Rating: 
Summary: A thorough look at a weak product
Review: After much research, reading, thinking and more reading I was torn between 2 PDA models, the Clie TJ37 and another model (whom I shall not mention here because I don't want to come off as shilling for a competitor). Since I was a return Clie customer I thought it a good move at the time to lean toward the Clie line. Once I waded through the nay-sayers and detracters of the Clie line, I arrived at the store with money in pocket. Spending a few minutes alone with the stylus-less floor model & the runner-up, I finally decided to purchase the TJ37. I and ran home with it tucked under my arm. (after paying of course) The out-of-box experience was excellent, everything you need packaged neatly in a sturdy, green, cardboard box. Ahhh, just like the first time, I thought as I opened it up. After patiently charging it for four hours, I was ready to rock & roll with my new Clie. This is the first color-PDA I have ever owned, oh how I looked forward to this moment. I picked it up and pulled out the stylus. And that's where the disenchantment began, that cruddy little telescoping stylus. Here are the bad points of the TJ37 as I see them (and each one made me madder) Cover - at least Sony included a cover with the Clie, one of the few things they are good enough to throw in. The old Clie's had the cover attach to the top of the unit. That was a good, ambidextrous orientation and was easy to flip up and out of your way to use the unit. The TJ37 however, has one clipped to the left side of the Clie, like a small book. Making it harder & less comfortable to hold out of the way. Stylus - there's no excuse for a stylus this small and this bad. Uncomfortable, hard to hold, cheap, difficult to use and you cannot even replace it with a normal sized stylus because the holder won't accept it. I have average sized hands and this stylus was way too small. Hard to use and easy to loose! Lack of base - I am also quite tired of paying good money for a PDA and then have to shell out MORE money for a deskcharger base when it should come standard with the unit! This goes for ALL makers of PDAs. But, I especially ding Sony here b/c they squandered their development money on frivolity (integrated weak-camera, their own cruddy software) instead of being pragmatic or even innovative they chose the route of often made mistakes. Next time include a deskcharger base with the product. Sony's proprietary s/w - I am sick of companies overwriting standard software with their own interpretation. It wastes system resources and you cannot delete it! The money it took Sony to develop that crappy Clie Manager software, which no one will use, could have been saved and help deliver a more affordable unit to market. I buy Palm PDA's for PALM o/s not to use your idea of what PALM should look like! Chinsy cameras - and chinsy is a nice way of saying cheap-a** garbage!! Cameras have been integrated into phones to such an extent that you cannot purchase a decent cellphone without an integrated camera, a camera you probably won't ever use btw. And Sony follows suite with a cheap, weak performing 310k pixel camera - why bother? A third of a mega-pixel camera? You have to be within 5 feet of a really well lit subject to get a blurry, washed out image. Wow - what a feature! Again, waste of development time and construction materials to deliver something no one will use, and few wanted. Again, that money could have been saved to offer a more affordable unit on the market. Why not include a Swiss Army knife next time at least that would be a useful feature! Connection adapter - the IO/power adapter used to plug into the bottom of the Clie gave me my first, real "what the H! were they thinking" moment with Sony! A cheap little piece of plastic less than 1 inch square needed as a go-between for the USB & power cord. So, what happens if I loose it? Or if it breaks? Guess I'll have to stuff more money into their pockets to buy one - and while I wait, I won't be able to use my PDA...another great idea from the cheap marketing-driven minds at Sony! Clearly Japanese traditions of quality are being replaced at Sony with marketing delusions, when they could benefit by marrying pragmatism. By the time I was done, I threw it back in the box (none too happy), went back and returned the TJ37. I read someplace that this is one of the last Clie releases Sony plans for the US. GOOD, I say, because I do not plan to purchase another Clie (unless my demands, above, are met). What a waste of time, effort and money ... steer clear of this Clie. The upshot, I learned some new things on PDA's and I purchased the runner-up, which is excellent!
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Summary: Value product from Sony
Review: For the features you get (Wifi, camera, Free documents to go) at the price it's at- it's a deal. Some minor irritants- the camera viewer application doesn't have slideshow (my zire 71 did), the buttons are bit too small and too many- I'm used to the simpler palm interface.
Rating: 
Summary: BEST most affordable PDA on the market!!!
