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Sony's PEG-SJ22 features all the
hallmarks of classic Sony design;
while not going over the top with the
range of included applications, it
does represent good value for money.
Anyone wanting to spend less than
£150 on a PDA has until now had a
strictly limited range of choices;
however, Sony has addressed this with
the release of the SJ22. The overall
size and weight of the unit is
diminutive, and it should slip
comfortably into most pockets. The
hardware is barely larger than the
screen, which at 55 mm x 55 mm is the
same as most Palm PDAs. A few
millimetres on each side and at the
top of the hardware are all the casing
allows, with a little more than 20 mm
at the bottom to accommodate four
application shortcut buttons and a
tiny rocker for scrolling around. This
latter button is a tad fiddly to use,
but there is a jog dial wheel and a
Back button on the left side of the
casing, which between them make the
rocker pretty much redundant.
Running Palm OS 4 and driven by a
Motorola Dragonball VZ running at
22MHz, the Clié PEG-SJ22 has adequate
power for most general PDA users. Its
16 MB of RAM should accommodate most
contact lists and diary databases, and
if you need to add more memory there
is a Memory Stick slot. The 320 x 320
resolution display is clear and easy
to read, and battery life is competent
for a Palm at this price, with Sony
quoting up to 12 days for the average
user who makes 30 minutes of usage per
day usage with backlight set off.
Sony provides a smaller range of
applications than you'll find on some
of its more expensive PDAs, but the
range is nevertheless fairly good, and
includes PhotoStand and PictureGear
Pocket both for viewing digital
images, the Kinoma player for watching
digital movies, CliePaint for drawing
your own graphics and World Alarm
Clock
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