I bought one, and within 24 hours took it back.

My biggest (and pretty much main) complaint was that the screen doesn't re-orient itself the way I would like.

When open in 'laptop' mode, I didn't mind it too much. But when moving it to 'PDA' mode (screen rotated and folded back down), the screen stays horizontal. And the Graffiti area is vertical. ICK!

Also, battery life is DISMAL. Manual says 2.5 hours if you do nothing but solid Wi-Fi with the backlight off (pretty sure it was off). I got to less than half a charge in 25 minutes with backlight on.

I decided to take it back and swapped for a Tungsten C. Wi-Fi times are much better.

I agree about the lack of a portrait mode. What was Sony thinking??? :rolleyes:

The vertical Graffiti area feels very awkward to me. As a lefty, I was really hating it till I found that I could switch it to left side of the screen. Now I just dislike it intensely.

To Sony's credit, the audio quality (listening to MP3's) through earphones is outstanding!

So far my battery life has been okay - but I have mainly been loading programs and reading eBooks on it at half-brightness. Which brings me to the jog-dial, or in this case jog-wheel. It is horrible! Placed in an impossible location - I honestly can find no comfortable one-handed way to hold the UX and flick the wheel (for turning pages). IMO, the jog-wheel should have been on the side where the on/off/hold slider is. :(

Judie :0)

Ack! I hate typing in a reply, then having my browser time out. Now I need to try and remember what I said. Forgive me if it isn't as eloquent as it was the first time. :)

The jog wheel gave me issues, especially when trying to click it. I usually ended up giving it a nice spin. Also, my problem with Graffiti entry in general was the included stylus. It being collapsible, and small, led to me having it collapse on me quite a bit. This didn't happen to my wife, so I chalked it up to having large hands.

I will agree that the audio from the Sony was excellent, but since I have an MP3 player for listening to music, I don't find myself minding the mono output of the Tungsten C.

I wasn't that impressed with the UX50 at first because the screen was so small compared to the NX80 that I exchanged for it. However after now having the device for 10 days I can say that I think I have found a device that will keep me happy for quite some time (at least until Palm OS6 devices come out:D ).

In the 10 days, I have never once used Grafitti to input anything and rely solely on the keyboard. I mean this is why I wanted a device with a thumb keyboard so why use the strange Grafitti area? While the display is a bit small, it is very evenly lit, bright, and images and photos looks so much better than on a Palm device. Multimedia rocks on the device with great sound output and fast video playback. The keyboard is very nice, but Sony could have done a better job with the drivers so we could simulate a OK, Done, Cancel button press. I know sometimes the Back button works for Cancel, but I want to leave the stylus in its silo all the time.

My battery life is absolutely miserable and I am going to CompUSA tonight to exchange my unit and get my 10% off refund (saving me $70 so I can buy the extended battery). I read that pt and others were getting decent battery life, but mine drops 50% after about 25 minutes of Bluetooth surfing and regularly is down in the teens within 2 hours. I have NEVER had to charge a PDA as much as this and I feel it is unacceptable for a connected device since you are trying to stay away from cables and not have to walk around with your charger. Hopefully, the replacement has a better battery life.