End of an Era: The Sony Clié PEG-TJ37 PDA

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Sony sold a successful line of Palm OS-based PDAs in the early 2000's. What did one of its high-end models from 2004 look like, and why did PDAs dramatically fall out of fashion?

Sony Clié PEG-TJ37 review:
https://web.archive.org/web/20051105012850/http://www.mobiletechreview.com/feature/sony_TJ37.htm

Palm Zire 71 video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFjCI_hLehw

PCMag review: May 4, 2004

Sony leaves the PDA market outside Japan:
Computerworld, June 7, 2004

Clie Japanese lineup image:
http://image.blog.livedoor.jp/tokiwakamesan/imgs/6/8/68a753ab.jpg?blog_id=1046977

Sony discontinues Clie product line:
https://www.pcworld.com/article/119746/article.html

Nokia N90 image:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nokia_N90_Camera_flickr_178946625.jpg

Treo 600 back image:
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Palm+Treo+600+Back+Case+Replacement/1755

Treo 600 video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwjznphTGEo

Palm Pre image:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palm_Pre.jpg

Palm Z22 image:
https://imgur.com/gallery/lSnay

Palm TX image:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/PalmTX.jpg

Palm exits PDA market:
http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/9654/colligan-no-new-palm-handhelds/

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