Sony CLIÉ PEG-SJ22
 Front view of the Clie PEG-SJ22 | |
| Manufacturer | Sony |
|---|---|
| Type | PDA |
| Media | 16 MB internal RAM, 15 MB available[1] |
| Operating system | Palm OS 4.1 |
| CPU | 33 MHz Motorola MC68VZ328[1] |
| Display | 320x320 16-bit color (65,536 colors) TFT active-matrix display[1] |
| Input | Touchscreen, jog dial |
| Touchpad | Entire screen |
| Connectivity | Infrared, USB through proprietary connector, Memory Stick slot[1] |
| Power | Li-ion battery[1] |
| Dimensions | 104 x 71.8 x 16.8 mm[1] |
The Sony CLIÉ PEG-SJ22 was a Palm OS based handheld "Personal Entertainment Organizer" released by Sony in 2003, it is a very similar device to the Sony CLIÉ PEG-SJ30 with a slightly different software package.[2]
It was released to be the entry-level model[3] and only ran Palm OS 4.1,[1] not the newly released Palm OS 5. It is in effect a personal digital assistant with a few multimedia features. Sony bundled the Kinoma Video Player with the device,[1] although out of the box it only had sound output in the form of a Piezo-buzzer. This resulted in very poor sound quality without the optional Stereo Audio Adapter. Also bundled were the Sony PictureGear Pocket application,[1] which allowed the retrieval of images from Memory Stick media[1] or the optional Memory Stick camera and the Photostand application, which allowed use of the Clié as a Digital photo frame.[1][4]
Other notable mentions are World Alarm Clock,[1] a world clock application which, like all other Clié applications, takes full advantage of the Clié's high resolution display,[4] and Clié Paint, which is a simple paint application that create or edit pictures stored on the device (including those in PictureGear Pocket).[1]
Due to the Clié having a High-resolution display, Sony included a new technology to Palm OS 4.1, called HiRes, which allowed applications written for 160x160pixel Palm OS devices to make full use of the 320x320 display.[4][5] In practice it worked very well with most applications and could be selectively disabled for those applications which did not.[5]
Another technology included is called JogAssist, which gave the user more control over the Palm OS by using the Jog wheel.[5] It could be set so that when the Jog wheel's back button was held down for a few seconds, it would show a cursor over the on-screen elements and allow the user to modify them without using the stylus.[5] Holding the back button for slightly longer instead selected the Palm OS menu from the current application,[5] which could also be augmented with up to 3 shortcuts to regularly used tasks from: Power Off, Applications, Keyboard, Calc, Find, Backlight or Brightness.
For a device with all these features as this price point (£149 GBP, $199 US), the PEG-SJ22 proved to be a popular device. It was the cheapest color Clié available[6] and replaced the last greyscale Clié, the Sony CLIÉ PEG-SL10.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Read This First" (PDF). Sony. January 15, 2003. p. 52,53,56,58,67. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 26, 2024.
- ^ Hibbert, Roger (April 11, 2003). "Sony Clié PEG-SJ22 - Picture". Zdnet. Archived from the original on March 6, 2021.
- ^ a b Royea, Dan (March 10, 2003). "Hands-on Review: Clie SJ22". PalmInfoCenter. Archived from the original on September 8, 2006.
- ^ a b c Hibbert, Roger (April 11, 2003). "Sony Clié PEG-SJ22". Zdnet. Archived from the original on April 10, 2025.
- ^ a b c d e "Handbook" (PDF). Sony. December 17, 2002. p. 12,13,71. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 18, 2024.
- ^ Baye, Michael; Gatti, Rupert J.; Kattuman, Paul; Morgan, John (December 2004). "Estimating Firm-Level Demand at a Price Comparison Site: Accounting for Shoppers and the Number of Competitors". Competition Policy Center. UC Berkeley: 42. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 12, 2020.