Review: I bought the sony clie PEG-TJ37/U because I needed to connect to wireless internet and view word/excel/powerpoint/adobe acrobat files. The sony clie TJ37 has an excellent crisp & bright screen, one of the best on the market. It has an integrated WiFi card so you can browse wireless internet at a lot of "hot spots" these days. It's very quick in loading websites and loads sites just like you would view them on a computer. When you purchase this sony clie, it comes with a free download called "documents to go" which is like having microsoft office on your PDA. You can view and edit word/excel/powerpoint files which is very handy in this day and age. It has a digital camera that takes amazingly good pictures. The pictures can be taken in 3 modes color/black and white/sepia. Overall, this PDA is like a laptop replacement for me. I can browse the web, check my e-mail, view and edit word/excel/powerpoint files play some pretty good games, organize everything and even take pictures! The only difference in this PDA and lugging around a 7 lb. laptop is that it doesn't have a keyboard (which can be purchased) and you don't have a CD-rom drive. The battery life is pretty good. If you go on the net to "browse" for a long period of time, you should be close to a power outlet. But if you're just going to check news/stocks/e-mail it doesn't eat too much battery. The price is truly a bargain. I looked into other PDA's that have integrated WiFi cards and they were much more expensive, sometimes one or two hundered dollars more. The sony clie gives you everything you need, with exceptional sony quaility with a low price.
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Summary: BEST most affordable PDA on the market!!!
Review: I bought the sony clie PEG-TJ37/U because I needed to connect to wireless internet and view word/excel/powerpoint/adobe acrobat files. The sony clie TJ37 has an excellent crisp & bright screen, one of the best on the market. It has an integrated WiFi card so you can browse wireless internet at a lot of "hot spots" these days. It's very quick in loading websites and loads sites just like you would view them on a computer. When you purchase this sony clie, it comes with a free download called "documents to go" which is like having microsoft office on your PDA. You can view and edit word/excel/powerpoint files which is very handy in this day and age. It has a digital camera that takes amazingly good pictures. The pictures can be taken in 3 modes color/black and white/sepia. Overall, this PDA is like a laptop replacement for me. I can browse the web, check my e-mail, view and edit word/excel/powerpoint files play some pretty good games, organize everything and even take pictures! The only difference in this PDA and lugging around a 7 lb. laptop is that it doesn't have a keyboard (which can be purchased) and you don't have a CD-rom drive. The battery life is pretty good. If you go on the net to "browse" for a long period of time, you should be close to a power outlet. But if you're just going to check news/stocks/e-mail it doesn't eat too much battery. The price is truly a bargain. I looked into other PDA's that have integrated WiFi cards and they were much more expensive, sometimes one or two hundered dollars more. The sony clie gives you everything you need, with exceptional sony quaility with a low price.
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Summary: It's ok but battery life is weak
Review: I bought this as a replacement to my Palm Tungsten C which has been returned for 3 replacement units and I've lost confidence with Palm. So far this Sony Clie is not as nice as the Tungsten C (when the Tungsten C works properly) and the battery life is much worse. I cannot go a weekend with moderate use (no WiFi) without recharging. WiFi makes it much worse. The recharging also takes much longer, 4+ hours if almost fully depleted. The Wifi setup is not nearly as intuitive as the Tungsten C. It also doesn't seem to work with my Netgear MR814 router while the Tungsten C had no issues with it. I like having a camera with me everywhere but I would easily give that up for more battery life and better WiFi support and intuitive WiFi configuration. I'll probably keep this until the next version(s) come out.
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Summary: Great camera but ...
Review: I bought this item after an unsatisfactory purchase of an IPAQ. I have always loved the Palm but go through them like bic lighters so I tried the HP. When that failed (must be me) the Sony looked like a great choice. Set up was a nightmare. You have to install each program separately and it took a while. I could not get it to sync with my Outlook although if I would have spent more time on it I am sure it would have worked. While loading the programs I plied with it a little and did not like it. The scroll bar in the middle was awkward and tough to move. It is not like the palm based products I am used to. I did not like that no cradle only a cable was included. No case only a thin cover that snaps on. The Clie is $300 and merits more quality accessories. The camera is great though and would have been a welcome feature had I kept the Clie.
