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User Submitted Sony Clie PEG-NX70V (Silver) Handheld Reviews (cont...)Date: 2003-02-21 EXtreme handheld powerhouse! I just got the Sony PEG-NX70V and it is absolutely awesome. It's 200 mhz processor is very fast and way more than what's needed to run any current Palm OS software. It has Palm OS 5 which is nice and it also has CLIE launcher which is pretty handy for quickly getting to favorite apps. The 16 bit color is absolutely astonishing on a handheld and it reads images and video beautifully. The screen also has high res which is super nice. Another great aspect is that the grafiti pad is part of the screen so it doesn't have to be there if you want to view a picture at the full res (that makes me wonder why no-one thought of that earlier). Also the battery is just excellent. I have used it for hours on end and the battery will only be around 1/8 or 1/6 used up. Bottom line is, unless money is a big issue, this is definitely THE handheld i would recommend to anyone. Date: 2003-01-25 Great little device I received the NX-70V for Christmas and I think it's an amazing device. Needing my PDA for medical school, I could have probably survived with a "bare bones" Sony Clie, but in the end I'm glad my parents sprung for the newest. First off, let me just say that the graphics are really incredible. I had seen other people with PDA's that had the lime green colored screens and knew I wanted a color screen. But I've seen other PDA's with color screens that aren't backlit and let me just say the difference between those and the backlit color screen on the Clie's is the difference between night and day. The camera takes some surprisingly good pictures when the Clie is absolutely still. Even the slightest movement makes the picture a bit blurry, which makes for quite a challenge considering that pushing the "Capture" button requires a slight movement. But with the Clie sitting on a counter or using the timer to take pictures, I've gotten some good quality pics. And the movies are entertaining and help capture the "feel" of a past moment, but don't expect to relive it in too much detail :-). The battery life is amazing. I took my Clie with me on vacation for MLK weekend and brought the charger along, but I never even needed to use it. That may not seem too impressive, but when considering that I used it to take multiple pictures, a couple movies, and listened to mp3's for part of the flights to and from North Carolina, it was hard to believe I still had some battery power left to spare. As others have said, don't even believe for a second you can use this product to its full potential without a Memory Stick. But spring for the cheaper one if you can. I bought the SanDisk one and it holds mp3's, movies, pictures, and everything else the Clie put on it. (And this was despite the fact that the guy at CompUSA told me I was wasting my time buying the SanDisk because he GUARANTEED me I would need a special MagicGate MemoryStick. Shows how much they know.) In summation, if you need a PDA, want lots of bells and whistles, and have extra cash to spend, I say spring for the NX-70V. Date: 2003-01-19 Great! I've had the NX-70V for a couple months now and have not had any problems with it or second thoughts about getting it. I got it as a replacement for an older Palm device. I also got a 128 mb Memory Stick so I could use the camera, movie, & mp3 featurs of the Clie. As a Mac user, I also had to download a software package called Missing Sync in order to sync the Clie with my Apple... The camera quality is not great, but since I have the Clie with me most of the time during the day it is usefull to snap a picture here or there if I see something of interest. With a Mac (and the aforesaid software) you can import the pictures you take into iPhoto. You can convert the movies into Quicktime format and also transfer .mp3 files to and from iTunes. While I don't find myself using the keyboard much, it is nice to have for the times when I enter large blocks of text. The keyboard does take some getting used to as the layout is somewhat strange. My main concern before getting the Clie was the size. While it is fairly long, it is fairly slim and I have found that it fits easily into side pants pocket when wearing a suit or kahkis. Bottom line is that it is a great unit. If you just want a PDA for PIM type applications there is no need to spend the money for the NX-70V. However, if you have the money to spend and want a PDA that does just about everything possible then this is your unit. THE BOTTOM LINE
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