sold nz-90

[grinn253]

yeah i'm wondering who else was discontent with their nz-90?

I decided to purchase the unit despite others claims of it being too bulky.

After quickly purchasing the unit 2 days after it arrived in February (?), I found the unit too bulky/fragile for everyday usage. Moreover others have noted -- better to obtain an SJ or another of the 'thin' models and a separate camera then call it a day.

NZ-90 deffinetly was too big/weighing down the pocket --> thus losing portability; and was fragile IMHO.

Anyone else have opinions?

[jettie1767]

Didn't you try it at a store before buying it? There's just too many threads here about the NZ being bulky! But, the real question is, how come you never took a look at it in a store and see for yourself before buying!

[Lainar]

Originally posted by jettie1767
Didn't you try it at a store before buying it? There's just too many threads here about the NZ being bulky! But, the real question is, how come you never took a look at it in a store and see for yourself before buying!

I agree completely. I see lot's of people complaining of these things being bricks. Well yeah it's big and we all knew that when we bought it. But it does so much more then any other Palm based PDA and probably more then any PPC. I did my research on this unit before purchasing it and I will not look back. Even the Tungsten C with all it's speed and flash can't compare. I'm suprised to see all the complaints on size of this thing here. Sure people loose interest in things everyday but don't knock it just cause you made a bad decision. It was a brick when ya bought it and it's a brick now, but it's still a fantastic piece of hardware.

[tapa]

Yes I bought it even after trying it at the store (Nz90) so what?
I got 30 days to try it, I find it's not only too big but I worry all the time about dropping it and or losing it. With the accessories it's about $1000 bucks for this baby.

After playing with it for 29 days I have concluded I will get the smaller and lighter NX70 for my basic needs. Hell I may even go back to the NR70 if I can find one unopened for sale at a good price.

Why? Because I want to drop the unit in my shirt pocket, pull it out, get a price quote or put in a phone number and never worry about dropping it or leaving it at some Bank Tellers counter cause I got a cell phone call while doing this and that.
Ya it happens.

$800 bucks is way to high, but I gotta admit, its a sweeeeet toy.

[knowledge]

You can get a NZ for about $600 right now. If you really shop around you might be able to get one for $500 used. If size was an issue you should have never bought the NZ.

[soulbarn]

Jeez, don't slam the guy for deciding it's too big after the fact. All the forum posts in the world, combined with a few minutes in the store, don't equal real-world usage for some folks. He didn't say the NZ was too big for us, he said it was too big for him - and that's valuable information, as are all user experiences, for future buyers. It's also why many stores have liberal return policies - something one may or may not get with discounters or used items.

I love my NZ. I'm keeping it. I use it constantly. But it is still too big - and which of us wouldn't want to see a smaller version with the same features? (I'm not saying this is even possible - but it is doubtless desireable.)

[Bryan Smith]

Boy someone needs to wake up here!!!!!!!!!
Size matters and the bigger the thing is the more it can do. Worried about leaving it somewhere-heck you can do that with small things as well as big things.
I love the NZ. Had an NX and it drove me crazy-needed the the better camera and keyboard-use the keyboard constantly for notes and email and also the card reader; cannt get those extras anywhere else and if you can they do not work like they do on the NZ.
You pay for extras and this is what the NZ is all about. Stop bashing the thing for cryin OUT LOUD!!

[dimensiondvdrob]

I don't think anyone's bashing the thing here. I also have an NZ90 and after 3 months of constant use, I decided to go for another Sony CLIE, the TG50. I found that in my DAILY usage, I was not using the camera at all for weeks at a time. I also found myself not carrying it everywhere, since it DOES NOT fit properly and comfortably into my pockets. I feel that having a PDA, I should be carrying it everywhere, ot leaving it in the car or at home, cause I can't put it into my pockets. Sure the NZ has it all, but if you don't use it all, there is no reason to have in, IMO.

[jettie1767]

If you find it to be too big, don't buy it. If you can't afford it, don't buy it. And certainly don't buy it because it fits somebody else's needs. Buy it because you like it and you can live with it and it fits YOUR needs.

[yOyOYoo]

Ok, if you sold it in Februrary, why are you bothering telling us in May? What's the point? It's been 3 months, do you need us to support a decision you made 3 months ago?

[penwatch1]

This forum has reached a point where all NZ-90 lovers have to here from some person who bought the NZ-90 and now wants to return it for a smaller model. Please!!!! Return it and go on with your life but don't complain about the NZ-90 size when you knew about it when you purchased it. I love this model and I have tried them all from large to small, yet nothing compairs to the NZ-90. Amen!

[colombo]

The size doesn't bother me, I suppose people worry it's fragile because it's heavier.
As for why people sell them, I'm sure there are a whole lot of reasons. I'm sure many feel the size is too much after a while. Others may complain vociferously about various things for the reason for selling but it may just be they couldn't afford to keep it. I know a guy like that. For me everything is pretty useful, including the camera, although I'll have to buy a spare battery soon... Murphy's law dicatates that I'll run out of juice at just the wrong moment!
What does bother me is that for the size, they could have included some numbers for Christ's sake on the keyboard! Crazy!
It would also have been nice to have an internal stylus storage so that the pen doesn't come unhooked easily. I've lost mine already, never, ever lost a stylus on my Sharp HPC/Psion/Palm which all had internal storage.

[soulbarn]

I want to hear people in this forum explain why the don't like, returned, or weren't satisfied with the NZ. This isn't a fan club - it's a FORUM, and that means dialogue and debate. Hearing people's problems and even complaints leads to other folks offering SOLUTIONS to those issues. What's with the folks who can't stand to hear a little criticism?

Besides, if the NZ90 was perfect, we'd have nothing to look forward to.

