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Sony Electronics today announced its latest handhelds, the CLIE PEG-NX70V and PEG-NX60, the first Palm OS five and 200MHz ARM processor devices to be officially unveiled.

Sony said the CLIE PEG-NX70V, available in gun metal grey and silver, and PEG-NX60, silver only, models enable users to take photos and record video clips, record voice memos, and wirelessly browse the Internet on a Wi-Fi (802.11b) network with an optional Sony wireless LAN card, in addition to playing MP3 audio files and video games.

The new handhelds have the highest resolution color LCD screen (320 x 480 pixels) available for a Palm OS device, the flip-and-twist LCD screen design found in the PEG-NR70V, an integrated MP3 player, a built-in AV remote controller application, a Jog Dial navigator and a Memory Stick removable media slot.

While the CLIE PEG-NX70V features an integrated camera like the PEG-NR70V, its camera is capable of capturing both still images and video clips. Located on the hinge connecting the screen and keyboard with a maximum effective resolution of 310,000 pixels, the CLIE PEG-NX70V model's digital camera features 2X digital zoom, and can take VGA size images (640 x 480 pixels) and record MPEG4 compression video clips. On a 128MB Memory Stick media card, users can store up to 60 minutes of continuous video (160 x 112 pixels).