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Summary: Come on Sony give us Mac users a break!!
Review: I am only giving the Clie T-655C 4 stars because it is not Mac compatable yet. You still have to buy the ...Missing Sync patch to get it to work. So we are having to shell out more to use the PDA. I do feel that it is worth it. I am happy that I can download MP3 files directly for iTunes by dragging them to the disk. I am not sure how that works with a PC. The color on the screen is beatuiful. I have found may uses for my Clie like making list on the go, to playing games. It makes it simple to stay organized with all my to do lists, phone lists and documents I might not other wise have. Plus it is light weight, and easy to fit in your handbag or pocket. The only problem that I had with my at first was the on screen key-board would not pop-up on the letters side of the graffiti pad. That lasted about 2 weeks. I would have to keep soft booting , and then go through the Clie Welcome screens to recalibrate the graffiti pad. Now I am not having a problem with that. It does seem to charge faster in the cradle than with the travel cord. I would defintally recomend this PDA to someone else. Unlike others I have not had a problem with the battery running down too quickley, unless I am playing games on it. Which is naturally to be expected.
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Summary: We bought a second one
Review: Our household has used Palm for years. I bought my husband a Clie for x-mas because he wanted a MP3 player built in. I admit it took a couple weeks to figure out the MP3 player and several calls to Sony Tech but it works great now. You can use the regular purple disks. I have a Sony computer and download directly into that slot and they work great on the Clie. I just bought one to replace my old Palm and I didn't think I'd ever replace it. Our household finds it easy to go back and forth between the Palms and Clies. We have 3 Palms and 2 Clies working on the Sony software no problem. Palm doesn't have anything that compares.
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Summary: To the point.......know your product!
Review: I am a converted Handspring/Palm user and finally broke down and purchased the Sony Clie PEG-T665C after several weeks of research. In a nutshell, the Sony delivers and is a well made, well researched product. The screen resolution sold me as well as the features. For those of you out there who believe you have to buy a "Magic Stick" in order to play MP3's.......WRONG ANSWER. Refer to your manual and you'll realize you can store and play your MP3s on a regular memory stick. Yes, folks, it's true. Magic Stick was designed to play ATRAC3 files but your normal memory stick WILL PLAY MP3 files. You simply place your Sony into the cradle which is connected to your computer. Your Clie should be on and all you have to do is tap "MS Import." Your Clie is now an additional drive connected to your computer. You can drag and drop files onto your memory stick which is inserted in your Clie. For MP3 files, drag them from your hard drive to the Clie (which is listed as a removable drive) and place the MP3 files in the file marked "MS Audio." That's it. Next, you tap on "Audio Player," your MP3's will be present and you can listen to your heart's content. That simple. For those who say you have to buy a "magic stick" memory stick in order to play MP3's, again,..........wrong answer. I use my Sony constantly and am very happy thus far. Every product will have some "bad ones" out there, but, if you want a sleek, stylish, reliable and productive PDA, this is the ticket. The Hi-Res screen is awesome. Sony quality and ingenuity at it's best. The Palm/Handspring line doesn't compare in my opinion in terms of quality and workmanship. Buy one and see for yourself......you may be pleasantly surprised!
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Summary: Warning!
Review: After owning 3 Palms and one Pocket PC (... I kept dropping them), I bought but deeply regret buying a Clie. If you are a heavy user of "tasks" as I am, Clie's performance is so bad the PDA is unusable. When one makes any change in the task (...change date to "tomorrow"), there is about a 5 second delay. For all the Palms this was instantaneous. Change "priority"... same thing. Etc. This renders the Clie unusable.
I will not complain about the fact the machine just flat stopped working after a month of use because I sent it in and they fixed it for free and quickly. I pointed out the above problem but they did nothing.
This really disappointed me as I had previously thought well of Sony.
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Summary: Good for reading books and more
Review: I am a book reviewer and some of the books requested for review are in e-format. I always need to print them out and it is heavy to carry them around, and also waste a lot of papers. I decide to buy a PDA because of these reasons and start to look around. Unfortunately, the price is not up to my budget so I wait for a while. About two weeks ago, a colleague sold me her new PDA (she doesn't use it) at a reasonable price and find that I love it. It is easy to use and small for carrying. The jog dial helps a lot in turning the pages when I read and I find myself reading much faster than I read a hard copy. Moreover, the other basic functions help me to store a lot of information that I can retrieve at any time. The only flaw is that the battery need to be recharged everyday if I read non-stop for around 3 hours with the backlight on. Although turning off the background light might help to reduce the usage of the battery but it is hard to see on the screen without the light.
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Summary: Lots of Features, Small Package
Review: I am a first time PDAer, so I did a lot of shopping/learning about all of the offerings out there. I needed a unit basically for the business apps - contact mgr, MS Word, and Excel functions. I narrowed my choices to the SonyT665 Clie, Toshiba e310, and Palm515. I liked the Toshiba, but found the PocketPC platform to be too gimicky, and like its problem stepbrother, WindowsXP, PocketPC displays the same FisherPrice appearance. I dont care about the cutesy display, I just need to get the job done easily. Also, the PocketPC uses a LOT of memory just to run the Windows platform. Given my experience with constantly correcting problems in Windows on my desktop(XP), I just didn't have much confidence in commiting to another Windows platform. All the reports I heard about Palm indicate it is a much more stable, and less troublesome platform.
The Sony T665C is overall the smallest of the group, and this was a big factor as it had to fit easily in a shirtpocket. The Sony fits a shirtpocket with plenty of room left for a Parker Jotter alongside. I tried this with the Toshiba, and it was a very tight fit. The Palm515 was a tight fit also.