[jettie1767]

Soulbarn...the brick thing is getting old. We all know that it is not a tiny pda to begin with. Yes, this is a forum but to discuss something so blatantly obvious in the first place, gets tiring and trying after awhile.

[Spiral]

then skip over the threads about the bulk

[dimensiondvdrob]

Originally posted by soulbarn
I want to hear people in this forum explain why the don't like, returned, or weren't satisfied with the NZ. This isn't a fan club - it's a FORUM, and that means dialogue and debate. Hearing people's problems and even complaints leads to other folks offering SOLUTIONS to those issues. What's with the folks who can't stand to hear a little criticism?

Besides, if the NZ90 was perfect, we'd have nothing to look forward to.

Well, to answer your request, I am selling my NZ, due to the fact that I find myself not using ALL the features, mainly the camera, more than maybe once or twice, every once in a while. I, therefore, do not feel that it's worth carrying the extra bulk around. I feel this way so much that I find myself leaving the CLIE in my car or at home more than I take it places with me, which defeats the purpose of having a 'PDA'. That's my reason.

If anyone is interested in purchasing mine, please email me at dimensiondvdrob@yahoo.com.

[jettie1767]

why dont u skip yourself, spiral and stop being a wise-***

[Bryan Smith]

Well you may not take it every where. What is it with peoples pockets-are they shrinking. My NZ 90 fits perfectly into my Jacket pockets and pants pockets no problems.
I do not and will noit put any PDA in my shirt pocket-too easy to fall out and it did happen a couple of times.
So you do not use the camera everyday-who does but the point is when you need it you have it. I did not need it for two weeks and then went on a trip-hey PDA and camera in one and took some cool shots. It is handy-who the heck would use the camera everyday on this thing?
Problems I am having-well my only complaint is the blue text below the keyboard; in bad light it drives me nuts but the keyboard is great for typing and I use it constantly.
Go ahead take yours back and leave the rest of us ALONE!!!!

[dimensiondvdrob]

Gosh, it's so funny that you'd be a part of a message board, yet you don't appreciate what people say and what their points of view are. Maybe someone who is feeling this way BEFORE they buy an NZ will appreciate reading these boards and getting other's points of view.

I feel that if I don't take my PDA with me EVERYWHERE, it does me no good to even own it. A PDA NEEDS to be taken places with you for inputting information, or looking something up here and there. This machine, while it's an awesome one, does not fit into my needs for EVERYDAY use. And maybe my pockets are getting smaller, but I like to wear a lot of jeans and the NZ does not fit comfortably into my front or back jeans pocket. Also, while I was out of town last week on vacation, I had my NZ, but didn't have the charger (i forgot to pack it) and the battery, without taking ANY photos drained down to un-usable status for the camera. So basically, this would have been un-usable for me if I had decided to take a shot of something. In that situation, a REAL camera would not have been out of battery power, as was the NZ.

[soulbarn]

I never said a thing about bricks.

But if you're tired of reading the forum, don't read it. The price we pay to have a venue for open dialog is occasional repetition. For me, at least, that's a worthwhile tradeoff.

- dan

[eric2002]

I understand that this is a forum to compliment or critique, however your critique of the NZ90 is more about your lack of judgement when purchasing the NZ90... not the NZ90 itself. Why did you purchase a device with a 2megapixel Flash camera if you did not want a device that could take photos?
Why get a device with an MP3 player if your not going to listen to music? Why get a device that can be used as a remote control if you aren't going to watch TV? get my point??? You bought the wrong device for your needs, -a palm zire or handspring Visor would probably be all the PDA you need if all you do is enter text...?
For someone who wants to take printable to 8"x10" quality photos and video with sound they are not going to find it in any other device except for the NZ... this would be the device to get if you don't want to carry a PDA, an MP3 player, and a digital camera seperately...but want all of these features in one device.

[dimensiondvdrob]

Yes, but you see, I did want all of that in one device. I do all you mentioned, except take photos. But I realized through using the device in real-life situations that this unit ALTHOUGH IT DOES A LOT is not the unit for me to be carrying all day, EVERYWHERE. I thought I would, but I just don't. I didn't have bad judgement before I bought the unit, I actually wanted it all and then decided I could live without it all, with the tradeoff being better portablility day-to-day, FOR ME.

[eric2002]

fine, so first you wanted all those things in one device... now you don't. This is your bad judgement as you said. Sell it and get a different device. end.

[likestech]

Give the guy a break. It's not fair to criticize his judgment when the goal here is to share opinions about the NZ90, and to allow the opinion to speak for itself. Certainly, we all know folks who would characterize anyone's judgment to spend 800.00 on a PDA as being poor judgment. Hence, we might all be subject to criticism.

I actually agree with those who say that the NZ90 had enough interesting features that despite its size, it was worth buying it to see if it could work for you. Some of us did that and discovered that it isn't working out for a number of reasons. Why not share that information with those who might be considering whether to buy one?

For my part, I sold my NZ today and have been using a Tungsten C, which fits my needs better and is a better PDA in my opinion.

[Bryan Smith]

Well this may be never ending but anyway:

The NZ 90 fits all my needs perfectly. Sure I only owned an NR before this one but I had a wish list a mile long with that one and now all of those are in the NZ.

I was a but smart with my purchase; I got an extra bettery and have only had to use it three or four times but worth it.

Also if your screen ran down then you must of had it on full brightness; I often travel for two days on one battery and use it constantly without a recharge but with the brightness turned down.

Definatly the best PDA for me even if not for others. It is a PDA and not a digital camera but for the shots I want to take like today:

Went ot a meeting and the office had moved-a map on the foor to where the meeting was and so I opened up the NZ took two photos of the map-zoomed in on the second one and followed the map to the new office. Oh no camera that would be a real pain!!!