Product Description

PEG-TJ37 delivers wireless freedom, rich productivity and multimedia features. With built-in wireless LAN (802.11b), you can access the Internet wirelessly at home, the office, and public hotspots where the Wi-Fi network is available. Take a picture with the built-in digital camera, make a free-hand note, and email the files to your office. TJ37 also offers natural handwriting recognition by Decuma Input. TJ37 makes your office portable - with Picsel Viewer you can review Mircosoft documents and PDF files. Enjoy MP3 music with TJ37 on your flight home from your business trip. TJ37 has all of your business and personal data needs covered. ... Read more

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

Reviews (25)

Great PDA for PDA functions
People are asking too much for a PDA to be a PDA. If you want to get an all-in-one device, then get a smartphone/black-berry kind of thing. This is a PDA and it worked well for me. The only thing that doesn't come with it is the voice recorder (but you can alway make some notes). I got it for about $155 brand new in the box, and I think it's worth for the price.
Sony screen resolution is alway the best. Internet connection is great. Yes, you need an extra memory stick (but it's cheaper now with 512MB MS-Pro for about $55 online). Sony stops making PDAs. Therefore, these PDA will be "collectable" Sony brand PDAs soon.

Clie is the palm to go with
I read through many reviews on amazon before buying so I thought I would give my opinion on some of the issues.The two biggest complaints I saw were about the stylus being too small and the battery being too delicate.I was a little worries about the stylus because I write a lot (actually wore out my last palm's writing surface), but I figured I would carry my own stylus.This was not necessary because the Clie stylus is great!I have no idea what the complaints were based on.It is a retractable stylus, meaning it is small when you remove it but it extends to the length of a normal, comfortable stylus.In fact, the design is very smart :)As for the battery, mine works great -- although I've only had the Clie a few weeks.however, I imagine that some people who were complaining about battery failure did not take care of the battery.Every lithium battery is delicate.The best way to preserve the life of your batter is to calibrate it once every 3 months.This means completely draining the battery down to 0 before charging it up again.if you don't do this your battery life will become less and less over time.In conclusion, this is the best Palm I've ever used.It is snappy, runs 3rd party apps very well, has an easy to use launcher, nice graphics, camera takes nice pictures, wireless works great (although it supports limited encryption types), all in all a great purchase :)

Extended Warranty is worthless on this unit
I purchased the Sony Clie PEG-TJ37 because it had the features I was looking for at a reasonable price. I did't want to learn a new operating system. The unit worked perfect for the first six months. I did experince some problems with the built-in software but was able to upload patches to fix the wireless connectivity problems. The camera was excellent. Being able to take digital pictures and then send them via the internet wirelessly was such a comfort. I never used the mp3 player. All other funtions as for as hot sync's of software was a snap. The problems I had were due tothe flimsy cover to protect the screen. It lost one of the rubber hinges and didn't offer much protection. I purchased the 2 year extended warranty from Sony. That also was a big mistake. My unit would not cut off and the screen was cracked due to an accidental drop. The warranty was to have covered this, but I found out later that it didn't cover the cracked screen. I am very hesitant about buying another PDA from Sony for this reason. I will never pay for an extended warranty again. I have been asked to pay 147.00 to repair the unit even after purchasing the extended coverage which i refuse to pay. Hopefully I can find another unit and if I do pay for any insurance I wll make sure that what is told me by the salesman is also written and underlined in the contract before buying.

Good features, bad construction, ugly customer support
I purchased the PEG-TJ37 because it had an excellent suite of features.I was disapointed to find out that some of those features didn't work unless you threw down another 100 bucks for a reasonably sized memory stick.I was happy with the WiFi feature, which was the main reason i got it.I also thought the camera was great.Many people thought of it as a gimmicky extra feature, but it works better than any cell phone camera that i had used, and it seems more fitting for a pda to have a camera.It was especially useful for capturing signs or pages in books at the library, and i could see potential for it in a lab environment to get quick snapshots of results.Sony could have done more to legitimize it's integration into a pda, like including optical character recognition software to allow you
to take pix of text and incorporate it into memos.

