Palm vs CLie

[Unregistered]

I know this is a clie site. but im still considering wether to get clie sj33 or palm zire 71... apparently zire 71 provided a good deal for its product and price... and the only clie i can think of dat shoul b able to compare wit zire 71 is nx70v but of cose ther's all those extras and more expensive... wat do u guys think?? please give an unbiased entry cose i was a ppc user changing to palm...

[yOyOYoo]

if you register, i'll give you my unbiased opinion

[Spiral]

If u can find an NX60/NX70V at a price of around 400, I would probably recommend that.

Based on the little time i've used both in a store, I woudl recommend the Zire, esp. since it has a newer OS and is more set for the future (Some argue tho, that OS4 is more compatible at the moment).

[Roni]

the zire has better capabilities than sj33 in what i've heard, but the zire doesn't look very good (in my opinion) but it has excellent value

[hherbzilla]

Originally posted by yOyOYoo
if you register, i'll give you my unbiased opinion :D

Hey, wait a minute... Since it's YOUR opinion, isn't it -- by definition -- already biased? :confused:

[Puppy]

Personal perference obviously, but I think the SJ-33 is ugly, and the Zire 71 is sexy, but anyway...

The Zire 71 is obviously much higher end hardware, but I have a few caveats with it.

Here's my rundown:

Zire 71:
+ Larger, brighter, better screen
+ Fast ARM processor/OS 5 versus an old Dragonball-that mainly just gives the Zire video capabilities
+ Larger, more accurate Graffiti area.

But... the Zire 71 uses JOT (aka "Graffiti 2"), which is aweful compared to Graffiti-and there's no way to replace it (despite what people may tell you about Tealscript, it's not the same thing).
Also, a HUGE number of Zire 71's make a random soft poping sound when clicking (in addition to the system sound). We don't know if that's a hardware or OS problem, and it's honestly not a huge deal or anything.
Also, the Zire 71 can be turned on with the joystick (which can even alter data), making it quesntionalbe how portable the Zire is (there's a free program that's supposed to disable that, but I haven't personally tested it).

Sooooo... it's hard to say. I find the SJ22/33 have inaccurate graffiti, but then the Zire dosen't have Graffiti at all. Personally I'm not crazy about either of them, unfortunatly.

[PDAJah]

Okay

Lowest prices I found.

Clie SJ33 - $255
Zire 71 - $261

I suspect the Zire 71 will get cheaper as it is relatively new. I don't about the Zire 71 but the SJ33 seems much more portable than, for example, the NX60/ NX70V.

[RD100]

I still like the Zire71 over the SJ33. You get MUCH more bang for your buck!

I only wish the Zire71 were not "blue". Silver would have been nice. Black would have been nice. Why blue ???

:D :D :D

[robrecht]

No brainer, Zire 71!  The camera isn't much, but I'm sure it's fun.  It sounds like it has very well integrated software for showing off pictures if that's important to you.

[Rick 098]

If you have a tall enoughf pocket, the NX is VERY portable, VERY thin(for its sise). I like big PDA's better because I know they are in my pocket.
Go for the NX-70V. There is also Hires+, wich is great for reading E-books.

[Rick 098]

Originally posted by PDAJah


Clie SJ33 - $255


$255 where?

[Vidge]

I think the Z71 is more value for the buck.

[aaronrkelly]

I agree about the Z71 being a better value and I definitely second the opinion about it needing to be silver.

[Ni+Mh]

The Zire 71 does carry more value in terms of performance, but hell I hope Sony releases it's new TX series