Sony has always been a leader in the multimedia functions with thier computers and the Clie is packed chock full of them. With MP3 player, picture viewer/editor and video capabilty(with the MemoryStick). One nice advantage the Sony has is the High Resolution display which is outstanding and makes my PDA work much more enjoyable.I didn't really need the multimedia capabilty since I do all that on my desktop, but it is part of the Clie package, and you can always delete the unneeded programs to free space.
The Clie seems to interface well with MSWord, Excel through the Documents-to-Go program, and runs great through the sync.
Sony also comes with the RMC, Remote Commander, to function as a TV remote. I found this to be of little use though because Sony obviously forgot that most people with cable TV must change channels with thier cable box. The RMC does not currently have an option of programming in the cable box codes, oh well it was a good idea they just didn't develop it fully.
The Sony appears to be a solid unit packed into a metal case that seems stronger than most other PDAs, although I doubt it would fare any better than the others in a fall out of the shirtpocket. Sony Clie does not come with a case, but it does have a very classy, leather-look, flip-up protective cover fro the front that seems to work well and is less cumbersome I found than the side-flipback cover of the Palm515.
Overall, I have been very pleased with the Sony in the month that I have had it. I bought mine at CircuitCity where they had just marked it down to 349.00, so it was close to the same price as the Toshiba and Palm. Although now I see they are on closeout and can be found for about 299.00.
Good quality piece at a reasonable price, can't go wrong with this one.
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Summary: Great little item yet still not perfect...
Review: Ok so this item is the same as original T665 (this review refers to "limited edition" orange version of T66). The only thing that is different is that it's a limited edition orange color. I think that this just ads little bit of personality to this PDA. But let's get to the performance of the item. It is a fast PDA. Nothing supersonic but it gets the job done. It nicely syncs with my Outlook and keeps track of about 1000 emails. Phone book software can be little more graphically enhanced but it does the job as well. Battery life is not the greatest one but solutions are available out there that can make your life easier. I do not use this PDA for games or MP3s. I use it for work. I'm a programmer and I work as an EMT in my spare time. I use this organizer in the field noting down patient assessments or looking up medical terminology and in the office I use it to keep track of my schedule, time, expenses, email and contacts. Very useful software that comes with this unit is World Clock. I saw a version of this software being used with old Psion organizers. It allows you to set different alarms for different days with different times. I love it. Simple application yet very useful. Comes with load of extra software that will satisfy every user out there. Another nice this is that I have a Sony digital camera and sometime I view the pictures I took right on my Clie.Few things that may change your mind about this product that I found out after purchase: - MP3s need special memory stick. You can't use standard blue one you have to use one called Magic Gate memory stick.
- Stylus is small and tiny. When on the run it's hard to operate.
- Battery becomes concern if you use it a lot. I have a mobile charge unit for my car so I'm doing fine with that
- There are special new hard cases available for this unit. They are GREAT! but in order to sync you need to keep taking your Clie out of them which is a hassle. I guess they were design so you go out and buy new sync cable.
- Screen is much better than anything I expected. Yet I smacked a protector on it just in case.
- Controls are small. For people with big hands it may be small hassle. As you can see I'm not pushing this product to the limits. I'm just using it everyday over and over again and I find it very reliable. Also I like the limited edition orange version because it stands out and if I lose it it's easier to spot.
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Summary: Best PDA on Market for the Price
Review: This is a great gadget. It runs the Palm software, has a memory stick slot and a great colorful screen. And it doubles as an MP3 player to boot! I've used many different handhelds, but this one takes the cake. Nice work Sony!
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Summary: MagicGate Scam
Review: I recently purchased the CLIE 665. There are many things I like about this device, but a few things I have learned since buying it that I am not happy about. I did some research before buying. I was very excited about the ability to play mp3 files and synchronize files between my computers at home, work, and the clie. What isn't widely advertised is the fact that these features don't work without the addition of a memory stick. In the case of playing music with the supplied audio player you must have a special memory stick called MagicGate. You can check the prices of these here on amazon. They are not cheap. ...
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Summary: Product had too many problems and no customer support...
Review: I originally purchased this product to replace to replace a 3-year-old Palm III with a bad digitizer (happens after awhile to the best of PDA's). I had countless problems within the first week of using it. The first was that if the battery was fully discharged and the unit was put on the docking station it would lock up. The only way to unlock it was to perform a soft reset. After about a month of making sure the battery was never fully discharged it starting continuously resetting when the battery level was about 1/4 of the way down. This happened every time the unit was reset (a hard reset) and resynced. I contacted Sony customer support, but they were of no help. I received an automated response to perform a hard reset of the unit and resync it. Of course I had already mentioned that was done in my original e-mail. They also suggested I go to their website and upgrade the firmware. However, there was no firmware more recent than the one that was already on the unit. Luckily I had purchased an extended service plan (I highly recommend doing this - it is worth the extra 40-50 dollars) with my unit and have now exchanged it for a Palm m515. It is possible that my unit was bad - as noted by the many happy people that have fully functional PDA's, but beware of Sony's poor (non-existent) customer support (from experience, Palm's is no better). As far as use goes - the unit's display was crisp and the colors were vivid. The battery does discharge faster than other non-color displays, but no more so than other color ones. If you need longer battery life try turning the color off in the display. The one novel concept was the scroll wheel on the side, but I found that it did not add anything in the way of functionality or ease of use to the unit (this could be different if you use your PDA for the viewing of large text files, e-mail, or spreadsheets). Overall, everything that can be expected from Palm's OS is available in the Clie. I also recommend purchasing a good quality hardcase (not leather) for the unit. It will help when the product gets dropped on the ground - in inevitable occurrence.
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