My disillusionment with this product began with the poor battery life.That coupled with the switches tendency to be turned on in my pocket was a disaster.I went for a run of losing data everyday due to the battery being completely drained.Luckily
i did go ahead and purchase a memory stick so i was able to back up the clie and restore the data from anywhere, once i managed to get it charged.

Within a month of owning the clie i noticed a screw was missing,
now at 4 months all but one have fallen out.

3 months after i got it, the camera button stopped working.

at 4 months the digitizer on the screen broke while it was in my pocket.

This made the device useless so i called customer service to get it fixed.I was given the same run around as others on this sight, "the screen isn't covered no matter how gentle you were
with it, pay us $140 and we'll fix it."That is more than half of it's current value.

You know, I could have looked up the warranty before i purchased
this product and seen that screens weren't covered.I probably would have purchased it anyway, not knowing just how darn fragile
the clie was.Maybe I was naive to think that Sony would make a quality product and that if they messed up they would stand behind the product anyway.But they made a poor product and have failed to stand behind it.This is my third pda and the first that essentially fell apart.My first was a Palm m100 which i replaced because i needed something better, but it stood up to 3 years of use and still works.My second was a Visor pro, which also proved to be very durable, lasting about 2 1/2 years before the buttons started to malfunction.And now here i am 4 months after purchasing the most expensive of my pda's and it's a paper weight.

Decent PDA, but extras left me wanting.
The Sony TJ37 is my fourth PDA since 1998, when I jumped on the bandwagon with the first Palm III (since then: IIIxe, Clie SJ30, and now Clie TJ37). Back when I first had the Palm III, I wrote a memo to myself entitled, "When this technology will be worth it" The items I wanted in this palm-sized device were:

1) A full-fledged desktop computer with unrestricted internet access
2) A radio
3) A TV
4) A telephone
5) A weather station (therm., baro.)
6) GPS device
7) Almanac

The TJ37 offers none of those. It does have 802.11b support, which comes in handy if you're at a hotspot. The bundled browser is a passable solution for on-the-go email checking, although it doesn't work with certain websites, like Gmail). Other bundled software is appreciated, but not the boon to the PDA industry it should be. PicselViewer is the only stand-out among the new Sony-specific applications (a multi-format document viewer). I still found myself going back and installing apps that go above and beyond the limited offerings of programs for DateBook and the like.

The biggest selling point for me was the inclusion of MP3 support (via the slick-looking AeroPlayer) and the digital camera, both of which excited that part of my brain that's excited about convergence of technologies. But, as with all Swiss-Army-Knife-style gadgets, the add-ons were underwhelming in their functionality.

AeroPlayer is limited to how much Memory Stick storage you have available (an empty 64 MB stick will get you less than a full album's worth of songs) and the anemic battery life while playing the music.

The camera is likewise underwhelming, performing particularly poorly in low light situations. Exposure time is automatic, with no user control available, so unless you have a steady hand, you'll find yourself with grainy, blurry, yellow-hued pictures more often than not. Pictures in settings with more ambient light fare somewhat better, though the low resolution makes this camera far from a replacement for the dedicated digital cameras on the market now (even the cheapest ones have resolutions four times higher than the Clie's highest resolution setting. Still, the camera is good to have in a pinch.

The TJ37 was my first exposure to Palm OS5, and I found the OS unable to meet the hype of its rollout. It includes a new Grafitti handwriting-recognition algorithm that more closely resembles normal handwriting. The downside of this only occurs to folks who have become used to the old style of Grafitti. I found myself unable to create captial letters, T's, I's, L's and K's properly until I forced myself to relearn the system. But that falls under the category of annoyance more than debilitating feature.

In terms of form factor, it's almost exactly the same as my previous Clie, the SJ30. The JogDial has been moved to a position of prominence between the four hard-wired buttons below the silkscreen area, a change I appreciated very much. Flanking the JogDial on either side are a pair of navigation buttons that would be extremely helpful if they'd been used by more applications. Perhaps the best feature in the case is the addition of a "hold" position to the power button. This prevents the Clie's power being sucked dry by a accidental pressing in a pocket or purse. The new stylus design did not bother me as much as it has some other reviewers, and indeed I appreciated the engineering it took to get a full-sized (if telescoping) stylus in to the case. The drawback is tha tif you lose it, you're pretty much out of luck, as it's a stylus design common to no other PDA.

