Compare: Zire 71, Zire 72 and Sony CLIE PEG-TJ37
Filed in: Gadgets, Technology — April 29th, 2004
PalmOne just released new Zire series - Palm Zire 31 and Palm Zire 72. Here is CNET’s review for both handheld.
In order to have clearer image on the different between Zire 71 and Zire 72, and compare Zire 72 with the almost same price Sony CLIE PEG-TJ37, here is small comparison table I made:
| Model | |||
| Price | RM948 | RM1136.20 ($299*3.8) | RM1140 ($299.99*3.8) |
| OS | Palm OS® 5.2.1 | Palm OS® 5.2.8 | Palm OS® 5.2.? |
| CPU | 144MHz ARM | 312 MHz Intel® PXA270 processor | 200 MHz i.MXL Appication Processor |
| Memory | 4MB ROM; 16MB(13MB avail) RAM | 8MB ROM; 32MB(24MB avail) RAM | 16MB ROM; 32MB(23MB avail) RAM |
| Interface | USB Infrared supports MMC, SD and SDIO cards |
Bluetooth USB Infrared support MMC, SD, and SDIO cards |
Wireless LAN USB Infrared Memory stick slot |
| Display | 16bit, 320×320 | 16bit color, 320×320 | 16bit color, 320×320 |
| Multimedia | MP3, Video | MP3, Video | MP3, Video |
| Battery | Rechargeable Lithium Polymer 900mAh battery | Rechargeable Lithium 950mAh battery | Rechargeable Lithium Polymer |
| Size(H x W x D) | 11.4(opened: 13.5)cm x 7.4cm x 1.7cm | 11.68cm x 7.40cm x 1.7cm | 11.43cm x 7.62cm x 1.35cm |
| Weight | 150 g | 136 g | 141g |
| Digital Camera | 0.3M pixel | photo: 1.2M pixel, 2x zoom. video: 320 x 240 |
0.31M pixel |
| CNET’s review | visit | visit | visit |
Note: red color is better/notable.
Thought:
When Sony CLIE PEG-TJ37 released, it beats Zire 71. But with the newly released Zire 72, seems Palm has make Zire competable with PEG-TJ37. If you want WiFi, PEG-TJ37 is for you, else Zire 72 is a good choice. It has fast CPU(read: speeeed!), shot bigger resolution photo and even video. Plus, MMC is always cheaper than memory stick at same storage capacity.
Hmm… wonder when I will have my first handheld… 
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April 29th, 2004 at 4:20 pm
hehe yeah zire72 is nice. played with it yesterday.
some latest info; its 1.2mp, not 1.3mp. sd cards are much cheaper than mmc. u can get zire71 for RM788 now with freegifts.
the cheapest i heard for zire72-RM1128 at MyGadget, LowYatt Plaza. Hehe.
April 29th, 2004 at 11:05 pm
my story with zire71 - it’s great, i like it. Then the SD/MMC slot stop working. wait for 3/4 month (can’t exactly remember) before the new replacement. then the speaker stop working and still can’t get it. it’s already 3 month. so my zire is not with me for almost 7 month and now zire72 is out .. ooh no
April 30th, 2004 at 12:15 am
my collegue just bought a sony clie sj-37 a week ago. and now, he’s desperate to sell it back juz to buy the zire72!!!
amazing huh?!
April 30th, 2004 at 12:43 am
Wahhh my sony tj37!!!!
Zire 72 is better? Hmmm worth re-considering
April 30th, 2004 at 4:16 pm
Hi LcF! Do you know where to get cheap PDA? & some sites for the information. Thanks~
April 30th, 2004 at 5:30 pm
In Malaysia, you may try your luck in LowYatt and Sungei Wang. Not sure about PDA site, tho. I am not currently a PDA user.
Try: http://www.mypdacafe.com/ and http://www.kvpug.org/ for local PDA user group.
April 30th, 2004 at 5:33 pm
Thanks lot! ;):wink:
April 30th, 2004 at 6:31 pm
mostly Pocket PC users will frequent mypdacafe.com. Palm users like me
will regularly ‘lepak’ at kvpug.org.
its the majorities in each of them. not stopping u to join both tho… haha. i need a bath.
June 1st, 2005 at 4:07 am
I bought my Zire 71 for only RM 799 in late 2003. It isn’t new for 2004.
January 25th, 2008 at 7:17 am
got my palmone zire 72 on black market at 800dhs (80 dollar) and still new . I buy 2 giga SD memory and it works .Finally I find what I like in the black market .games, Mp3 ,video, photos, draw on memo , draw on picture with color etc etc etc. Its synchronize with my laptop but I need to find old model of nokia phone to synchronize with the Phone. Rigth now Im using my nokia 6020 thru infrared to transfer the photos from my phones. palm is great !!! I love it!!!