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Summary: First week with the TJ37
Review: I bought this pda to replace an clie sj-20, which I liked quite a bit. I bought it primarily for the wireless connection, since I have access to wireless and home and work. Rather than run off to my computer to check email, I hoped to be able to pull out the pda, check email, and sync later. So far my plan is working very well. As others have noted, the wireless connection settings are very easy. Setup of software was also easy. Unlike another reviewer, I like installing components one by one to avoid having things I don't want. Palm OS v5.0 is somewhat of an improvement, although it isn't clear to me exactly what is palm and what is Sony. I do like the 'desktop,' which seems vaguely MacOS X-like. I very much like that the TJ37 works with previous clie peripherals - I have a terrific fold up keyboard that is a marvel of engineering (the newer stowaway) which works much better with the 200mhz processor of the TJ37 than the 33mhz in the sj20. And as others have noted, the camera is a great addition. Used closeup and without zoom the camera takes very serviceable pictures. And they are quick, without the annoying lag we experience no our 4megapixel Canon. Since I always have my palm with me, I'm taking many more pictures of the kids etc. A couple of notes:
The TJ37 comes with a cover that opens like a book. It is the same material (which defies description) as my sj20. It opens like a book, I'm assuming, to facilitate the use of the camera. The sj20 has a flip up cover, which is more convenient. The TJ55 has a translucent plastic cover, which looks a lot better. The version of intellisync included has less functionality than the version that came with my sj20, so I uninstalled the latest and reinstalled the sj20 one. In particular, the new version does not allow you to set date parameters for calendar sync...an annoyance. The size of the stylus does not bother me in the least. Netfront web browser is quite good. I bought it for wireless and the unit really delivers. Highly recommend at this price point.
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Summary: Great PDA great accessories battery life is not enough
Review: I bougt this PDA because i have a Sony Cibershot Camera to easye share pictures from my camera to my PDA, i also use a wireless net in my work an home and is great wirelees pda. i think that the battery life is'nt enough becouse it only last 2 hours using wireless lan.
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Summary: Most of everything I need in a small, light PDA
Review: I have owned a Sony Clie T615, TG50, and now recently purchased the new TJ37. I can honestly say that the TJ37 is the best of the three models. It has most of what I need in a PDA, and is a small, light form factor that most people will find enjoyable and useful.
Measuring just 4.5 x 3 x just over half an inch thick, the TJ37 is only 5 ounces and fits nicely in your pocket. The built-in camera is well-designed and perfect for catching a photo of the occasional flying saucer or moose wandering in the road.
More memory, nice software and oh yeah, wireless Internet and email rounds out the list of features. It doesn't come with a cradle, but the charger cable and connector are identical to the one used on the TG50.
No need for a built in keyboard, as Sony has included an updated handwriting program for entering data. A portable keyboard is a viable option, or just HotSync with your computer on a regular basis.
I wish the Clie still had a "back" button and a voice recorder, and that's the only thing keeping me from giving it 5 stars.
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Summary: Good features, bad construction, ugly customer support
Review: I purchased the PEG-TJ37 because it had an excellent suite of features. I was disapointed to find out that some of those features didn't work unless you threw down another 100 bucks for a reasonably sized memory stick. I was happy with the WiFi feature, which was the main reason i got it. I also thought the camera was great. Many people thought of it as a gimmicky extra feature, but it works better than any cell phone camera that i had used, and it seems more fitting for a pda to have a camera. It was especially useful for capturing signs or pages in books at the library, and i could see potential for it in a lab environment to get quick snapshots of results. Sony could have done more to legitimize it's integration into a pda, like including optical character recognition software to allow you
to take pix of text and incorporate it into memos.
My disillusionment with this product began with the poor battery life. That coupled with the switches tendency to be turned on in my pocket was a disaster. I went for a run of losing data everyday due to the battery being completely drained. Luckily
i did go ahead and purchase a memory stick so i was able to back up the clie and restore the data from anywhere, once i managed to get it charged.
Within a month of owning the clie i noticed a screw was missing,
now at 4 months all but one have fallen out.
3 months after i got it, the camera button stopped working.
at 4 months the digitizer on the screen broke while it was in my pocket.
This made the device useless so i called customer service to get it fixed. I was given the same run around as others on this sight, "the screen isn't covered no matter how gentle you were
with it, pay us $140 and we'll fix it." That is more than half of it's current value.
You know, I could have looked up the warranty before i purchased
this product and seen that screens weren't covered. I probably would have purchased it anyway, not knowing just how darn fragile
the clie was. Maybe I was naive to think that Sony would make a quality product and that if they messed up they would stand behind the product anyway. But they made a poor product and have failed to stand behind it. This is my third pda and the first that essentially fell apart. My first was a Palm m100 which i replaced because i needed something better, but it stood up to 3 years of use and still works. My second was a Visor pro, which also proved to be very durable, lasting about 2 1/2 years before the buttons started to malfunction. And now here i am 4 months after purchasing the most expensive of my pda's and it's a paper weight.
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