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Even its construction oozes good quality. The way it runs its applications are so intelligent and as intuitive as today's (2007) offerings. I use this Clie mainly as an organizer and information notebook, and for these purposes I do not need a new PDA. Ive owned this Sony Clie PEG-TG50 PDA (Personal Entertainment Organizer, Sony calls it) since 2003 and since then I have been using it as my main personal digital assistant.Its technology is rather antiquated by today's standards but it is so reliable and durable that I could not let go of it. It has never had a system problem, its battery is about 90% its original potential, it syncs even faster and smoother than my wife's TX, and it has survived more drops than I can think of.
You definitely need a memory stick and a sturdy case. I just lost the backlighting again and I am going to have to make a tough decision.
You have to buy Intellisync ($50) to make it work. another $138 doesn't make sense.especially since the XP version of Outlook doesn't sync to it.
I have had a pda since the early '90's.Casio Boss to all the early palms, but I love my tg50. Each reapir cost $138 and I conducted all communications via their website.
Although the tg50 has a number of great features, I think my next purchase will be a pocket pc.Buy one on ebay and don't get too attached. The keyboard is great.grafitti is slow and hard to learn, especially numerals.
I have sent mine in for repairs twice: once for a cracked screen and the second for loss of backlighting.
I loved it so much I ordered another one on ebay for $110. The TG50 is not the best Clie, but it is my top choice. I bought it when it first came out, and I broke the motherboard by having it in my bag.
Neccessary accessories include-a memory stick (64mb if just using for apps, 256 if you want to store a few songs(get these on ebay too, for about half price))-a case, if you are getting a case that stays on it all the time(custom fit) which I recommend get the Bellagio one, its nice and it allows the pda to hotsync in a cradle while still in the case I got my tg50 from ebay, you all should. It retails for about $300, I got a used one(that is great) for $97, less than I payed for my clie sj20 (b and w screen) 1- keyboard, gotta have it cause i hate graphiti yah it takes a little getting used to but i like it (but it obviously doesn't compare to the one on the ux50)2- Truely awesome crisp colorful screen3-well thought out and overall fantastic design4-very thin (1/2 inch thick)5-OS 5 i previously had a sony sj20, which has a palm OS (no OS 5), so I am used to a palm pda, but that being this pda is extremely easy to use, I never looked at the manual, but figured out all the features anyway.
After I had paid the ransom for the return of my Clie to me it took another 15-20 days of constant phone calls to get status of the repair. They have little respect for their customers and have no qualms in using the old it was physical damage to make up for a poor warranty service. Once they stated it would be sent the next day and to call for a tracking number. I would give anything to have bought from any other company than Sony.J. What a misnomer. What a nightmare. I had bought my Clie less than a year ago when it refused to stay on. I found the Service Tech's rude and very hard to understand.
After 10 days they phoned me back to say it was physical damage and they needed $138.00 to cover the repair and shipment of my unit. To this day I still have nothing resolved. This was my initial problem. Peterson R.N. If I want them to replace mine with a like unit that had the equipment on it I once had I will have to give them another $60.00. I needed to repeat what the problem was with the unit several times and was told it wasn't under warranty. Finally have someone call back from Sony San Diego stating that they no longer made my model and want to send me a sub-standard unit to replace it. After several tries to do a "hard boot" on it where I had to constantly restore y data from my back up I called what Sony loosely refers to as Customer Support.
Once that they were waiting for parts, then that it was in for exchange due to the fact they were unable to keep it booted. I had had an area on the screen that had faded for at least 1-2 months before the problems began on a unit I used several times a day. It took me approximately 10 days just to get a person on the phone that understood the problems with my Clie and agree to let me send it in for warranty repair. I had to prove to them the date of purchase.not a problem.Once they got their hands on it they decided that it had physical damage that caused the problem.
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