1src Forums - TH-55 finally a discontinued model

08-02-2004, 09:41 AM	#1
johntao Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: costa mesa, ca, usa Posts: 36	TH-55 finally a discontinued model I called J&R and asked why they had such a great price on their TH-55 (299.99) and the rep said that the model is being discontinued so they want to get rid of their supply, still the best Palm out there and still do not understand why Sony is leaving the PDA market in the US after finally making such a great model.

08-02-2004, 10:32 AM	#2
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08-02-2004, 11:10 AM	#3
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08-02-2004, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by johntao

I called J&R and asked why they had such a great price on their TH-55 (299.99) and the rep said that the model is being discontinued so they want to get rid of their supply, still the best Palm out there and still do not understand why Sony is leaving the PDA market in the US after finally making such a great model.

It was a discontinued item on the Sony Clie site a couple of weeks ago. If you click the Buy It button, it tells you the item you want is no longer available.

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08-02-2004, 12:28 PM	#5
Cyker Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,188	Waaaa........

08-02-2004, 03:56 PM	#6
Streamhawk Mac Lover...Treo User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Dominican Republic Posts: 276	Buy'em while they last!

08-02-2004, 04:02 PM	#7
NJL!2016 Advance Wars = Crack Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: your mom Posts: 1,895	I thought they'd start becoming less available sooner than this __________________ NJLx016 HP iPAQ rx3715 Motorola v710 Creative Zen Micro 5GB Nintendo DS

08-02-2004, 04:22 PM	#8
tsinvest Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 80	When you think about it, most models out there are discontinued, all Sony Models, Palm III, IIIxe, V, Tungsten T1, T2, etc, etc. The thing is there is enough software that currently works on the TH55 to make it very functional for the next few years and the unit is probably one of the nicest PDA's out there right now - so at $299 it is a very good deal (I mean steal).

08-02-2004, 07:15 PM	#9
NJL!2016 Advance Wars = Crack Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: your mom Posts: 1,895	At Sonystyle, all the CLIEs now come with instructional DVDs (They must have ran out of cases) __________________ NJLx016 HP iPAQ rx3715 Motorola v710 Creative Zen Micro 5GB Nintendo DS

08-02-2004, 09:23 PM	#10
littiedan Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 36	$299 huh? i might just buy one...

08-03-2004, 12:12 PM	#11
coolride Treo 650 User Bronze Contributor Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 198	It's a shame that they're leaving the PDA market. I hope they come back. I'm glad that I bought my TH55/E when I did. It's the best PDA I've ever bought thus far. I would get my hands on one if I didn't have one and had the need for it. __________________ Paul Soriano Email: psoriano@ameritech.net Web: www.coolride.textamerica.com

08-03-2004, 01:27 PM	#12
Ezra4no1 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Some place in Utah Posts: 274	Geee..... I don't see what all excitement is... I still think my Nx80v is the best model out there It is a bummer to see Sony leave since they contributed SO MUCH to the development of the Platform by way of Formfactor, display, multimedia function ( Mp3s, video, onboard camera to take stills and small movies, voice recording) and last I LOVE WHAT THEY DID TO the standard apps on the TH55 with the tabs and drag and drop stuff... GOSH..IF only palmOS and PalmSource had one quater of the talent of the Clie Team. I personally don't think they will return to the Palm OS market here in the US or in Asia. Sony seems to be dropping the Palm all together... I figure once the TH55 makes it to Overstocked.com the Clie site from sony will go away completely. But I have made good on my word.. I no longer buy anymore Sony products. I just bought my wife a nice digital camera..and had considered a nice Sony in the past.. but instead went with an another brand all together. __________________ _____________________________________ Franklin Day Planner (1992 - 2000) R.I.P., Visor Deluxe, Ipaq 3635, Nr70v, TG50, NX80v, HP iPAQ 4355, PPC-6700 (HTC Apache) Currently Treo 700wx http://mypdacorner.blogspot.com/

08-03-2004, 01:53 PM	#13
RudiJan CH Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Switzerland, TG Posts: 26	I think a lot of people think in that way. The Memory stick held everything a little bit together. And while the Clie is gone there is no reason to buy SONY anymore. Another PDA means SD-Memory and no Sony camera - no need of projectors or DVD-player with MS-slots. Its not a trick - it was a SONY and its gone

08-03-2004, 04:21 PM	#14
NJL!2016 Advance Wars = Crack Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: your mom Posts: 1,895	Even if Sony comes back to the US and EU PDA market, I'm not going to buy a CLIE because I'm not spending any more money on MemorySticks, and I would have probably bought a PalmOne or another device that uses SD (Unless Sony realizes their destructive ways and includes an SD slot in a new CLIE). __________________ NJLx016 HP iPAQ rx3715 Motorola v710 Creative Zen Micro 5GB Nintendo DS

08-03-2004, 04:34 PM	#15
strider_mt2k Samsung Omnia i910 Silver Contributor Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Atco, NJ USA Posts: 1,983	I got my TH55, and I'm glad of it. I just hope there is something better around by the time I want/have to upgrade again.