Editing CLIÉ

{{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.

== Name ==
CLIÉ stands for: '''creativity, lifestyle, innovation, emotion''', and formerly '''communication, link, information and entertainment'''. The name was initially an attempt at a new coinage term, though it means ''tool'' in the [[Jèrriais]] language.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}

==Closure of handheld line==
In the summer of 2004, [[Sony]] announced that new CLIÉs would, from then on, be manufactured and available only in Japan, and in the spring of 2005, Sony announced the end of its CLIÉ line of products. The last models to be released worldwide were the PEG-TJ27, PEG-TJ37, and PEG-TH55. The last model released in Japan was the [[PEG-VZ90]]. Soon after the closure of the CLIÉ line, Sony stopped providing original installation drivers, including Sony's version of Palm Desktop for the CLIÉ, which are necessary for Hotsyncing with the PC and otherwise taking advantage of the handhelds' many features for which a PC may be needed. Several CLIÉ fans took it upon themselves to offer these drivers freely for download at {{URL|http://www.sonyclie.org/}}.

==Models==
CLIÉ handhelds were released in series, usually with a few models released in each series. In later years, multiple series would be in production at the same time.

===Motorola Dragonball CPU: Palm OS 3.5, 4.x===
* S series (2000–2002)
* T series (2001–2003)
* N series (2001–2002)
* [[Sony CLIÉ NR Series|NR series]] (2002)
* SL/SJ series (2002–2003)

===ARM compatible CPU: Palm OS 5.0, 5.2===
* [[Sony CLIÉ NX Series|NX series]] (2002–2004)
* [[Sony CLIÉ NZ Series|NZ series]] (2003–2004)
* [[Sony CLIÉ PEG-TG50|TG series]] (2003–2004)
* [[Sony CLIÉ UX Series|UX series]] (2003–2004)
* [[Sony CLIÉ TJ Series|TJ series]] (2003–2004)
* [[Sony CLIÉ PEG-TH55|TH series]] (2004)
* [[Sony CLIÉ PEG-VZ90|VZ series]] (2004–2005) (Japan only)

==Macintosh support==
Officially, the CLIÉ line did not support the [[Macintosh]], and Sony never provided any software with the handhelds for [[Macintosh operating systems]]. However, as a Palm OS device, every CLIÉ handheld was inherently capable of [[Palm OS#HotSync|HotSync]] operations with a Mac OS computer. This allowed for synchronizing the basic [[personal information manager]] (PIM) functions, and for installing new software, though this ability was unusable because the Mac HotSync software would not recognize the handheld. [[PalmSource]], however, silently added the ability to recognize older CLIÉ devices when providing new versions of its Palm Desktop software for Mac. This was necessary for those who could synchronize only via [[USB]].

The CLIÉ user community soon discovered that these "updates" were simply a matter of adding a few lines to the USB-detection property-list file.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.1src.com/forums/showthread.php?p=659925&mode=linear |title=1src Forums - Does Mac OS X really require MissingSync for Clie |access-date=2006-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201940/http://www.1src.com/forums/showthread.php?p=659925&mode=linear |archive-date=2007-09-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Since then, detailed [http://www.lensovet.net/~sysadmin/w/Sony_Cli%C3%A9_on_Mac_OS_X instructions] have been posted online for those who want to synchronize their CLIÉ handhelds. No modifications are required for [[Bluetooth]] synchronizing, but [[Wi-Fi]] synchronizing is impossible because the Mac OS HotSync software does not support network synchronizing. Some workarounds for the multimedia features also exist. For those who desire stronger Mac OS/CLIÉ integration, the product Missing Sync<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.markspace.com/missingsync_palmos.php# |title=Missing Sync |access-date=2006-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060417154126/http://www.markspace.com/missingsync_palmos.php# |archive-date=2006-04-17 |url-status=dead}}</ref> made by the company Mark/Space<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.markspace.com/| title = Mark/Space}}</ref> is also available. This does make unencrypted [[Wi-Fi]] synchronizing possible but a bug in the CLIÉ network stack reverses IP addresses which means that the Macintosh involved needs a palindromic IP address such as 10.0.0.10.

==See also==
*[[Graffiti (Palm OS)]]
*[[Palm OS]]
*[[PalmSource, Inc.]]
*[[Personal digital assistant]]
*[[Walkman]]
*[[Mylo (Sony)]]
*[[Sony Xperia]]
*Sony [[Magic Link]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://servicesales.sel.sony.com/ Sony repair/parts replacement website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723135118/http://servicesales.sel.sony.com/ |date=2008-07-23 }} - Buy replacement parts for current unsupported Sony CLIÉS.″″
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061024232251/http://www.1src.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=2 One Source], formerly CLIÉ Source, is an enthusiast site which changed its name when Sony ended the CLIÉ line. It is still the more popular site that still covers the Sony CLIÉ line of products through its forums.
* [http://www.sonyclie.org SonyClie.org] - Downloadable PC-Clie drivers which are no longer provided by Sony.
* [http://blogs.oracle.com/openomics/entry/isync_support_for_sony_cli%C3%A9 Openomics] - Step-by-step instructions to add Apple iSync support for a Sony CLIÉ TH55

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