All in all, the TJ37 seemed to promise much, but the overall execution left it wanting. The new features, while appreciated, were carried out in the lackluster manner that befits a line of products that Sony is phasing out of America. ... Read more

Product Description

Suunto N3 Smart Computer Watch. The Suunto N3 Wristop computer Smart Watch will change the way you interpret your world by bringing internet content to your wrist. The N3 makes useful items like weather, stock quotes, news, and sports instantly accessible. It keeps you connected to friends, coworkers, and family through instant messenger (MSN Messenger) and calendar (Microsoft Outlook) programs. The N3 only receives informationso you won't be able to immediately reply to messages. It is, quite simply, a revolutionary step forward in mobile internet technology. So how does it work? The Suunto N3 is a MSN Direct device, so youll need a paid subscription to the service (www.msndirect.com). MSN Direct has service areas throughout the 50 United States, District of Columbia, and Canada. It currently reaches close to 120 metropolitan areas. Simply plug the N3 into your computers USB port, log on to MSN Direct, and customize the data that is continually sent to your new watch. The watch is simple to set up, learn, and easy to use. Of course, the N3 has all your favorite sports watch features as well: a stopwatch, lap and split times, an interval timer, programmable alarms, time, and date. ... Read more

Features

• Rugged body, water resistant to 100m
• Stocks, news, personal messages, and more--delivered wirelessly to your watch
• One of the first devices to use MSN Direct, a wireless subscription service
• Automatically updates to the correct local time when you travel
• Customizable data channels and watch faces

Reviews (12)

Good product. - Thick
Pros:
humongous, clear face - stunning
pretty watch
easy user interface
waterproof, bangproof, everything proof
many timer features
MSN Direct - like nothing else

Cons:
$60 per year, unless you just want to keep time for $300
$300 for the watch
THICK - I thought there was a mistake on the amazon review. This seriously is half an inch thick.
No hourly weather

Great product. It is still amazing to me. The backlight is strong, and I get the sports scores while riding my bike! It is easy to use for a "gadget". Note: this is much better than the Fossil/Fossil-Abacus watches. It can take a beating, and recieve messages. Graphics are clear and common. It is a great watch (I believe, because this is my first watch). Just note: this thing is really thick. Every picture seems to hide it, but not this one: shermans.gotdns.com/SuuntoN3.jpg. Think this watch over - it is different. However, it is very good.

Excellent Watch
This is an awesome watch.Forget the naysayers.Just buy it.

overrated, again microsoft in over it's head
I feel gyped after having used this a few months. It has a few neat features and keeps perfect time but it's ugly, heavy and has no two way anything and to have to pay MSN on top of this is obscene

Great but...
I've had my Suunto for about 2 months, and I really like it.

Pros:
-Battery lasts a long time, probably can go 7-10 days without a recharge.When traveling, can recharge from your laptop with a USB port as long as you have the cable.
-Love having Outlook pushed to my watch, don't have to whip out the PDA to see where I need to be next.The watch will count down the amount of time to your next appointment (or how late you are!).
-Correct time as long as you're in the MSN direct service area.
-Sports content is betting better, given the late start time for NBA playoffs, I can pop out of bed in the AM and check out the scores and the box scores.
-Excellent customer support from MSNdirect.I've e-mailed tech support and always gotten a response - one that works - within a couple of hours.

Cons:
-Will MSN direct survive or will you be left with a $300 watch that functions like a $20 watch?
-Some features a little buggy - I've had to reset the watch to receive content and correct time information when traveling.
-The only watch that will cost you $60 every year that you own it.You could buy a lot of watches for that money.

Bottom line: great for gadget-freaks, the obsessive compulsive (always have the correct atomic-clock time), those with busy calendars.For me, taking a stealth peak at my watch versus pulling out a PDA or cell phone is less disruptive/obtrusive in many meeting settings.

