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CLIE is a series of personal digital assistants running the Palm Operating System that are unique from other PDAs by such features as a jog-wheel interface, a Memory Stick slot, ATRAC3 audio playback, and high-resolution displays, though earlier models did not include all of these. Many other Palm OS devices have since caught up with Sony's standard for high-resolution screens, though Sony was an industry leader at the time of introduction. Most models were manufactured in Japan. An acronym for creativity, lifestyle, innovation, emotion though formerly communication, link, information and entertainment, the name is apparently an attempt at a new coinage, though it means "tool" in the Jerriais language. The proper pronunciation is "KLEE-ay". The CLIE handhelds were distinguished from other Palm OS models by their emphasis on multimedia capabilities, including photo, video, and audio playback, long before any other Palm OS PDAs had such capabilities. Later models have been credited with spurring competition in the previously stagnant Palm market, closing many of the gaps that existed between Palm OS PDAs and those powered by Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system, particularly on the multimedia front, but also with Sony's proprietary application launcher interface. Macintosh support:Officially, the CLIE line never supported the Macintosh OS, and Sony never provided any software with the handhelds for Mac OS. However, as a Palm OS device, every CLIE handheld was inherently capable of HotSync operations with a Mac OS computer. This allowed for the synchronization of the basic PIM functions, as well as for the installation of new software, though this inherent capability was unusable because the Mac HotSync software would not recognize the handheld. PalmSource, however, silently added the capability to recognize older CLIE devices when providing new versions of its Palm Desktop software for Mac. This was necessary for those who could synchronize only via USB. The CLIE user community soon discovered that these "updates" were simply a matter of adding a few lines to the USB-detection property-list file. Interestingly enough, no modifications are required for Bluetooth synchronization, but WiFi synchronization is impossible because the Mac OS HotSync software does not support network synchronization. Some workarounds for the multimedia features also exist. CLIE handhelds were released in series, usually with a few models released in each series. In later years, multiple series would be in production at the same time:
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