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Almost there.

No Bluetooth, the RAM should be at least 64K and it should all be wrapped up in a phone.

I'm still hoping for only one device.

I think Palm is listening. Let's see.

Glad to see this site stop worshipping pa1mone handhelds exclusively. Say what you will, but my last sony was just so solid, dependable, and efficient.

Zodiac2/T616
1.128 gigs under the hood.

>>>Three things keep me from buying a TH55

You fiend! Popping my lust bubble!

BUT!

Do any of them have a transparent flip lid?

Can any of them do over five hours of WiFi?*

Can any of them do over 24 hours of MP3?*

(*Well, that's what Sony says. Don't blame me if it's wrong or just hype...)

Will any of them have a JogDial (OK, dammit, even a Roller!)?

Just one more thing, the memory stick will be hidden under the plastic door in the side? I hope so, though suspiciously I have not seen any pic to prove this...

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Former Tapwave's Helix fan, now a T|T3 fan.

>>"Will any of them have a JogDial (OK, dammit, even a Roller!)?"<<

I've found the D-Pad on my T3 (and the T1/T2 before it), while not completely replacing the Jog Dial, go a long way towards it. I haven't miss the jog as much as I thought I would.

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Sean

Always remember that you are unique. Just like everyone else.

Isn't there a 3rd party app to do that by this point? Between the NX/NZ lines, the UXes and now these, I should think someone would have put that out for Sony and maybe for others...

For that matter, a 3rd party app to customize toolbars (add functions, hide any that aren't used, etc.) would be fantastic... I'd love to have a mini-battery icon on the toolbar of my T3 and not have to tap the time to see it, and have it not change color in some apps...

I tend to agree with you, this datebook may be a step back... anyway, my main use is TO DO so I'll have to wait for that.

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Former Tapwave's Helix fan, now a T|T3 fan.

Or say, the Te2? Even if the Te2 is OS5, it is still waaaay better than the TH55 (unless wifi is your preference) because it actually supports landscape and has a dpad. The jog dial is no substitue.

Hey Mike, just a thought here. I've had a couple of PDA's that provided the functionality I wanted but I didn't like it's appearance. The HE330 was one of them (although it's appearance did grow on me over time). IMHO, a good solution/compromise is to buy a nice case. I like flip-up lids, so I generally get one from E&B or Vaja, depending on how much money I have at a given time. Both cases have turned out to be elegant solutions.

I know you're in love with this Sonly, though. I was just offering a suggestion if you just happen to not like it once you get your hands on it. =)

Hmm...that reminds me, I wonder how the case makers will adapt to this thing, given the funky position of the front buttons and back jog dial?

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Sean

Always remember that you are unique. Just like everyone else.

and exactly where did you find the info about the european version?

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Former Tapwave's Helix fan, now a T|T3 fan.

The largest two mobile carriers in the US (Verizon and Sprint) still do not support BlueTooth. I am not really sure what the holdup is. My sales VZON rep keeps hinting of rumors of a BT GSM phone, but it's been over a year since he's been telling me that, and I don't know what VZON is currently doing to improve their GSM network support. I know they are building one, but word is, it's only available in large metro areas. I keep hearing that no CDMA phones support BT, but I tend to think that the two largest carriers in the US could exert at least a little pressure on the manufacturers to change that. That is, unless there's some technical reason CDMA phones don't support BT. (Maybe a conflict in frequencies or something?)

Arthur

Palm Pilot 1000 > Palm Pilot Professional > Palm III > Palm M100 > Sony Clié PEG-T415 > Palm T|T3

There is a CDMA bluetooth phone. Its the Sony-Ericsson T608. Its supported by Sprint.

>>>weigh playing really processor intensive games for 2 hours vs having a reliable, top of the line 320 x 480 screen palm pilot with very respectable speed and battery life

That's the cause of most of the complaints: It'll suck for games.

But I don't plan to play CPU-taxing games, so it's a damned good machine for me.

I just hope that when it comes to running real WP (Textmaker, WordSmith, or QuickWord), I won't regret these words...

Impressive battery life, anyone know what size battery is in the TH55?

I run native office apps on my UX-50 using DTG6. It does pretty well. Simple Word docs and Excel spreadsheets open right up. Larger sheets take a moment, but nothing inconvenient. Sure, the T3 I had for a while was faster, but not by as much as you'd think. (Converted docs still run faster.)

I love the handheld engine. It's the same philosophy as a Pentium M chip, or a turbo charger on a car: power only when you need it. I love that I can play MP3's on my UX-50 for hours and hours, where I couldn't on the T3.

There is a third party program that was put out to fix the problem with the T3 getting hung up after media clips, but they also added a setup where you could set the bus speed and processor speed for each application. I found that by dropping the processor speed down on all the applications that didn't need it, I could easily triple the battery life from my T3. The software was free and it still worked fine after Palm put out the bug fix. I would say that this program should be a must have for T3 owners. I think the name of the program is T3 Optimizer.

Bluetooth really sucked the battery life out of the T3 and it is easier on batteries than WiFi. I really need WiFi for some software I am developing for sale and if a user can only get 1 hr of use out of WiFi or Bluetooth, it is pretty worthless to me. I think that the Sony TH55 looks like exactly what I have been looking for. I do wish it had bluetooth built in. I suspect that this is a marketing ploy. Release a later version in the US with Bluetooth and get all the suckers that have the TH55 to buy the new one. Bluetooth is also much more common in Europe where GSM is the norm. I suspect that Sony's marketing people decided that leaving Bluetooth out of the Euro version would inhibit sales. Unfortunately, this is how the decisions are made on these type of things in the bored rooms of corporations.

This is my first post here so I would like to also just say hello to everyone. I hope that this forum will help educate me and that I can give something back. I am pretty new to the PDA scene. I got my first on about a year and a half ago. Since then I have been working on how to produce and supply custom programs to industry for use on factory floors. I own a business that works with instrumentation and controls and I see this is a natural evolution for my company.I want to put real time info into manufacturing production managers pockets. I can think ofmany possible applications. On that note, I would welcome feedback and suggestions if anyone wants. Hopefully that statement did not violate the TOS for this message board. This was not meant to be spam and I hope no one sees it as such.

Thanks

HoPpeR (PaulM@wiredog.com)