On Sony's canning of the Clie

The Web is abuzz with news that Sony has killed off the Clie. Theories abound that they will either be coming back with a range of Microsoft OS-powered devices or are intending to focus on the PSP. Neither option really lights up our synapses with joy; our experience with the Palm OS and Sony's apps has been good (aside from Sony's lack of Mac support), and the PSP is too chunky to carry around everywhere, especially if you consider the stand and external keyboard + pointing device that would be needed to get it off the ground as a PDA.

Sony certainly has its problems as a company--though at least it is ditching ATRAC3 and recovering some ground in portable audio--but the Clie certainly wasn't one of them; our PEG-UX50 is one of the sweetest devices we have. Why the entire world doesn't want a device that has WiFi, Bluetooth and a thumb keyboard, records audio, video and still photos, has a great screen, and is the size of about half a paperback is beyond us.

[Via Impress PC Watch (Japanese)]