The Sony Clie UX series were premium multimedia PDAs announced by Sony in July 2003, running

Palm OS Palm OS (also known as Garnet OS) was a mobile operating system initially developed by Palm, Inc., for personal digital assistants (PDAs) in 1996. Palm OS was designed for ease of use with a touchscreen-based graphical user interface. It is provi ...

(version 5). These devices were advertised as being a "personal entertainment communicator", a purpose not dissimilar to the Apple

iPod Touch The iPod Touch (stylized as iPod touch) is a discontinued line of iOS-based mobile devices designed and marketed by Apple Inc. with a touchscreen-controlled user interface. As with other iPod models, the iPod Touch can be used as a music pl ...

released in 2007. Two models were released, featuring a " palm-top" clamshell design, with a landscape tilting and swiveling LCD screen. The UX40 and UX50 were largely identical, with the exception of their wireless connectvitiy. The UX50 included both bluetooth and built-in Wi-Fi support, while the UX40 was US$100 cheaper but only featured bluetooth. Users of these devices frequently experienced difficulty connecting to other devices via Bluetooth. The UX40 was, for a time, sold at Costco, while the UX50 was not.

Sony Handheld Engine Processor

The processor used on the UX series was the

Sony Handheld Engine The Sony Handheld Engine (or Sony HHE) was an ARM-based Application Processor, or SoC announced by Sony in July 2003. This mobile processor was specifically developed for the Sony CLIE series of PDAs, and was cutting-edge for the time, with a he ...

CXD2230GA. At the time of release this processor was bleeding edge, demonstrating new improvements in both capability integration and power efficiency in a single

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Specifications

* Processor: Sony Handheld Engine™ CXD2230GA * Operating System: Palm OS software version v.5.2 * Memory: Total 104 MB (16 MB available for storage of files and programs. Additional 16 MB available for system back up. Additional 29 MB available for media storage) * Display: TFT LCD color display with backlight, 480 x 320 dots; 65,536 colors * Connectivity: USB (for HotSync operation), Infrared (IrDA 1.2), Bluetooth. Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11b Wi-Fi) on UX50. * Digital Camera (0.3MP) * Video Recording (MPEG4, 30 fps, CIF 160x112) * Multimedia: MP3 playback / MPEG4 Video Playback / Flash Player / Audio Recorder / Web Browser / E-mail * Expansion: Memory Stick media (recognizes Magic Gate & Memory Stick Pro cards) * Dimensions and Weight: Approx. (projecting parts not included), Approx. (including stylus) * Power: Output: DC 5.2 V Input: 100–240 V AC * Battery: Lithium-ion polymer rechargeable battery (internal, non user removable)

External links

Review of the PEG-UX40

Review of the PEG-UX50

References

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