Sony Officially Announces N760C, MP3 Adapter
As has been rumored for weeks, Sony officially announced the PEG-N760C today. This is the upgraded version of the now-discontinued N710C. The major change is it now includes Palm OS 4.1 rather than the OS 3.5. This means its screen has 16-bit color.
It can be pre-ordered now from the SonyStyle webstore for $500. It will be available from there and from retail stores in October.
Palm OS 4 has built-in support for 16-bit color, which means that the screen can display 65,000 colors. The screen on the N710C is physically capable of displaying 16-bit color but is limited by OS 3.5, which doesn't support it. While Sony hasn't officially announced an OS upgrade for its U.S. customers, it has in Japan and one is widely expected in the U.S. in the near future.
Other than the operating system change, there's not a lot of difference between the N760C and the N710C most people are familiar with. Like its predecessor, the N760C has a built-in audio player so it can play music in both MP3 and ATRAC3 formats. It comes with an external control wand and clip-on headphones to make listening to music easier.
Of course it has a Memory Stick slot and comes with an 8 MB Memory Stick. It also comes with a new Memory Stick-related app. Basically, it is a one-tap application that stores all the resident data from the handheld to the Memory Stick. The user can also restore that data back onto RAM. It functions very similarly to a backup module.
Update: According to a Sony spokesperson, Palm OS 4.1 is simply a "bug fix" update to OS 4.0 with no new features.
In a related announcement, Sony also unveiled the PEGA-SA500 MP3 module in the U.S. market, which lets Sony models without built-in audio capabilities play music. It reads MP3 audio files stored on the Memory Stick inserted in the Clié and also enables stereo sound with gMovie video clips. It uses a digital signal processor (DSP) integrated into the unit. It comes with headphones and will cost about $130 when it is available in October. Sony had already announced this product for the Japanese market.
Related Information:
- PIC: Sony PEG-N710C Review
- PIC: Sony Announces MP3 Audio Adapter
- PIC: Sony Forum
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RE: Haleluea (?)
I checked with the Sony store in Windsor about 2 weeks ago and they don't have any of they Clies. They never did, and have no potential date for release in Canada
Canada's Clie's
The closest thing that Canada's gonna get to a Clie is the PEG-S320. It's the cover picture of the fall SonyStyle.ca magazine.
Oh well, I guess you can smuggle one across the border:)
RE: Haleluea (?)
RE: 710 Owner Here
Come on people, let's be patient here. There WILL be an OS 4. It does no good to whine endlessly about something just because you don't have the patience for it.
RE: 710 Owner Here
The amount and volume of people upset about this whole 4.0 thing, without even knowing what Sony has planned, is what makes me sick.
RE: 710 Owner Here
"I am still as happy with my 710c as I was a month ago. I would be even happier if I had a 760c, but that would mean that I would not have had a 710c for the last 3 months. Given the waiting period needed to obtain a 760c, I am glad I bought my 710c when I did."
And to make a purchase today -- a purchase of anything -- you have to realize that there may be a new product announced tomorrow, and you have to accept that the benefit of owning today's product now outweighs the detriment of continuing to today's product when tomorrow's product is on the shelves.
I bought a new car last year, and the dealer has no intention of giving me a discount on an 'upgrade' to this year's model. But man, I still love my car!
RE: 710 Owner Here
As for me, I am staying with Sony to enjoy better things to come.
RE: 710 Owner Here
RE: 710 Owner Here
What pisses me off is not the update, wtf?? WHAT PISSES ME OFF IS THE FACT 4 MOS. AGO I BOUGHT THIS THING FOR THE SAME PRICE OF THE NEW ONE AND NOW MY MODEL IS OLD AND OUTDATED AND THERE IS A BETTER ONE FOR THE SAME PRICE I PAID.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr ROARRRRRRRRRRRRR
RE: 710 Owner Here
RE: 710 Owner Here
It's my opinion, however, that even though this N760C has been announced, the N710C is far from outdated.
Eric Garrido
RE: 710 Owner Here
RE: 710 Owner Here
If it is a bug fix, then upgrade should be free
RE: 710 Owner Here
RE: 710 Owner Here
apparently u dont OWN a 710 .. because if u DID .. i would know that the 710 DOES have 4Mb flash!
RE: 710 Owner Here
RE: 710 Owner Here
RE: My Amusement For The Day
The best part is there is absolutely NO DIFFERENCE between the 710c and the 760c except Palm OS 4.1 (notice the old 710c pictures being used on sonystyle.com to show the 760c off).
Anyway, you guys keep posting and I'll keep laughing.
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splat
splat@altavista.net
RE: 710 Owner Here
RE: 710 Owner Here
Hello sunshine!
Headphones?
Funny
http://www.sonystyle.com/vaio/clie/peg_n710c_glamour_01.htm
And if you choose any of the nav options while in that close up view page, the overview, specs, etc. all go to 710 pages.
Some bad webmasters at sonystyle......
Oh this is just great!
SHUT UP 710 owners! There is alot more you should be worrying about then a useless upgrade in the OS.
RE: Oh this is just great!
You won't need it anyway
Yell when you see OS 5.0 in months, not years...heehee
RE: Oh this is just great!
Uh...last time I checked JBBackup was sold through Brayder Tech and now through HandFort. If I were you, I'd bring it up with them and not Sony. How is Sony responsible for your impatience?
"If I had known that they were going to offer backup software in the future, I would have just suffered through data losses these past few months and not shelled out my hard earned cash."
And if I would've known that Palm would sit on their technologic laurels and introduce products like the m125 and m5xx handhelds, I would've sold my shares in Palm alot sooner. By your rationale, I should complain to Palm and demand that I be refunded the money I would have made if they ran their company a bit differently.
If you're that displeased with your CLIE, then sell it. Otherwise, STFU!
RE: Oh this is just great!
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kHiTeDev
Hooray for the ignorant
Either you're a moron or you don't know what you're talking about.. or maybe both.
The upgrade is NOT useless, it allows the Clie to display the 65,000 colors on screen that it is capable of. Palm OS 3.5 does not support that many colors.
So how about you keep your mouth shut until you have something worth complaining about.
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splat
splat@altavista.net
RE: Oh this is just great!
I bet if I told you that gullible wasn't really a word in the dictionary, you'd go look it up. Relax, we're on the same side on this issue. My earlier post was just using something called sarcasm. Go look it up.
Preorder?
If you order it from Sonystyle it says "ships within 1-3 days"
Which is it? Anyone knows?
RE: Preorder?
They expect the units to arrive next week.
So it's not here yet!
RE: Preorder?
MagicGate
RE: MagicGate
RE: MagicGate
I'd still like to know if it messes with mp3s you've already encoded or if you can use a 128MB memorystick if you've already made the investment instead of buying a new magicgate stick. Thanks.
RE: MagicGate
p.s. Do you like my extremely technical term, "encryption stuff "?
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Haleluea (?)
Now the next holy event will be when it comes out in Canada!
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