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Sony Clie PEG-TJ37/U Handheld | List Price: $299.99
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Brand: Sony
Binding: Electronics
Features: - Palm OS version 5.2, i.MXL application 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 (320 x 320 dots, 65,536 colors)
- Integrated Memory Stick slot (compatible with optional Memory Stick Pro media)
- Internal lithium-ion polymer rechargeable battery
I traded up from an N760C.... [Posted on 2005-10-30]
I love the TJ37. It has all the apps the average user would need, plus a few more. It comes with the regular palm os apps like datebook, to do, and memo, but also has great features like:
*aeroplayer - mp3 player. Songs are played from a memory stick, up to 128 meg (I have a 128X2 and it works just fine)
*camera - good little camera for those times when you didn't expect to need one
*clie mail - email server for pop3 and smtp
*clie memo - draw/write on it like it's an endless supply of post-it notes. Comes in handy a lot when just jotting quick notes.
*clie viewer - quickly view any pictures on your handheld or memory stick
*netfront - good little web browser for your wi-fi
*picsel viewer - to view e-books and other documents. Can be viewed either landscape or portrait, which comes in handy.
A previous review was incorrect: the TJ37 does come with a mail service (clie mail) which I have successfully linked with my outlook.
The wi-fi was the selling point for me. Unfortunately, about 9 months after purchasing it, I went to bed at night and woke up to find my clie would not turn on. It had completely drained itself. Once charged up and hot-synced to get my data back, the wifi would no longer work. Seems since I had popped the memory stick out while the unit was off, it continues to "think" it is on and drains the battery completely dead, losing all data. That erased my mac address. There is a fix on the sony site for the draining problem, but it was too late for me. My wifi no longer works through the unit. After a couple months of searching and a quote from sony for $138 just to mail it in to be looked at, I found a memory stick wireless LAN card on amazon for 50 bucks that has fixed my problem. My clie is fully functioning again with the LAN card.
As an engineer, I find that the memory on this particular unit is more than sufficient for any data files needed for third party apps. I have 2 memory sticks (128X2) full of apps that I run on this Clie and I still have 16megs left on the handheld. According to Sony, it can handle up to a 1 gig stick for data.
My only complaints would be the problem I (and others, as found on threads on the internet) have had with the wifi going dead after a battery drain and the stylus is less than useful due to it's design. As for that, carry an extra full-size.
For the price, I highly recommend this handheld.
Best PDA Available [Posted on 2006-03-07]
This is the best PDA that I have ever owned. It had everything that I wanted when i bought it.
This PDA is made very well and it is high quality. Compared to many other leading brand PDA's this is farily small for it's features. It's camera is not for printing pictures but it is good for taking camera-phone quality pictures. It's has a little speaker on the back for the various sounds it makes, but while you are using AreoPlayer (the program used to listen to MP3's) the speaker is basically useless. The speaker is so tiny that it can't get above 30 decibles. So if you are planning on using this for a MP3 Player then you will want to use headphones.
Overall this is a very good PDA and I would recommend it to anyone who is looking for a good, small, high quality PDA.
EXCELLENT! [Posted on 2006-08-31]
This handheld did everything I needed it to do and I would recommend it to anyone.
Started crashing after a year - Sony is no help [Posted on 2007-04-19]
The TJ37 is, when it's working, a pretty nice PDA. The camera is so-so, but OK as an added bonus. Don't expect anything other than a blurry, blotchy sort of pic out of it though. Battery life is mediocre at best. The stylus is actually painful to use for more than a few minutes.
On the other hand wireless works well, although it's a battery hog, making a bad situation worse. The screen is clean and bright enough. The form factor is great. I love the roller wheel.
The TJ37 uses a Sony memory stick as addon mass storage, which is a minus. SD would have been better. The screws holding the unit together backed out and disappeared, and Sony wants $$$ for them.
After a year, mine started crashing hard and the only way to get it back is with a hard reset. Even after running it with just the pre-installed apps, it still crashes. Sony wanted more to fix it than it was worth. So it sits on my pile of dead hardware while I use a Tungsten E2 and enjoy hugely better battery life, no loss of data when the battery dies (which take some doing - I can go for several weeks on the Palm, just a couple days on the Sony), and an overall better experience. Too bad the Palm doesn't have a camera, but other than that it's a better machine than the Sony for considerably less money.
Still going [Posted on 2007-06-27]
I've been running my Clie now for several years and have yet to have any of the major problems others complain about. I do occasionally have to do a hard reset but that's only when I'm surfing the internet and hit a page that's far more complex than my browser can handle.
The only major drawback I've run into with this PDA is the battery life. It starts off ok when you first get it but over time, it takes longer to recharge and delivers much less power per charge. When I first got it, I had no problem running the mp3 player for an hour or two. Two months ago I was lucky if I could run more than three songs before it drained out.
But there's always hope. You can buy replacement batteries online pretty cheap these days and they last a whole lot longer than the one that comes installed.
Decent memory, expandable memory sticks, good set of onboard software and I LOVE the little jog dial. Just watch out for that battery life.
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