Sony Announces PEG-T600C

It can use .WAV files at least. And there's a CompactFlash sleeve! The first CLIE that doesn't -- apparently -- need Memory Stick for storage. (You can use the MS slot for the camera or GPS sticks that were also announced.)

There's no built in MP3 player but there is an accessory for it (see link below). They'd all ship by December 8.

http://makeashorterlink.com/?R1E425C2

Reggie
cliesource.com

CF sleeve??

Very very cool. I'm not a big fan of adding a bulky sleeve to my device, but since this device is small to begin with, the sleeve might just expand it to be a regular PDA's width.

CF would be great. It's the cheapest memory i've found out there.

I'm afraid it won't be supporting CF Memory - just CF comms... so you still only have MS as a memory format.

You didn't think Sony would let you ue something other than MS would you??? :-)

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hey..........it could happen.

not very likely, still.

:)

Are you quite sure of that?! Even if Sony doesn't support it, who said a 3rd-party couldn't hack it?

Hmmm... I have checked other sites. What *Sony* is saying is that this CF sled is a "Communications Card Adapter" (it hs its own battery too, if I'm not mistaken). But this *is* CF. There has to be a way to make it access just CF memory. I'm sure someone will hack it. (There's a CF adapter for the m5xxs out in Japan that connects to the UC port. If that can work, so could this.)

MP3 accessory pic:
http://www.zdnet.co.jp/mobile/palm/0111/19/PEG-T600C_PEGA-SA10.jpg

Babelfish Translation:
"Power source to be supplied from the CLIE, music playback time approximately 4 - 5 hours. As for size 30×74×12 millimeter, as for weight 40 grams. As for bit rate 32 - 128kbps (sampling 44.1kHz) . The headphone and installation CD-ROM et cetera of inner ear type belong to the product. As for price open price (approximately market expectation price 1 ten thousand 3000 Yen)."

Isn't that simply the same MP3 clip on that the S320 and the N600 can use, with a new connector for the T series?

Yes. When the T415 was announced, they announced an audio adapter for it at the same time. It was described to me just like you just did, as the same adapter with a different plug.

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Yup, they didn't forget to include it. I think it's a better solution to make it a separate accessory since not everyone wants it. Also, it brings the price down.

I have a brand new 760c that I haven't even opened yet (the box is still shrink-wrapped). I'm thinking I don't really need the MP3 features, so I may sell it and get a 700c instead. What do you think I can get for the unopened 760c?

almost what i had in mind except for a 66 MHz proc. may get this. Since I'm in Asia, I'll think it'll get here first. Especially with taiwanese fixation on all things Japanese.

Heh-heh.

Oh,yes...u r right ...'Patriot Blue' . ha ha ha

Comparing to Sony, Palm is a BIG JOKE (in fact, same for all three "original" Palm manufacturers: Palm, Handspring, and Handera)! I am a certified idoit --- placed an order (M505, because the net price is around $300) over the weekend from Dell. With this new Sony Clie, I am sending tons of email to Dell to cancel my order!!!

i hope you like waiting....

When the 710 is out....: m505 is thinner...!
When the 760 is out....: OS 4.0 on m505is good enough dud...
When the T415 is out....: m505's screen is colour!
When the T600 is out....: Palm, anymore things left?

Palm......it's really time for you to do something.....other than the patriot blue......LoL

When the T600 is out....: m505 has America RED !!!

Let's see.... according to Palm's marketing history... Tiger Wood edition m505 (green)? Pamela Anderson Edition (blonde)?

... Sorry, but I just cannot stop joking at Palm's creativity and innovation!!!

In my opinion, the above comparison should be like this:

When the 710 is out....: none of the palm PDA can play MP3...!
When the 760 is out....: palm still only has the old 505 and think it's good enough...
When the T415 is out....: the equiv class m500 is still using 160x160!
When the T600 is out....: Palm, anymore things left?

When the m505 has America RED !!!....: N610C got 2 colors 1/2 year ago (don't forget that T600 got 2 colors too :)

well.. CLIE T600C has Japanese Silver.... VS m505 American Red

Gee, Palm is really mucking it. To try and sell duds by calling it America Red and Patriotic Blue? Thank God somebody had the sense to send cArL Yankovich (or is he really Carl Yankowski?) to spend the rest of his days somwehere else where his jokes will have a more appreciating audience.

But I guess one last joke from this joker is just too much to take. Maybe he thought he could kill 2 birds with one stone by sending leftover colored M505's to Kabul and write it off as Palm goodwill.

Jeff Hawkins, can you please spare us from more bad jokes?

Yes, I agree with you all, Sony is releasing more
advanced pdas, but we cannot just laugh at Palm
just because M505 is not as advanced as T series.
At least they created it! (ok, ok, it was 3com).
Anyway, Sony is huge, has lots of resources and
they also have tradition in delivering high quality
tiny devices with metalic cases, which is really
cool (see the long line of portable MD players, one
smaller than the other...)

But Palm is still behind the PalmOS, and they are
doing a good job supporting developers (quality
OS and programs make a good pda). Sony, on the
other hand, is well known for their not-so-good
support, if they also take over the OS it will be
a disaster! Yet, they love to create their own
standards for everything, from Betamax video to
MemoryStick, which I personally don't like.

Anyway, I'm far from Asia and the new T600, but
I'm happy with my T415: nice pda, great OS!

edabe

That's actually a wireless net card, the AirPetit, which seems to be very big in Japan right now. Don't know if it's 802.11b or uses cells ala DoCoMo.

I just heard from my Sony contact that the CF sled will only be available in Japan.

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Those are PHS cards, 14.4kbps (analog) and 64kbps (digital/ISDN).

I knew you would say something and I was waiting. This is 25% thicker than the T415. They COULDN'T fit a color screen into the T415's shape.

Yeah....so m505 can't fit in a m500 case....BIG DEAL!

Bottom line is that this is tinner than m505 and has a 320x320 with MP3 capability, now with CLIE gear they can even expand it way beyond what Palm does. They even surpass their own n610, all available Dec 8

Tell Palm to do that.....or just eat dust!

Keep in mind, it's available IN JAPAN.

Granted, it'll eventually launch in the US, but when?

Once it launches in the US, what if you get a bad unit? Sony is notorious for poor tech support.

Plus, with all this innovation, why on earth is Sony focusing on making the thing a glorified remote control? I've got much better ideas for what my PDA can do - I wish Sony would focus more on that.

Hats off to Sony for their innovation, but let's keep some perspective here...

If you insist on the timing of the new unit.

And when Palm eventually does come up with a 320X320 display, God knows what kind of steps Sony will be taking?

As for tech support, Sony will no longer be able to ignore buyers when CLIE captures 20% of the market, that is just too much to lose. Remember the Lexus story and how they manage to compete with Mercedes and BMW?

You'll get the point....

i'm hoping palm won't come out with ANY 320x320 displays, and would just stick to the new OS 5 and making the 320x240 screens a reality.

If we're still on small square screens (REGARDLESS of resolution) next year, then i'd be very very disappointed.

Bigger screens are needed.

A color version of clie T series at the price point of about $350 US in December.

funny that everybody shot that rumor down in 2 mins.

The phrase "$350 US" is an international-trade designation meaning "350 US Dollars." It does NOT mean the device will be available in the U.S.

Good for the Japanese, but if it's not available in the U.S., then it's still a rumor out here.