Editing CLIÉ (section)

{{short description|Personal digital assistant}}
{{Infobox information appliance
|title    = Sony CLIÉ 
|logo     = Sony Clie logo.svg
|image    = CLIE N760C Audio.jpg
|caption  = The CLIÉ N760C Audio with its included headphones and the Audio Player program.
|manufacturer = [[Sony]]
|type     = [[Personal digital assistant]]
|generation   = 
|release date  = {{Start date and age|2000}}<!-- If known, add |mm|dd -->
|retail availability = 
|lifespan = 2000–2005
|price        = 
|discontinued = {{Start date and age|2005}}<!-- If known, add |mm|dd -->
|units sold   = 
|units shipped= 
|media        = 
|os           = [[Palm OS]]
|power        = 
|soc          = 
|cpu          = [[Freescale DragonBall|Dragonball]], [[ARM architecture|ARM]]
}}
[[File:Sony-CLIE-PEG-NZ90.jpg|thumb|A [[Sony CLIÉ PEG-NZ90]] Personal Entertainment Organiser model featuring a respectable multimedia specification.]]
[[File:Sony Clié.jpg|thumb|Sony CLIÉ PEG-SL10]]
[[File:Sony PEGA-MSC1 connected to the Sony Clié PEG-SJ20.jpg|thumb|Sony PEGA-MSC1 [[digital camera]] connected to the Clié PEG-SJ20]]
'''CLIÉ''' is a series of [[personal digital assistant]]s (PDAs) running the [[operating system]] (OS) ''[[Palm OS]]'', developed and marketed by [[Sony]] from 2000 to 2005. The devices introduced many new features to the PDA market, such as a [[jog dial]] (or jog wheel) interface, high-resolution displays, and Sony technologies like [[Memory Stick]] slots and [[ATRAC3]] audio playback. Most models were designed and manufactured in [[Japan]].

The CLIÉ handhelds were distinguished from other Palm OS models by their emphasis on multimedia abilities, including photo, video, and audio playback, long before any other Palm OS PDAs had such abilities.<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!-- Unstated staff writer --> |date=15 November 1999 |title=Sony and Palm Computing to Collaborate on the Joint Development of a Next Generation Palm Computing Platform |url=https://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press_Archive/199911/99-1115C/ |website=Sony Global |access-date=2 October 2019}}</ref> Later models have been credited with spurring competition in the previously stagnant Palm market, closing many of the gaps that existed between Palm OS PDAs and those using [[Microsoft]] [[Windows Mobile]] OS, more so for multimedia, but also with Sony's proprietary application launcher interface.