Cool product which might not survive
Really a neat, smart product, especially if you love new electronic toys. What I am concerned about is not the watch but Microsoft, which with its notorious arrogance might kill it before it has the chance to grow and glow
Their customer support is everything but support. The "first line" technician is very polite, but cannot help beyond taking your info and refering you to a "specialist", which if you are lucky, will call you in 4-5 (business) days.
Microsoft is not very good in keeping their promises either; they say the sport channal is"around the corner" and even use it in their ads, but it has been just around the corner for the last three months. They also promise "new watch face every month", well I own the watch for 3 month now and got just one new face when I subscribed.
So it's in Microsoft power to keep this watch ticking... ... Read more

Features

• Perfect for hikes or multi-vehicle road trips
• Accurate digital watch functions
• FCC self licensing necessary for GMRS Channels 15-22
• VOX ( Voice Activated )
• Backlit LCD Display

Reviews (2)

palm os problems
Purchased this product for Palm OS...upon loading onto PC and attemting to transfer to new Palm with plenty of memory discovered it won't allow it to load without buying an expansion card.Customer service consists ONLY of email support which takes days to respond.Don't know yet how good the product itself is yet, but Palm users beware.

A whole new way to learn spanish!
This program takes spanish language learning software to a whole new level.Advanced spanish is an appropriate title for this program since It literally immerses you in the language with an actual spanish soap opera episode.You can practice in a number of ways, as well as take quizzes.Some of the activities include a visually based vocabulary program.In this area of the software the program shows you a still from the movie with an object circled and you name the word in spanish.Others include listening for the missing word in a conversation- harder than it sounds. You can watch the movie with and without spanish subtitles so you can follow along with the script or try to watch it without. Some minor- very minor- technical glitches not really affecting the operation of the program or use of it prevent me from giving this a full 5 stars.But a really great, well rounded buy! ... Read more

Features

• Choose from 16 complete Bible versions for Palm OS or Pocket PC
• Each full Bible version is about 1.4 MB--install just the versions of interest
• Includes Bibles written in French, German, and Spanish to compare translations
• Easy-access toolbar for creating and jumping to bookmarked quotes
• Search tools that operate by word, phrase, book; fully-customizable viewer

Features

• Locate any street address in the continental U.S. and map out a route to get you there quickly
• Zoom in on any particular area and watch as the details of streets and roads are mapped out before your eyes
• Find the fastest and most efficient way to any spot in the country, with the full-color maps of streets, landmarks and historical sites
• Browse through a complete listing of restaurants, hotels, campgrounds and other points of interest
• Quickly calculate distances between cities to determine driving time

Features

• Store your photos on a Photo Album the size of a Postage Stamp!
• Includes Handmark's Photo Editing software
• Easy AND Intuitive
• Drag & Drop

Features

• Create address-to-address routes anywhere in the U.S. directly on your handheld computer
• Includes street-level maps for the entire U.S., from rural roads to detailed city streets
• Includes Canadian primary and secondary roads
• Quickly locate on detailed maps your address book contacts
• Store the maps on removable-media devices

Reviews (12)

I agree, it is pathetic
I bought the software to calculate mileages between two points. I operate a trucking business and drive myself. I want to calculate the distance say, between Raleigh, NC and Philadelphia, PA. I have a 1 gig compact flash card I bought to store the map data on. It was hopeless to even think about loading the east coast onto the memory card. I sat there for an hour highlighting the entire east coast(selecting blocks). I had 21,000 blocks selected. The desktop worked all night trying to save this file. I never did get it to work. DeLorme acts like this software is so versatile. The object of using a Handheld computer for mapping is to store mapping info and perform useful functions in the field as they may arise. This software is for someone who would rather save a small map on a pda rather than use the paper one they have or print one and take it along. I am also returning this software. It is a joke and a real dissapointment. I have a few other quotes but they would be inappropriate to post here. I hate to even rate it with one star. -5 stars would be more like it.

Crashes when you try to make a route!Worthless!
I have the 2005 version.It is worthless.It will not allow you to route from current GPS position to a point.And...when you try to map a shortest or quickest route, the system freezes after up to 5 minutes of "thinking" the computation.The software is only effective at routing for very short routes.Anything I tried over 10 miles would take at least 5 minutes to compute.And I'm using a newer HP Ipaq with plenty of memory.This software stinks.If you buy a GPS go with some other software.

pitiful
I used to like DeLorme's products.THis one is poor at best as far as being functional.GPS takes forever to locate, map loading from desktop to PDA is not as easy as the interface would have you believe, and you cannot adjust zoom level manually.

