Rumor: Sony to Release N760C
It seems likely that Sony is developing an updated version of the N710C that will be called the N760C. So far there are no indications that it will have any ground-breaking new features, simply being the N710C with OS 4.0 pre-installed. This will give its hi-res screen 16-bit color, rather than the N710C's 8-bit color.
A listing for the N760C appeared briefly last week on rcseshop, a webstore. No details on the handheld were given before it was removed.
This brings up the question of when Sony is going to release an OS 4.0 upgrade for the N710C. Recent queries to Sony only resulted in the standard, "No comment".
The rumors of a N750C that have appeared on several websites are false. The description was posted as a joke on the Yahoo Clie Users Group and they got picked up by several Palm sites as real.
Thanks to Mike Cane for tipping me off to the N760C at rcseshop. -Ed
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RE: N750C _will_ exist
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RE: N750C _will_ exist
If there is a n8x0 then it may well include bluetooth (and by that os 4.5) and be released in conjunction with new Sony Bluetooth phones and include xiino iLinxs Javascript web browser.
http://www.ilinx.co.jp/products/xiino.html
Now that would be a nice set up.
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kHiTeDev
Update
RE: Update
The current flash has very little room left. I believe it's less than 128k. The different between the 3.5.2 and 4.0 is more than 128k.
The other Sony models don't have this problem since they don'y have to carry the MP3 code.
It all makes sense with the new rumor of the N760C which is the same as the N710C but only with the 4.0 OS. I'll bet that the N760C has more flash than the N710C.
Any comments....
RE: Update
Any Speculative Release Date?
Thanks!
SONY SALES AGENT: No Comment.
As expected, I got NOTHING out of her about it, not an acknowlegement of the 760 existing, nor when it might be released.
I told her I would wait, instead of buying on Friday, as I have been planning to. That still didnt warrant any response, so I left the chat. :)
RE: SONY SALES AGENT: No Comment.
Just a rumor
First off, the 710C comes with 4MB of Flash memory. Sony would have gone the way of Handspring and made this ROM if they did not intend to use it. Flash memory isn't cheap, and they could have driven the cost of the 710C down quite a bit by leaving it out. This would make more sense for them, considering it would deal Palm a significant blow to have a cheaper (or similarly priced) alternative to the m505.
Secondly, how can this be cost effective for Sony to produce a bunch of 710C's with upgrade capability then shortly come out with a new model (new packaging, new assembly, etc)? It would be far more cost-effective to upgrade the older unit. Assuming, of course, the only difference between the 710 and 760 is the OS version.
Finally, Sony stands to really irritate (and possibly lose) their new user base. As the underdog in the market, trying to take on established names like Palm and Handspring, it would be unwise of them to do so. If they had more of a monopoly in the market, then perhaps they could pull it off. But they don't, or at least, not yet.
Of course, all this assumes that the main offering of the 760 is the OS version. A newer model, more advanced that the 710 might work. But the real "money makers" in the PDA market are the mid-range devices right now. The 710 is keeps up just fine with the rest of the high-end Palm OS PDAs and even some PocketPC's. A higher high-end device just doesn't seem to be a wise move at this time.
Just my $0.02.
One possible reason...
RE: Just a rumor
This supposed 760C supposedly has 16-bit.
The 610C has 16-bit. And runs OS 4.0.
Sooo, to me, this definitely seems like something that could exist - it'd just be a mish-mash of combining the MP3 functions of the 710 with the screen and OS of the 610.
Hrmmm.
RE: Just a rumor
OS4.0 has nothing to do with the 16 bit color
RE: Just a rumor
where you will find that the 710 Clie will be able to display 16-bit color upon upgrading to OS 4.0.
N760C
RE: N760C
All IMHO of course..
Ray
RE: N760C
THUMBBOARD
RE: THUMBBOARD
or go to google.com and type thumboard for clie and look for keyboards.
If you have this thumboard already let me know.
Hope this helps..
J
RE: THUMBBOARD
Note that this clips on to the *bottom* of the CLIE. It does not slide over it, like the Seiko and SnapNType do. This adds several inches to the CLIE!
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N750C _will_ exist
Don't forget there's always a "-10" version for Japan... and that even if it not announced before (like N600C), it is released before (like N600C)