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10-10-2003, 05:23 AM	#1
checkmate Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 19	Is there a dark side? o.k. we heard a lot of good things about the TT3. Is there a dark side for a Clie user, I mean what do you actually loose when you switch? e.g. you have to buy software to mount SD-cards ... What else?

10-10-2003, 08:14 AM

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Re: Is there a dark side?

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o.k. we heard a lot of good things about the TT3. Is there a dark side for a Clie user, I mean what do you actually loose when you switch?

e.g. you have to buy software to mount SD-cards ...

What else?

Let's see - just the standard Palm VS Sony stuff...

No polyphonic alarms
You can't mount the SD card without 3rd party software

Other than that, I can't think of much of anything...

What you gain is the industry standard screen API, sound API, a little better support, the ability to run alternate MP3 players, the ability to play Audible.com audiobook files...

Those are about the only 'pro' comments I can think of regarding Palm over Sony...

Ken

10-10-2003, 08:23 AM

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Re: Re: Is there a dark side?

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Let's see - just the standard Palm VS Sony stuff...

No polyphonic alarms
You can't mount the SD card without 3rd party software

Other than that, I can't think of much of anything...

What you gain is the industry standard screen API, sound API, a little better support, the ability to run alternate MP3 players, the ability to play Audible.com audiobook files...

Those are about the only 'pro' comments I can think of regarding Palm over Sony...

Ken

I have a freeware app that lets you play .wav for alarms.

See Wavelet, here:

http://www.codejedi.com/shadowplan/freestuff.html

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10-10-2003, 10:07 AM	#4
checkmate Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 19	Thanks Ken, what about Backups? Is there a backup prog available in the software package of the TT3?

10-10-2003, 10:12 AM	#5
Zork Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 333	checkmate, I switched last june from Clie T series to the Zire 71, cause Sony isnt able anymore to built small PDAs with Graffiti input. And the Zire 71 even includes this kewl DigiCam, which you could use now everywhere. And all that for the price of my Sony Clie T625 then. Seems like Sony lost contact with its customer base, cause when I were waiting for some POS 5 T series successor most other Clie users were also waiting for some similiar small and powerful device. But Sony prefered to release bricks like the X series and this Newton like UX stuff. Both way too large to carry them around everytime. BTW Didnt missed anything at all with the Zire 71 compared with the T625.

10-10-2003, 01:26 PM	#6
phaedrus Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1	As much as I love the screen on my T3 indoors, my old Clie T615 faired better in sunlight.

10-10-2003, 02:12 PM

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Quote:

Originally posted by checkmate
Thanks Ken,

what about Backups? Is there a backup prog available in the software package of the TT3?

Oops - missed that one because I never used Sony's backup:

No backup software installed...but I can't recommend BACKUPMAN enough...schedulable, you can do a device restore or an individual file restore...and tested on the NZ90, T|T, T|C and T|T3 (by me...)

Ken

10-10-2003, 03:03 PM	#8
vegheadjones Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Fredericksburg, VA USA Posts: 86	You lose Clie paint (for whatever that's worth!) and as someone already mentioned MS Import, which is a really cool feature.

10-16-2003, 03:08 AM	#9
brolewis Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 254	Also, the default video player for Clie is better, but I think that MMPlayer is better (and will be better) than both.

10-16-2003, 07:14 AM	#10
y_g Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 42	Everyone compares sony to palm and complains that palm is lacking the back-up thingy and the polyphonic alarms but sony is still lacking one very important feature - the vibration alert. I mean, come on, this should have been embedded in past models but lets say you "forgot". why not add this function to current models?

10-16-2003, 08:44 AM

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but sony is still lacking one very important feature - the vibration alert

I know my T665 has vibration alert, and it is very useful. Do newer Sony models not have it?

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10-16-2003, 09:00 AM	#12
LanMan TH55 Nutcase Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 1,831	Does the T3 have a vibrating alarm feature? __________________ Full-time computer network engineer Part-time computer science teacher Father of a toddler on over-time Christian till the end-of-time <><

10-17-2003, 07:45 PM

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Does the T3 have a vibrating alarm feature?

yes and it works great

10-17-2003, 07:59 PM	#14
brolewis Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 254	There's nothing better than a little vibration in your pants pocket. Oh, wait... uh...

10-17-2003, 08:02 PM	#15
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