As poor as the Pharos / Ostia package is, it beats DeLorme in functionality.I wish it had the POI and address info that DeLorme has ... better yet, I wish DeLorme had thier functionality.I am returning the DeLorme product in the morning.

Do Not Purchase - Major Flaws
I unfortunately purchased the Delorme USA 2004 Handheld Street Atlas.I can't believe Delorme would release such a third rate product.

What is good. The maps are ok, some pretty good POI, but I found them to not be placed correctly on the maps, in some cases up to a mile off.

What is bad. Quite a bit.The maps are slow to load, you can't re-calculate a route if you take a wrong turn (which makes the program pretty much completely worthless), Locations can't be saved on the PDA, so you need to re-type them every time you want to make a route, the app does not take advantage of the Clie long screen. Street level detail is lacking when zoomed in at the lowest level - simple things like street names. When traveling, the cursor that indicates your location is usually off - this once again depends on finding the correct zoom level.

Door to Door directions is a bit misleading if you ask me. Searching is horrendous. It does not allow for saved searches, so once again, you need to type stuff over again and again.

I hope the 30 day guarantee still applies. I wish I read these reviews before I bought this.

A flawed product
I'm returning this product.I couldn't get out the starting gate because of poor documentation.It was very unclear how to transfer maps from a PC to a Palm T3 SD Card.Other reviewers point out that you can't do address lookups on the PDA which limits the usefullness of this package.I was planning to use this software with Delorme's Earthmate GPS receiver.I'm now looking at the TomTom T3 GPS offering instead. ... Read more

Features

• Global Search for searching the comprehensive database
• 17,000+ cross-referenced entries; over 5,000 cross-references
• Includes alphabetical subcategory index
• Subject Area divides the alphabet into easily-navigated sections
• Index displays hundreds of expanded alphabetical records

Reviews (1)

Clarifications
It seemed a bit unclear, but this product WILL work on the Pocket PC, as well as possibly any other device, as long as it runs the Town Compass Data Viewer. For it to function, just create (it's probably already there) a 'Town Compass' folder on your Storage Card, then copy TC_WORLD BOOK '03.PDB from your CD's INSTALL folder to it. You should then be able to open up Town Compass and the "Palm Database" should be loaded. ... Read more

Product Description

More than just a simple data device, the Pocket PC e400 Series features smart hands-free applications including text-to-speech and voice commands to launch applications for greater productivity while on-the-go. Powered by the battery-efficient Intel PXA261 processor with Intel XScale technology at 300MHz, the Toshiba Pocket PC e400 Series provides the performance you need to keep you organized and productive. A built-in SD card slot is also included to store your favorite digital and audio files. ... Read more

Features

• Touch Panel:Analog resistance sensitive system touch panel
• Controls/Buttons:5 way navigation button; 4 application keys- calendar, contacts, task
• Meno; 3 function navigator (Toshiba Scroller) for up, down and action
• Reset switch, voice record button, Power on/off button, battery on/off switch, hold switch, stylus pen
• 3.5" TFT transreflective color display, 240 x 320 (portrait) resolution (16 bit)

Features

• This massive collection of PDA software has a complete list of education, productivity, reference, and utility programs
• Take fun IQ tests, organize your schoolwork, or learn a new language in your spare time
• Complete selection of personal tools help you track your bank account, your calories and even your personal thoughts
• A complete reference library is at your fingertips -- access dictionaries, atlases, medical guides and more, while you're on the move
• Carry an arcade in your pocket with over 80 games you can choose from

Features

• Create Gantt charts for project scheduling
• Learn and use a single application for time, to-do, contact and memo management
• Use built-in spell-checker to correct spelling in built-in word processor, journal, memos, and notes
• Store miscellaneous information in the highly flexible Memo view which also synchronizes to Palm organizers
• Create and view multiple private and public accounts at once

Reviews (3)

The best PIM software for the Mac
Personal Organizer is by far the most powerful yet user friendly personal information manager that exists for the Mac platform.It runs flawlessly on OS9 through OS 10.3.Lets touch upon a few of this program's many strengths: ability to display multiple views (month, week, day, notes, custom lists) simultaneously; ability to assign multiple categories to names, appointments, to-dos and memos; ability to make individual entries private to avoid unintended viewing of sensitive data; ability to link calandar entries to individual contact entries; and reliable synchroniztion to Palm compatible organizers.It also has a daily journal feature. The main drawback is that the software has not been updated in two years, which makes one wonder if any future updates are forthcoming and how that might impact future software/hardware compatibility issues.

