Sony's uber PDA

[Gordon Moore]

8O



• Palm OS® software v. 5.0*1

• Built-in 2 Mega-Pixel Camera with flash and 2X digital zoom

• Built-in Bluetooth™ for wireless connectivity with peripherals

• Video recording (MPEG-4) and playback (MPEG-1, MPEG-4) *2

• Integrated wireless communication slot*3 (for PEGA-WL100 card)

• High resolution TFT color display (320 x 480 pixels)

• Swivel LCD design

• Voice recorder function

• Built-in MP3 audio player*2 (Remote controller and headphones supplied)

• Built-in QWERTY layout keyboard

• AV remote control function*4

• Polyphonic audio alert function

• Memory Stick® expansion slot*2

• AV output (via cradle, NTSC/PAL, JPEG only)

• Removable lithium-ion battery


Talk about pushing the envelope!

Even Tungsten is down $200 now.

[Gordon Moore]

Oh yeah...forgot to mention $800.00 USD...*cough*

It IS feature packed though...however you sure wouldn't want to forget it on a bus or something.




"A RONSTER!"

[SiliGoose]

I own (and love) the predesessor to the NZ90, the NR70v. My NR70v also has a built-in camera (though not nearly as good) and has pretty much all the functionality in a much more convenient sized (and priced) unit.

Don't get me wrong, the NZ90 is very impressive but it's so damn big I can't see anyone actually using it. It's larger and much more cumbersome than many 5 megapixel cameras and costs $200 more. Built-in bluetooth is very nice but can be added to the new NX70 without the added bulk. MPEG video playback is cool too but again software playback of Divx files on the cheaper and smaller NR70v & NX70 is almost as good.

Palm's OS5 is just a interim solution to provide minor multimedia upgrades. OS6 should be released within the next year. I look forward to seeing what Sony (the only true innovator in the Palm camp) does with the new OS.




-Sili