Compare: Zire 71, Zire 72 and Sony CLIE PEG-TJ37

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	Palm Zire 71	Palm Zire 72	Sony CLIE PEG-TJ37
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… :???: