Sony unveils new PDAs: Clie PEG-TH55 and PEG-TJ37

Today Sony unveiled in Japan two PDAs, the high-end Clie PEG-TH55 and the middle-end Clie PEG-TJ37.

We´ve already mentioned provisional specs of PEG-TH55 in our news, but today we can state them officially:

Sony Handheld Engine ARM processor, clock speed undisclosed
Keyless input
Aluminium alloy body and acrylic cover
32MB RAM
32MB ROM
320x480 @ 65K color semi-transparent LCD touchscreen
HotSync USB, IrDA, Memory Stick (Memory Stick Pro supported), IEEE 802.11b interfaces
1/4" CMOS, 310K-pixel integrated digital camera; 35mm in 35mm equiv., F2.8; 0.23m to inf. focusing distance; 640x480, 320x480, 320x240, 160x120 JPEG resolutions; movie recording not supported
ATRAC3, MP3, QuickTime (Mobile), MPEG-1, and IMA ADPCM (voice recording) audio support
Lithium-Polymer battery, built-in charger, up to 7.5 hours of operation, up to 4 hours of video playback, up to 24.5 hours of music playback (backlight off), up to 5.5 hours with enabled WLAN adapter.
Palm OS 5.2
73.3x15.7x121.5mm size
185g weight
Costs about $400 in Japan

PEG-TJ37, in its turn, is an improved version of PEG-TJ25 with added digital camera and extended multimedia features.

PEG-TJ37 specs:

Motorola I.MXL processor
32MB RAM (23MB free)
16MB ROM (integrated into CPU)
320x320 @ 65K color semi-transparent display
1/4" CMOS, 310K-pixel integrated digital camera; 35mm in 35mm equiv., F2.8; 0.23m to inf. focusing distance; 640x480, 320x480, 320x240, 160x120 JPEG resolutions; movie recording not supported
ATRAC3, MP3, QuickTime (Mobile), MPEG-1, and IMA ADPCM (voice recording) audio support
MP3/QuickTime (Mobile) video playback
Lithium-Polymer battery, built-in charger, up to 2.5 hours of operation, up to 6.5 hours of music playback (backlight off)
Palm OS 5.2
75x13.2x113mm size
145 g weight
Costs less than $280 in Japan

In Japanese retail both novelties are expected closer to the mid-February.

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