Good but poor customer service
Excellent software - did not need an update since installing it under OSX 10.0 or 10.1, now running under 10.3.4 - and it outperforms rival products. Many options, customizable, rich in features.
However, the company never responds to questions, does not provide holiday calendars (you can make them yourself, but that's not a strong point obviously), and it did not provide updates in the last two years. Forf example, the export / import facility is in need of improvement (Address Book...).

They have started to advertize their product aggressively - I hope, they will now also do something with it.

Excellent organizer for Mac
At first, I was overwhelmed by all this could do but quickly caught on and fell in love with it! Lots of helps to get the most out of this fully customizable organizer. A must for anyone who uses mac and who loves efficiency. Highly recommended software. ... Read more

Features

• Select wines with confidence -- over 10,000 different wines from around the world are described
• Get up-to-date information on reviews, prices, region, grape variety and more
• Look up the definitions to over 1,400 different wine-tasting phrases
• Manage your wine collection more easily with the powerful and easy-to-use cataloguing tools
• You can even beam wine details to another handheld to share your newfound knowledge of the vine!

Features

• Complete collection of the Old and New Testaments, plus the Apocrypha, Koran and the Book Of Mormon
• Multiple translation and reference works to expand knowledge and improve interpretation skills
• Popular Bible passages are in easy reach with the Hypertext Search
• Images and photographs take users on a tour of the Holy Land
• Also features religious clip art and fun Bible quizzes and activities

Features

• This 3 CD set makes it easy to speak a foreign tongue and make your way outside the English-speaking world
• If you to register for a hotel, do some shopping, etc. in another country, don't worry -- the Voice Translator tools will help you communicate in six different languages
• Lose the bad accent when learning a new language with the special Accent Elimination tools for three langauges
• Full collection of translated words -- the 400,000 word dictionary for your handheld will help you learn faster
• You can now translate up to 23 different languages with this incredible translation tool!

Features

• Translate, review, and quiz yourself instantly
• The fastest, most intuitive way to learn American Sign Language
• 2 complete software programs: ASL Basic and ASL Vocabulary
• Over 600 key words and phrases
• 550+ animated illustrations and instruction show proper hand/finger positions

Features

• Easily look up word definitions and more recently used words
• Complete world-wide global translator
• Features a collection of the most widely used languages
• Easy translation to and from English
• Includes 20 different languages

Reviews (1)

Overall Good
Ok I searched a bunch of translators for my trip to Europe and found this one to be the best.

Don't expect to be speaking the language or translating the bible into Romanian.

It is good if you have a background in a language and need something to help out your vocabulary.It takes about 5 to 10 seconds to find the word you are looking for and translate it into whatever language you desire.

More popular languages or those more broadly spoken have a much larger volume of words.Overall if you are traveling to Europe or parts of Asia it would be difficult to find a word you could not translate.I wish I had this when I was in school for both my spanish and german classes.

Cons:You don't transfer all 20+ languages onto your handheld, rather you pick which ones you want.I selected about 8 but I still have plenty of memory to bring a few more.Rare languages will only have basic words so don't expect too much.Also no dirty words translated.

Pros:Hey if you are in a science class this is a MUST.I was a science major and the latin translation would have helped out a ton since most biology/anatomy is labeled in latin.If you are traveling this is nice to have when looking at a menu and making sure you aren't ordering sheep balls or something.Its quick to switch from german to english to english to french.Its like having a pocket translation book for 20 languages in one dictionary.All words come with brief (and i mean like 3 or 4 words) defintion.

Overall this product does just what it says.I gave it 4 out of 5 stars because the CD is having problems now after 2 months.It may just be mine or a scratch I accidentally did, but whatever the case I can't add greek which I wanted. ... Read more