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Summary: limited sync abilities, poor tech support
Review: 1st, before you buy electronics on Amazon, ensure the 3rd party merchant takes returns. As for the Clie, it has limited abilities to syncronize with microsoft programs. It can not interface with microsoft outlook exchange servers unless you buy an additional cumbersome $70 program. The tech support from Sony is slow with limited knowledge of thier products by phone. Email response is fast. Stick with another brand for your PDA.
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Summary: limited sync abilities, poor tech support
Review: 1st, before you buy electronics on Amazon, ensure the 3rd party merchant takes returns. As for the Clie, it has limited abilities to syncronize with microsoft programs. It can not interface with microsoft outlook exchange servers unless you buy an additional cumbersome $70 program. The tech support from Sony is slow with limited knowledge of thier products by phone. Email response is fast. Stick with another brand for your PDA.
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Summary: Not Very Impressed with Sony PEG-TG50 !
Review: About a week ago, I bought the Sony Clie Peg-TG50 and, quite frankly, I am not very impressed. Without the "Memory Stick", which is another ...over the TG50's price tag of ..., this unit is very limited in functionality. A good number of the "features" listed in the "Read Me First - Operating Instructions" manual state that a "Memory Stick" is needed to perform most of these features. If that is the case, why didn't they charge an extra ...and included sufficient memory in the unit itself! -- My other issue is with the documentation supplied with the unit.....or should I say lack of hard copy documentation. The hard copy manual they give you provides very little information and keeps referring you to the manuals they have loaded onto your computer when you installed the software. There are numerous manuals loaded onto your computer, some in PDF format, some in HTML, all of which are an annoyance to use. To net it out -- I'm not very impressed!
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Summary: *****Can't put it down!*****
Review: Can't put it down and that it's affecting my marriage! PROS: Excellent screen resolution, sleek design, well-organized Clie Launcher application, a whole lot of add-ons software, comes with USB cradle/charger. CONS: 16MB memory, SonicStage application too confusing to work with, at least product should come with an 8 or 16MB Memory Stick.
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Summary: Looking for a Palm OS 5 PDA, THIS IS YOUR BEST CHOICE
Review: Currently, I won a DELL PPC, Palm Zire 71, and Sony Clie PEG-TG50. My favorite is the Sony Clie. Why? The Sony clie has a fast 200 MHz processor, good batter life, much better than my Dell PPC, and Has an expensive feel. This PDA also includes a Bluetooth, Keyboard, and Syncs very well with my MS Outlook on my Windows XP Dell PC, and MY Toshiba Laptop. This PDA has almost the same specs as the more expensive Clie Models, without the larger screen and graffiti area, but you can still use software graffiti built into the os. If you were to buy a Zire 71, then you must know that you're getting a product from China, whereas the Sony Clies are made in Japan. Also, Zire 71, has a weak MP3 player that doesn't sound loud when you use it with your headphones. Sony Audio Player sound louder and richer. Zire 71 also as a very cheap digital camera that doesn't look good when you transfer the pics on your computer. Don't even talk about PPC. Once I only used PPC, but Palm OS 5 seems to be very competitive. If decided to go with PPC, then you better get used to soft booting at least couple times a day and recharging the battery frequently. If you think the Sony Clie PEG-NX70V with a flip screen is good, then this little device is the same thing in a slick little package. At this point, for [the price] I would go with Sony Clie, since it has good software packaged, 200MHz processor, built in Bluetooth, and is easy to carry around. If you must have a graffiti area and need a cheap digital camera, I would go with Zire 71. I would know this because I own all three units I've just described.
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Summary: Don't lose the instruction manual!
Review: Don't get me wrong. This is a wonderful PDA as you would expect from Sony. It's just very confusing at first. Remember when you were first introduced to MS Word. You were glad that it could do everything but were frustrated trying to figure out how. Likewise for this PDA. Sony's approach to OS5 breaks from tradition causing the user to have to find all the essentials( info, delete, copy, screen brightness etc.). It's all there. You just have to page through the manual to find it. And that's just the beginning. Count on being joined at the hip with the instructions for at least the first couple of weeks.
There are two accessories that are a must have with this unit- a memory stick and a case. You should be aware that this unit is advertised with 16mb of ram. Not so. You only get 11mb. I don't know why. Since this unit has state of the art audio and video (once you figure out how to use it) you will need a memory stick of at least 64mb with 128mb a better choice. You will also need a case.
There is a case made ONLY for this model. It is Sony Pega CA62. It comes in 3 colors- black, brown and red. ... The case is not leather (polyurethane) but is well made and fits the TG50 like a glove. It really is very nice and worth the price.
Finally, this unit is rather large and heavy. I would not recommend putting it in a shirt pocket no matter how deep. You are tempting fate for losing it. If you want a killer PDA that does everything for a great price then you should consider this unit. Just don't lose the instructions.
