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Summary: slim pda
Review: I really like this product. I don't know how I survived without a PDA. This one is slim, light and has everything I needed. Easy to use, holds a charge for a long time. I getting one for my husband now.
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Summary: I recommend it!
Review: I researched them all. I almost bought the Handspring edge, but the Sony T415 seemed to be make better and I really like the side jog dial. Its the thinnest PDA around, which means I am more likely to carry it with me instead of leaving it in my bag.
The screen is fine...its true, you have to twist it around a little bit to get the light just right, but I haven't had any problems doing that. By the way, I found the Sony tech support to be excellent. They picked up in less than 3 minutes, and the person walked me through saving my older Palm files (I had a Palm III), and then helped me load the new software and walked me through everything. She must have spent at least an hour with me. I love Documents to Go! I can transfer my word files to it and then refer to them in meetings, etc. I can also edit them as well (Although I'm inclinded to do most of that on my PC). Negative: Yes, I would like a better screen, but its fine for what I want. I would like to have more accessory options (e.g. GPS), but its not essential. The cover needs a tiny magnet to hold it closed You can't change batteries...so if you take it on the road, you need to carry the recharger. All in all, I think its the best PDA for the buck. Its very slim (I love it!), it has 8 megs of RAM, (the price of memory sticks is dropping too). Sure, I would love the Top of the line (but its over [expensive]). I paid [much less] for this....really, tell me which one is a better deal!
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Summary: Amazing, but not perfect
Review: I use my Clie mainly as a tool at school, and it works very, very well. I used a Handspring Visor for about a year and a half, and once it finally broke on me (twice), I replaced it with the PEG-T415. As a tool, it is superb; the Graffiti (handwriting) recognition seems better than the usual, which makes note-taking much, much easier.
As a graphics device, it is outstanding. Obviously, a color screen would improve this aspect of it, but for a grayscale model it is very, very nice. The 320x320 resolution looks great, and I can see how the MemoryStick feature could come in handy.
Design-wise, the PEG-T415 is also outstanding, for the most part. It is very, very thin - take no notice of any numbers, just think it's about as thin as one of those little tiny spiral-bound notepads, and almost weightless. The biggest design flaw are the application buttons, which often get pressed by accident, wearing down the battery, and the somewhat inconvenient stylus compartment. The screen WOUlD be hard to read in dim light, were it not for an exceptional backlight which works nicely and the option to thicken the fonts in almost every situation (as is the case on all PalmOS handhelds).
Overall, it's a real beauty for the price, and you'll be satisfied with it, provided that a color screen is not a necessity.
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Summary: love the device, hate the screen
Review: I went to [local store], played around with all the Palm PDAs on display, and picked this one because of its small size and high-res screen. Got it home, and guess what? the screen is next to impossible for me to read. If I were under 30, it would probably be OK; if I were using it mostly under fluorescent lights, I could probably live with it. But, given my middle-aged eyes, and working under mostly incandescent or natural light, I can't find a lighting situation that gets rid of the glare and makes the display possible to read without agonizing squinting. It's a shame, because apart from the display, it's a great little PDA, especially for the price. BTW, I'm a Mac user, dowloaded the appropriate software ..., and have had no trouble hotsyncing with my Mac. I'm considering upgrading to the Palm m500 because it has a display I can actually read.
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Summary: T415 Rocks!
Review: I've been useing the T415 one day already and already I don't know how I functioned without it. I have my class times in it, due dates for homework and tests I've even been graffitti writeing in my class notes useing the Word to Go program that it comes with and that's IN class while professor's are giveing the notes NOT re-writeing them later it's been that easy to pick up graffitti writing already! This is my first handheld to ever try. It doesn't come with an ebook reader so you may want to buy PalmReader pro software like I did. If you have the extra pennies to spend pick up one of the color versions tho. The 320x320 resolution hands down beats all other palm os handhelds i've played with in stores.
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Summary: I love this handheld!
Review: I've read some of the other reviews, and I disagree with many of the gripes. I played with several handhelds before deciding on the Clie 415. The 320 resolution is wonderful; true, it isn't as pretty or eye-catching as the color displays, but the 320 is much easier to read than the lower resolution found on the lower-end clie and the handspring and palm systems. The display can be dim, but it is not any dimmer than any other handheld I played with, and it was actually easier to read for me than some b/c of the 320 display. I actually paid more money for the 415 b/c I wanted the display upgrade from the lower end clie. Also, it was much more attractive looking b/c of it's super-slimness and cute body styling, but it still had the memory slot for expandsion (plus Sony now has a memorystick camera for the clie out now). I don't know about the remote feature, since I have a perfectly good remote control at home that works just fine. I do think it was silly of Sony to put a remote feature on the clie. Documents to Go has been a life-saver to me. I am a very busy person and it helps being able to write and edit documents on the run. The only gripe I truely have with it is, and this is not Sony's fault, that you can't get Handsprings datebook+ to go on it. The datebook plus has a week in view that shows a week and displays what you have scheduled, not just the bars representing that you have something scheduled. I tried to download the only version of datebook plus I could find on the internet (a beta version) and it froze the system up, so I had to delete it. That was the only reason I even considered a handspring over this product. Overall, I have become thourougly dependent on this product and love it... I just wish I could upgrade to the color, but I could not justify paying so much extra for the color when I really wouldn't use it, it would just be for show.
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Summary: tested by a mac user
Review: Like many in this thread, I spent a long time researching the purchase of my first handheld. I was attracted to the Clie T415's high resolution screen, speed, and expandability. My first and foremost concern was the ability to sync the Clie with my Mac. All the same, the "missing sync" software that I bought made the transition quite simple. Besides its functionality, the Clie 415 is beautiful, thin, light, and the jog-dial makes it a complete package. The questions about the screen legibility are over-rated. Like any B&W lcd display, it has its shortcomings, but it's no reason to hesitate. In addition, I don't have any trouble with the Clie turning on when I don't want it to. The cover provided in the package has been sufficient protection from this happening.
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Summary: Does what I need it to do
Review: The backlighting could be better and if I had to do it again I'd probably buy a color PDA. But overall, I've been pleased with the T415. It does everything I want, it's thin and lightweight, takes a beating (can't tell you how many times I've dropped the thing), and the battery lasts FOREVER. I use it every day and I charge the battery *maybe* once a month.
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Summary: Does what I need it to do
Review: The backlighting could be better and if I had to do it again I'd probably buy a color PDA. But overall, I've been pleased with the T415. It does everything I want, it's thin and lightweight, takes a beating (can't tell you how many times I've dropped the thing), and the battery lasts FOREVER. I use it every day and I charge the battery *maybe* once a month.
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Summary: Dim screen can't make up for other great aspects.
Review: The Clie 415T would have rated 5 stars if not for its extremely dim screen. I bought the 415T and used it for 3 weeks before returning it and buying a Clie 610C. (I highly recommend the 610C.) While I absolutely loved the 415T's thin, brushed aluminum chassis, I just couldn't get used to how dim the screen is. If there is any kind of bright light behind you the screen is almost impossible to read. You need to have the back light on almost all the time, and even that was unsatisfactory. The blue-green back light is too weak to remedy the situation. Another disappointment is the "Screen Commander," Sony's program that turns the Clie into a remote control unit for your TV and SOME other components. Not that I bought the Clie for this feature, but it would have been cool if it had worked well. The problem is that the 415T will only control 4 components at a time: your TV, DVD, VCR and receiver. It will NOT control your cable box or a CD changer, so for me the feature turned out to be worthless. Bottom line, though is that the screen is just too dim. If Sony fixes the screen brightness they will have a real winner on their hands, because the 415T has by far the coolest form factor of any PDA.
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