with most handhelds. But this CLIE is, in many ways, more capable than the Palm Tungsten C. For example, we visited Download.com to download new Palm applications as ZIP files. We could then unzip them and use the application without ever syncing with a PC. The NetFront browser also did an admirable job coping with Web pages full of JavaScript and pop-up windows.
![]() Average User Rating 3.5 stars out of 74 user reviews Rating Breakdown -
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1 star: 3 My Rating 0 stars click stars to rate product Most recent user reviews Showing 3 of 74 reviews 4.5 stars Pros: Bright, high quality picture. Looks sleek and cool. Bulit in digital camera and audio recorder; wifi Cons: Stylus is too tiny, uses less popular memory stick. Summary: This is probably one of the best, if not the best organizer you can get for the price. With a large, high quality screen, it is perfect for viewing pictures and video (Although the video must have a low bit rate, or it will not play [or skip]). This also ... Expand full review Summary: This is probably one of the best, if not the best organizer you can get for the price. With a large, high quality screen, it is perfect for viewing pictures and video (Although the video must have a low bit rate, or it will not play [or skip]). This also features a built in voice recorder, which can have endless uses. The Clie also looks sleek and feels sturdy, besides the cover, which is very wobbley. Although the design is nice, the feel is not. The buttons on the side are too touchy, and when holding for long periods of time, the Clie starts to feel uncomftorable. The stylus is also bad, as it is about 1/2 the size of a HP stylus, and must be folded to be inserted into the unit. The only other thing bad about this is the memory stick, as many people use other flash memory cards, such as CF or SD.
Besides the buttons and the stylus, the Clie is the must have organizer. Too bad for Sony, as they are not making any more Clies. 4.5 stars Pros: Welp, the best feature is the camera and the memory stick expanditure possiblities. Also all the many things you can put in it, for instance movies, games, music, programs etc. Battery life great. Cons: As versatile as it is, your movies have to be in quicktime format or else it won't play, and have a great time formatting movies all day. Summary: Well, i would say it's worth the money for the features. I've been using this thing for almost 6 months now. And i use it mostly to keep my address book intact with people's faces (thanks to the camera), and music. This addittion goes greatly with all ... Expand full review Summary: Well, i would say it's worth the money for the features. I've been using this thing for almost 6 months now. And i use it mostly to keep my address book intact with people's faces (thanks to the camera), and music. This addittion goes greatly with all my other gadgets (PSP, Sony P200 Camera etc.) This item looks very nice and slick, but another downside would be that there is no case that comes with it, although there is a front cover it doesn't help greatly of protecting itself, it will get scratched. It doesn't get scratech from outside it gets scratched from the inside. But then again it's minimal and altogether among all other palms, this one is one of the best. If u cant afford the costly HP pda with the camera and it's too bulky for you, consider this you wont' be dissapointed. The only thing it's missing is a built in phone, and no bluetooth. And by the way surfing online with this thing is lots of fun. Thanks for your submission!
- OS provided: Palm OS 5.2
- RAM: 32 MB
- Processor: Sony
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