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41 of 41 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
An incredible package, 4 Dec 2003
By A Customer
The UX-50 is a fantastically compact product. The design provides an outstanding screen and combines it with a keyboard that works well on the move - perhaps not as well as a Psion MX or even Revo. However it is more than usable considering the size and compact nature of the unit.Battery life is really not that bad. It has stretched to a week between charges with careful use. To be honest it could be better, but again the unit is so compact you can't help but forgive it. The typical pda functions are superb and it cannot be faulted in these respects. Where Sony have really excelled is the integration of wi-fi. The supplied NetFront browser is excellent and browsing over a wi-fi network is a pleasure considering the screen size. In terms of convenience, it compares favourably with a laptop - bear in mind that you can't just switch a wi-fi laptop on and start browsing, you have to wait for it to boot up. When you have finished you can fold the UX-50 up and put it in your pocket in seconds. This level of convenience is hard to beat at present. Multimedia is well supported. Sound is good and with a decent Memory Stick the unit is a respectable MP3 player (MP3 only, no WMA). The sound recorder is also high quality. The camera is disappointing though. The functionality is excellent, but the quality and resolution of images is poor. These issues matter much less with regards the video facility, and as a result I have yet to be disappointed with the video captures. The software included is fairly generous, and of high quality for the key functions like MP3, viewing images and email. But Sony no longer offer Documents To Go as part of the package. Instead, they include the very glossy Picsel Viewer. This software has a great interface, but files cannot be edited on the move and is of limited practical use to me at least. As a package, the UX-50 works very well indeed. There are compromises, but the overall usabilty of the key functions is outstanding. The price is high, but remember that in many ways this Clie could replace a laptop - and it fits in a shirt pocket. If Sony improved battery life and included Docs To Go I would have considered 4.5 stars. If they added a 2mp camera aswell it would have been five.
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