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Summary: Aesthetically pleasing, functionally realistic
Review: For now, this is the perfect PDA for me. My previous PDA was the Handspring Platinum, a great PDA in its own right. The CLIE TG50 looks beautiful and it works beautifully. This has all the necessities without the unnecessary frills. IMHO, a camera on a PDA is "cool" but not a necessity. I would rather have the Bluetooth that's built into the TG50 even if I still debate it's usefullness. The only functionality I wish they built into this CLIE is a CF slot, but that would have made the Clie a bit thicker so I can live with this absence, especially since MS with rebates from Lexar seem to be going for about the same price as CF these days and with the new MSPro you really can't complain that MS format is limited to less memory than CF.Having a keyboard is now a must have for me. It is 100% easier to write with it than virtual graffiti. It's not as good as say keypads on the Blackberry's but it does get easier to use. I have no problems using the TG-50 keyboard with my size hand (I wear medium sized gloves for reference). Fumbling with the function keys is still a hassle but using the freeware app such as OKEY has facilitated using the keyboard and reduced the use of the stylus. Plus for the times you still want to use graffiti, GraffitiAnywhere makes this happen with a touch of a button. The screen is so well designed that watching MPEGs on it was really nothing but amazing. The wavy lines are there, as has been observed, but I have forgotten about it since I first noticed it 4 months ago. And you would be hard pressed to see the wavy lines while watching movies or viewing pictures. Besides how silly would it be to just stare down at the wavy lines the whole time. You really need to see the screen in person to appreciate how well this is designed. Since it appears the new Sony Ericsson T608 phone will never come out, I've only had the opportunity to use BT with my home machine. It took some time to configure and even when configured it was not all that useful. Surfing on the PDA is cool, but when I have a desktop to surf off of, it just didn't make any sense. At this point I just like having it for the nerd-factor, I mean future proof factor. If there were any negatives for me, it would be the stylus. It feels a bit too light and not balanced well for writing. The stylus on my Handspring Platinum was designed much better than the Sony one. Who knows, maybe the money spent on R&D for a stylus does not justify the returns.
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Summary: Sony Clie TG50 and my eMac
Review: I bought my Clie TG50 a week ago as the sales person said "it runs OS 5.0 so it will work with your eMac", I learned sales clerks know as much as I do about technology! I purchased the refurbished Clie and bought it home 200 miles to learn it isn't compatible at all with my eMac. After phone calls and frustration, I learned to download "Missing sync" off the internet ($40), go to apple.com, download iSync and iSync conduit for PDA. Now I was finally having some success. Now that I have my eMac talking the same language as my Clie TG 50, I am really digging it. I love the date book, the memo's, the fact with a memory stick I can listen to music. I have downloaded a freeware game or two. My old paper date book has been retired, now I pack around a lite little box that has my info and some entertainment to boot. And my purse weighs a lot less!! In a way, if that clerk hadn't sold me this Clie', I wouldn't have learned so much about it and my eMac.
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Summary: Pretty darned good
Review: I bought the TG-50 about a month ago after having my handspring visor for 3 years. I loved the functionality of the palm os and hoped 5.0 would remain simple. Although most of the OS usability survives it does as much as the windows pocket pc. It plays movies beautifully and is easy to convert (if its a file format that the sony convertion software likes, dont like divx for instance) and loading mp3s are pretty easy and sound great. The screen is bright and easy to read and the keyboard is actually faster than graffitti so I rarely even use the stylus. I was disappointed documents to go was not included as this is geared toward the business user whats up with that? What good is being able to view it with their packaged viewer if you cant edit on the road (doesnt replace my laptop unless I buy Doc to go) pros: Great screen; great price...; FAST 200mhz processor; nice materials, good multimedia capability; easly to sinc up with Windows XP; and Palm 5.0 OS cons: stylus pops out the bottom pretty easily; no SD slot; no Compact Flash slot; One of the few Clies that doesnt come with Documents to Go; low basic memory (buy a 128K mem stick at least with the clie); the great world clock and calculator prepackaged with older OS no longer avail on 5.0 I would have given 5 stars if it had SD or Compact Flash and slightly better software package.
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Summary: what a bummer
Review: I bought this unit to replace my wife's palmIII. I thought that it would be a wonderful upgrade (color screen,keyboard etc.). We don't need all the bells and whistles,but I have a lot of Sony products and trusted the company.
I'm no computer geek at all, and after four hours of trying to get this thing to sync with my computer, I took it right back to Circuit City to get my money back. No matter what I did, it would not sync with my computer. I installed the software,uninstalled it,removed it, deleted it, reinstalled it,and everything else I could think of, and it still would not sync with my computer.It was next to impossible to find a human being at Sony to talk me through this ordeal. I breathed a sigh of relief that all this horror I went through did not screw up my old palm's ability to sync.
I feel that without the ability to sync, the handheld is useless. You need a backup of everything, in case your info is somehow lost(batteries go dead or whatever). So I had no choice but to get rid of this useless piece of junk.I'm very upset that I wasted 4 hours of my life in this horrible experience.
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