Which PDA? - Palm Vx or Sony Clie 320

[alluu]

Just got rid of my old Handspring Visor Deluxe. Looking for something smaller and sleeker.

Two options: Palm Vx for $161 or Sony Clie 320 for $180

Which would you choose? I intended on getting the Palm Vx butI didn't know the Clie was so cheap. It just came out and is on the Palm 4.0 OS. The Palm Vx just seems to be an old model but is still popular because it is a Palm. I also believe that the Vx can't be upgraded to the 4.0 OS.

Thanks for the help.

 

[ABErickson]

alluu, you mind telling us where you can get the Palm Vx for $161?

 

[Oyeve]

The Vx will be upgradable to palm os 4, but not for free. I think itll cost 24 bucks or something. Anyway, my co worker got the palm 505 and it came with the 4.0 OS on cd, I will attempt to upgrade my Vx to os 4 and let you know tomorrow.

 

[GD695372]

Go with the Palm Vx.

 

[alluu]

Big Al,

Joined the Developer's Program through Palm. A benefit is the hardware discount and the Vx came out to be 179.40. PM with Staples and used $30 of coupon. After tax, $161.

 

[Lore]

How do you pricematch the hardware developer program? Isn't it slightly hard to show them the website, or did you do something else?

 

[alluu]

Staples had no problem with it

 

[drewski]

i heard the problem w/ os4 on the Vx was the flash memory size wasn't enough.

 

[alluu]

That is what I also heard. The Vx only has a 2MB flash memory and therefore can't be flashed to the 4.0. On the other hand, the Clie has a 4MB flash memory. I am seriously looking at the Clie but it doesn't come with the cradle.

Any other opinions. Dell's 10% off is only good through tomorrow.