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Sony CLIE PEG-TH55/U Handheld

Sony CLIE PEG-TH55/U Handheld

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Brand: Sony
Category: CE

Buy Used: $39.99
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Seller: pdanuts
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 45 reviews
Sales Rank: 52474

Platform: PDA
Media: Electronics
Operating System: Palm OS 5.2
CPU Speed: 123
Modem: None
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 4.9 x 3 x 0.6

MPN: PEG-TH55/U
Model: PEG-TH55/U
UPC: 027242639683
EAN: 0027242639683

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:
  • Palm OS version 5.2, Sony Handheld Engine processor, 32 MB RAM
  • Built-in 310K Pixels CMOS Camera with 2x Digital Zoom (JPEG, 640 x 480 resolution), audio player, and video player
  • High resolution TFT Color Display (480 x 320 dots, 65,536 colors)
  • Integrated Memory Stick slot (compatible with optional Memory Stick Pro media)
  • Internal lithium-ion polymer rechargeable battery

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Product Description
The new PEG-TH55 CLIE Handheld provides everything you need to stay organized, entertained and connected, featuring a built-in 310K pixel (effective) camera, integrated Wireless LAN (802.11b) capability, and MP3 audio player. New generation Digital Organizer Suite includes Enhanced Date Book / Address Book / To Do List / Memo. High-resolution color screen (320 x 480 pixels) shows all of your documents and pictures in amazing clarity. Watch digital movies with the built-in video player. Access the Internet to browse the Web or send/receive e-mails using optional Wi-Fi (802.11b) access point(s). Sony? Like No Other.


Customer Reviews:
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4 out of 5 stars improved built-in applications   April 11, 2009
J. Joseph
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

One thing to note about the TH55 is that it has TWO versions of each of the built-in applications. From the app launcher, you can tap the icons for Memo, or Datebook, or Todo, and you get the old OS 4 applications, the same as on any other Palm powered device. There is a tabbed menu alongside the right hand side of the screen that also has the items Memo, Datebook, Todo, FreeNote, etc...tap one of these and you get the enhanced versions.

The new MemoPad has a 32 kilobyte text buffer, although the clipboard capacity is still 1K. If you fill the buffer past the old 4K limit, you can beam all the memo to another Palm PDA if you use the "Split Memo Text" option in a menu. If you have 32K of text, it will be split into 8 memos of 4K each in the other PDA. The only thing missing, I think, is that you can't go the other way. If you have alot of 4K memos from other PDAs that you want to combine into a big 32K memo, you have to do it one kilobyte at a time via the clipboard. It'd be nice to be able to combine small memos with a menu option.

Haven't used the new Datebook much, but it has a totally different appearance.

The real gem is the new Todo...it works like an outlining program with a hierarchical structure in which each item can have a sub-item, and a sub-sub-item (3 levels of nesting supported). You can collapse the sub-items with a tap and hide them out of sight, so you can make more efficient use of the screen space. Items can be promoted/demoted with a tap. Items and sub-items can have attached memo notes or FreeNote drawings (just four kilobytes, though). Also, the way item Priorities works has changed...in the old Todo, you can only use Priority to change the way the items are sorted. In this new Todo, you use Priority to change which items get displayed. Although only three levels of item nesting are supported, in combination with a clever assignment of priorities, you can select which items show on the display 15 different ways. The one thing that prevents the new Todo from being a fully-functional outliner is the fact that the sub-items are not "attatched" to their parents. If you move an item that has children, only that item moves to its new location in the hierarchy -- you have to then relocated each of the children to stay with the parent. But since, practically speaking, you spend alot more time just looking at an outline than you do creating it, moving items around. So all in all it's a nice little improvement.

The FreeNote drawing program absolutely blows away Clie Memo.

I also have the UX40 and UX50, and was disappointed to find that although they run OS5, only same old tired Palm apps are built-in. I hate hate hate 4K memos! Yes, with a keyboard like the PEGA-KB100, you could actually use the TH55 to write your novel.

One convenient thing for those like me who also own the SJ33 is that the batteries and the chargers are identical to those for the TH55.

For some reason the Movie Recorder application is not built into the ROM -- you have to HotSynch it in from the CD.

I'd give the TH55 five stars, except that I feel the camera should have more than 300,000 pixels. If it had a sharper camera like the NX80V or the NZ90, it'd be the cat's meow!




5 out of 5 stars After 5 years and I STILL love it!   November 4, 2007
resles_1_ (San Antonio, TX USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

There's other detailed reviews, so I won't review the capabilities, but I'll just say that I absolutely LOVE my Sony Clie PEG-TH55. I've had it for about 5 years now (bought it brand new as soon as it was released from Sony in Japan) and I still haven't outgrown it. I've done everything with it. Music, movies, photos, freenotes (I wait tables, so instead of paper, i use the freenotes application), memos, address book with photos for my entries, date book, alarm, and added software and games. I love it. I love it. I love it. I will literally use this until it falls apart. I'm just a little disappointed that Sony let go of their line of PDAs and don't service them anymore.


5 out of 5 stars Best PDA I've ever had   April 14, 2007
Asad Ibric
This PDA tops any I've ever had. Extremely long battery life, very attractive, intuitive back keys, etc. Theres also a software .prc file you could add in to turn it into a camcorder. The screen is amazing, its crisp and huge, reminds me of my PSP's screen.

Only con I can think of is it lacks a keyboard. If it had an i-phone like keyboard it would be untouchable.

** for the person whos having the slow wifi problem:
switch the wifi power save switch OFF in the prefs menu for wireless connections. It goes about 5 times as fast but sucks more power.



5 out of 5 stars Still on top   January 12, 2007
Neville Latham (Jamaica, NY USA)
It's been a while since these machines have been off the market and still there is nothing that can do it all with ease and consume so little battery power. I own a lot of PDA's and have played with a lot of others, but believe me no one tops sony. They are the Porsche of PDA's. Buy this one, the TH55 and you probably would not ever replace it. I can play MP3's and surf the web for hours at the same time and still have loads of battery life for the rest of the week. I've done several test and have gotten (with the screen off) 17 hours of MP3 playback using the sony player. And I get 5.5 hours of video playback with full back light and 7 hours with the screen at half brightness. A quick note to mention is that if anyone ever needs a new battery you can contact Sony and order a new battery. I have tried new batteries from other supplyers and they just do not last the same. So I always replace with sony parts and for this PDA sony hase supplied me with everything I have asked for so far and have offered great tech support. Hopefully I will have this machine to the end and look forward to new technology from Sony in the future


5 out of 5 stars Great PDA!!   June 2, 2006
anon101
This is the best PDA i have ever owned! It is versatile, with its unique jog dial, I can select and scroll thru documents with ease, it has a long battery life - between 7 to 12 days for me, if I do not surf the net. The screen is good sized with great colors and resolution.

I am sorry that Sony does not make any more PDAS..


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