<s>
The	O
Sony	B-Application
CLIÉ	I-Application
(	O
creativity	O
,	O
lifestyle	O
,	O
innovation	O
,	O
emotion	O
,	O
formerly	O
communication	O
,	O
link	O
,	O
information	O
and	O
entertainment	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
personal	B-Application
digital	I-Application
assistants	I-Application
(	O
PDAs	B-Application
)	O
running	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
(	O
OS	O
)	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
,	O
developed	O
and	O
marketed	O
by	O
Sony	O
from	O
2000	O
to	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
devices	O
introduced	O
many	O
new	O
features	O
to	O
the	O
PDA	B-Application
market	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
jog	B-Device
dial	I-Device
(	O
or	O
jog	B-Device
wheel	I-Device
)	O
interface	O
,	O
high-resolution	O
displays	O
,	O
and	O
Sony	O
technologies	O
like	O
Memory	O
Stick	O
slots	O
and	O
ATRAC3	O
audio	O
playback	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CLIÉ	B-Application
handhelds	O
were	O
distinguished	O
from	O
other	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
models	O
by	O
their	O
emphasis	O
on	O
multimedia	O
abilities	O
,	O
including	O
photo	O
,	O
video	O
,	O
and	O
audio	O
playback	O
,	O
long	O
before	O
any	O
other	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
PDAs	B-Application
had	O
such	O
abilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
models	O
have	O
been	O
credited	O
with	O
spurring	O
competition	O
in	O
the	O
previously	O
stagnant	O
Palm	O
market	O
,	O
closing	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
gaps	O
that	O
existed	O
between	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
PDAs	B-Application
and	O
those	O
using	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Windows	I-Operating_System
Mobile	I-Operating_System
OS	O
,	O
more	O
so	O
for	O
multimedia	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
with	O
Sony	O
's	O
proprietary	O
application	O
launcher	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
summer	O
of	O
2004	O
,	O
Sony	O
announced	O
that	O
new	O
CLIÉs	B-Application
would	O
,	O
from	O
then	O
on	O
,	O
be	O
manufactured	O
and	O
available	O
only	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
the	O
spring	O
of	O
2005	O
,	O
Sony	O
announced	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
its	O
CLIÉ	B-Application
line	O
of	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
models	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
worldwide	O
were	O
the	O
PEG-TJ27	O
,	O
PEG-TJ37	B-Application
,	O
and	O
PEG-TH55	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
model	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
was	O
the	O
PEG-VZ90	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soon	O
after	O
the	O
closure	O
of	O
the	O
CLIÉ	B-Application
line	O
,	O
Sony	O
stopped	O
providing	O
original	O
installation	O
drivers	O
,	O
including	O
Sony	O
's	O
version	O
of	O
Palm	O
Desktop	O
for	O
the	O
CLIÉ	B-Application
,	O
which	O
are	O
necessary	O
for	O
Hotsyncing	O
with	O
the	O
PC	O
and	O
otherwise	O
taking	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
handhelds	O
 '	O
many	O
features	O
for	O
which	O
a	O
PC	O
may	O
be	O
needed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
CLIÉ	B-Application
fans	O
took	O
it	O
upon	O
themselves	O
to	O
offer	O
these	O
drivers	O
freely	O
for	O
download	O
at	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CLIÉ	B-Application
handhelds	O
were	O
released	O
in	O
series	O
,	O
usually	O
with	O
a	O
few	O
models	O
released	O
in	O
each	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Officially	O
,	O
the	O
CLIÉ	B-Application
line	O
did	O
not	O
support	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
and	O
Sony	O
never	O
provided	O
any	O
software	O
with	O
the	O
handhelds	O
for	O
Macintosh	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
device	O
,	O
every	O
CLIÉ	B-Application
handheld	O
was	O
inherently	O
capable	O
of	O
HotSync	O
operations	O
with	O
a	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allowed	O
for	O
synchronizing	O
the	O
basic	O
personal	B-Application
information	I-Application
manager	I-Application
(	O
PIM	O
)	O
functions	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
installing	O
new	O
software	O
,	O
though	O
this	O
ability	O
was	O
unusable	O
because	O
the	O
Mac	O
HotSync	O
software	O
would	O
not	O
recognize	O
the	O
handheld	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PalmSource	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
silently	O
added	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
recognize	O
older	O
CLIÉ	B-Application
devices	O
when	O
providing	O
new	O
versions	O
of	O
its	O
Palm	O
Desktop	O
software	O
for	O
Mac	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
necessary	O
for	O
those	O
who	O
could	O
synchronize	O
only	O
via	O
USB	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CLIÉ	B-Application
user	O
community	O
soon	O
discovered	O
that	O
these	O
"	O
updates	O
"	O
were	O
simply	O
a	O
matter	O
of	O
adding	O
a	O
few	O
lines	O
to	O
the	O
USB-detection	O
property-list	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
,	O
detailed	O
have	O
been	O
posted	O
online	O
for	O
those	O
who	O
want	O
to	O
synchronize	O
their	O
CLIÉ	B-Application
handhelds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
No	O
modifications	O
are	O
required	O
for	O
Bluetooth	B-Protocol
synchronizing	O
,	O
but	O
Wi-Fi	O
synchronizing	O
is	O
impossible	O
because	O
the	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
HotSync	O
software	O
does	O
not	O
support	O
network	O
synchronizing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
those	O
who	O
desire	O
stronger	O
Mac	O
OS/CLIÉ	O
integration	O
,	O
the	O
product	O
Missing	O
Sync	O
made	O
by	O
the	O
company	O
Mark/Space	O
is	O
also	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
does	O
make	O
unencrypted	O
Wi-Fi	O
synchronizing	O
possible	O
but	O
a	O
bug	O
in	O
the	O
CLIÉ	B-Application
network	O
stack	O
reverses	O
IP	O
addresses	O
which	O
means	O
that	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
involved	O
needs	O
a	O
palindromic	O
IP	O
address	O
such	O
as	O
10.0.0.10	O
.	O
</s>
