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User Submitted Sony PEG-S360 Clie Handheld Reviews (cont...)Date: 2003-03-08 Sony Peg-S360 It's fairly fast, the 16 MB (built in) is very nice. I've gone almost two full day's of constant usage before I had to re-charge it, does have excellant battery life. Getting the unit set up for internet usage is confusing, but once your there your fine. The address book is very friendly. Due to this unit being black & white the movie function is not very interesting. Overall I do like it very much especially, the price. The flip top cover is of poor design, (two plastic clips hold it to the main unit) but you can remove it to buy a full cover at a fair price, I would suggest this. Date: 2003-02-05 great value PDA The S-360 is a low-level PDA and an excellent value. It's not flashy or colorful like some pocket PC (it's processor and monochrome screen are obviously below the task), but it handles very important functions like calendar, to-do, e-mail and phone-book, as well as allowing a big area for memos for whatever comes to mind. It's incredibly thin and light - much more so than the Visor Handspring I bought my wife the year before. It comes with 16MB of RAM, though it includes a slot for memory-sticks (which I haven't tried yet). Though using the same operating system as the Palm Pilot, Clies come with something unique, a jog-wheel - a wheel on the side that allows you to scroll through information while holding the unit with one hand. (I keep reaching for the wheel whenever using my wife's Visor; it's absence is profound.) Like similar PDAs, you can "Hotsync" to your computer - an absolute must (more on that in a sec). Using Hotsync, you can download the contents of your Clie for safekeeping. Hotsync works both ways - and you can download to your Palm information you've updated on your computer (saving you the trouble of having to do the same using the PDA's somewhat annoying interface). Installing the software on my XP computer was effortless, and with a USB cable, a typical Hotsync takes only a few seconds - so fast, you won't even miss that Hotsync cradle. I bought mine for the fun of having a new gadget, and now can't imagine leaving home without it.This brings me to my one real complaint - frequent death by battery exhaustion. Once the battery dies, all the information is gone (see now why Hotsync is so important?), and your varied use of Clie means that battery life will always be unpredictable. (A helpful battery-bar gives you an idea, but it's only on the main screen). Luckily, I've been able to rely on the information saved on my computer when I hotsync. Once recharged, it functions normally. UPDATE 2007: It's over 4 years old and I still use it everyday. I now sync it with AvantGo - which uploads news and magazine articles as well as local weather reports. Date: 2003-01-29 Sony Clie PEG S360 - Unstable Product and Poor Support Our company bought two S360s. The first one died within the first thirty days. While it was in the Sony shop the second one died. I asked support if they were recieving other support requests for this issue and the staff indicated that they had not. The turn around for the repair was timely but now we are sending the first one back in for the second time. So that was two S360 Clies, three repairs (for the same thing) within 6 month. I would not recomend this product. Sony refuses to refund or exchange this product. Date: 2003-01-27 Despair if product fails -- Sony warrenty worse than Visor Sony and Visor have different warrenties. When my Visor broke, they overnighted a replacement. When my Clie broke after I was put on hold for 1/2 hour, they told me that they would not send me a replacement. Instead, they sent me a box which I used to send back the defective product for repair. A week later (all time without the product) the Clie was returned. And shortly thereafter, the product failed again. I recommend taking the warrenty into consideration in choosing between Sony and Visor Date: 2003-01-23 Stopped working in less than a month I bought the Sony S360 for Christmas thru eBay, new in box, and in less than a month with little use or input, it quit working and would not restart, despite tech support via telephone, which they thought was battery-related. Because it was bought thru eBay, their warranty was not honored, so I am out the money paid for the unit. I doubt I will ever buy Sony product again. I have had Palm pda (x2) in past without any problems.
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