The Clie NX, were a series of handheld PDAs made by Sony, their first running the Palm OS 5.0 operating system. They had a clam-shell form factor, with a vertical rotatable screen. Most of these models also had a rotatable camera built in.
The NX series succeeds the NR series.
The NX60 and NX70V were the first models in this series to be released, announced in October 2002.[1] Notably, they were the 9th and 10th PDA models to be released by Sony that year.[2] Being otherwise identical, the NX70 featured a VGA (0.3MP) digital camera built-in.[2]
These models featured both Memory Stick and CompactFlash card expansion ports, but the CF slot was advertised as a "Wireless Communication Slot" and was only compatible with specific Sony wireless LAN cards, the PEGA-WL100[3] and PEGA-WL110. Third-party drivers were eventually available for these models that enabled support for CF memory storage as well.[4]
Specifications from Mobile Tech Review.[5]
Announced in May 2003,[6] the Clie PEG-NX73V and PEG-NX80V are similar to the previous models, but with some minor cosmetic changes. The functionality of the Compact Flash port was expanded, and now CF cards were supported for file storage as well.[7] On the NX80 the storage was upgraded to 32MB, and the camera bumped up to a 1.3MP CCD, while the NX73 remained at 16MB and 0.3MP respectively.[6]
Specifications from CNET.[8]
Several accessories were produced for the NX series:
One of the accessories of note for the NX series, was a plug-in game controller, the PEGA-GC10.
Sony produced two wireless expansion cards for these models, to provide internet access, the PEGA-WL100, and the PEGA-WL110. Both cards supported 802.11b.[9] However, they suffered from a curious Palm OS 5.0 limitation of only being able to transfer files up to 1MB in size.[10]
Sony CLIÉ NZ Series: The NZ series succeeds the NX series.