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by quasar
I often find people don't really understand their new gadgets. That's okay - we can't all understand everything. Unfortunately I think you might fall into this category.
First, you start with a long section of how you made your decision to get the m515. Although I don't have a problem with that, per se, your terminology is mixed up and some of the facts are wrong, making the entire thing confusing.
You first talk about deciding between buying a PDA and a Pocket PC. I have news for you - Pocket PC devices are PDAs. I assume you mean chosing between Palm and PPC, but as worded this is really confusing. Also, you imply that only the PocketPC device allows you to use Word files and play MP3s. That isn't true.
Then you go on to talk about deciding between Sony and Palm branded devices. This is fine, but would have been much more helpful had you mentioned which Sony devices you were talking about. You also make this claim:
Until recently, the Clie’s screen had a better resolution, came with more memory, was thinner and lighter, and had inexpensive storage expansion options.
One problem. The Clies (excepting the lowest end model) still have better resolution. They only recently started coming with 16MB in a few models, many Clies are not thinner or lighter than the m500 or m505, the m515 you're comparing it to is the same size as that m505 available for a year, and MemoryStick cards cost more than SD.
Either pick one Clie and compare it to the m515 or talk about the different Clies individually. As it stands you've made a bit of a muddle of it.
Then you go on to talk about the warranties. One problem - the Sony warranty may be 90 days out of the box, but as soon as you register your device it extends automatically to a year.
The OS is upgradeable, but you're correct that Sony needs to chose to provide an upgrade. However, since the device already has OS 4.1 and it's unlikely there will be another OS release that will work on this hardware, it's not as much of an issue as it could be. I can understand you're not knowing this, and it is nice that you pointed out that Sony has control over when upgrades happen since most reviews don't mention that.
At the end of the comparison section you talk about the Palm being more versatile but don't explain why or what you mean by that. I'm also not sure what you meant by structurally inferior. Perhaps you could expand those thoughts. I'd be interested in hearing why you think the m515 is more versatile.
Unfortunately things don't improve much when you start talking about the device itself. You claim Sony had a 16MB device a year ago. Not so. The first 16MB device was actually the Visor Pro which came out last fall. As for thin and lightweight, the m515 is exactly the same size and weight as the m505 released a year ago. You also imply that Palm software doesn't run on Sony devices but most of it does.
You do have some good stuff here when you talk about what you want in a device and provide opinion on policy. If you included your insight on top of a better foundation you could have a very nice review. If you decide to update your review, please do email me so I can take another look.
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Apr 27 '02
4:30 pm PDT
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Your review (Reply to this comment)
by gorocco
I wouldn't call the m515 catching up to the competition; it's more like making up for mistakes with the m505 unit (released last year). The main issue with the m505 were the poorly visible screen. The 16MB boost is a nifty extra.
The Dragonball 33 MHz processor has actually been used by a number of companies starting last year (I don't think Sony pioneered this advancement). The Clie does use the memory stick, similar to how Handspring started the Springboard module craze.
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Apr 25 '02
6:15 pm PDT
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