Sony Clie PEG-NX70V (Silver) Handheld
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Customer Review: Such a Disappoinment
Summary: 3 Stars
I was interested in buying a Clie until I looked at the specifics. The built in memory is 64mb, but it also features add in-cards. The biggest add-in card you can buy is 128mb at $80 a piece. So, if you add the two together you get approx 200mb. With 200mb, you can store about 20 mp3 songs by themselves but the Clie also runs word, uses your inbox, etc(which hog space) so you would probably only get in a couple of songs. The smallest ipod now carries 5000mb with the price at approx $350. That is about 14.2mb to the dollar! The add in card features about 1.6mb to the dollar! So, buying enough add-in cards to get 5000 mb would cost $3125. THE BOTTOM LINE
If your going to use lots of storage space, and use ANY mp3s you should really be buying a different product. Thanks, and I hope this gives you some perspective(I also hope my calculations are close to right).
Customer Review: Plus and minus for Clie PEG-NX70V
Summary: 2 Stars
I recently bought a Clie NX70V and was surprised to find the amount of technology in a small shell. The quality of MP3 player is very good at 128 Kbps compression. I liked many options for input, Grafitti short hand is very easy to master and it is easy to synchronize with my notebook running under Windows 2000 Pro. I like the organization of directories and files. Speed of CPU at 200 MHz is not surprizing since it is commonly seen in this type of high-end PDA such as HP-Jornada 728. Remote control is nice, though not really needed.Now what I do not like about this machine: The small on board memory limits the number of programs to run (16 MB for Clie vs 64 MB on Jornada 728). Battery life is short (2-3 hrs for Clie vs 14 - 28 hours of Jornada). Camera has no flash-- perhaps we we should not take pictures in the dark place. No MODEM connection-- I am not ready for wireless with this unit, not for now. I need a good dial-up-network connection with MODEM during my business trip. Music-- most obnoxious SonicStage uses Music drive which requrires you to register your music. It only accepts one type of MP3 and ATRAC3 format. (Sony will not allow playing WMA on Clie, though it supports on SonicStage.) I did not like it and removed it, but the registration trace cannot be removed from my PC. So, I converted all my WMA into MP3 and loaded in the memory stick music directory --- it plays very well. No serial connection--- I need one for my technical work in my lab. Afterall, this is an entertaiment PDA and not for a serious people? Perhaps Sony has an attitude problem. I use HP Jornada 728 for serious work.
Customer Review: Connectivity where?
Summary: 2 Stars
I purchased the Sony PEG-NX70V/U yesterday.I was very impressed on how little effort it took to import the data from my Handspring Visor.
I downloaded the new Palm Desktop and got it running, no problem.
I also bought Sony 128MB memory. It doesn't talk about Magic Gate Memory until page 96 of the manual.
Today is a different story.
I can't get anything off my Clie! I created a really fun movie and because I don't have a memory stick reader on my computer, I can't get it off to e-mail to others.
I tried to get pictures off via the Picture Gear Studio supplied with the installation disk. The download was not intuitive. After I went to the website, I found out how to do it. When I tried to do it, the Binder program immediately crashed despite 3 new installs to try to improve it.
I tried to download music but the SonicStage program is cumbersomely slow. Also, I ran into the message that I need a Magic Gate memory stick, so I can't transfer anything!
Finally, it appears that you can get all of your files off the device by e-mail. I checked Earthlink, they don't appear to support Sony. I checked Comcast, they don't appear to support any wireless. Finally, I checked Cingular (my cell phone provider) and they don't support Palm OS 5.
The PDA works great, and as advertised. Just don't try to get anything off of it except the normal Palm schedule stuff. :(
Customer Review: Sony Refuses to Learn From Their Past Mistakes
Summary: 2 Stars
I was convinced that this device or its big brother the NZ90 would be the best thing since sliced bread for the student or businessman alike. Then I discovered Sony was up to its old proprietary tricks again by utilizing only their memory stick and no other method of storage such as the commonly used, less expensive, and easily procured CF or SD cards. When will Sony realize this type of marketing only reduces the number of sales and increases buyer animosity. Due to this tactic, I opted for the Toshiba and have not been disappointed yet.