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Sony UX Micro PC

Say Hi to Doris, Your Task Management Assistant

A while ago, I wrote about Planzone, a collaborative project management app, and how it allowed me to organize and manage all the pieces and players of two major projects I have going on. I have the free plan, which includes two projects. But I … Read More »

Online Community Manager: Yes, It’s Really A Job

Community management is one of those careers that I think of as a quintessential web worker position. In my first full-time community manager position, I worked from my home in Portland for a company based in the Bay Area. Now, I work from home as a … Read More »

 
 

WebWorkerDaily has covered many time management, to-do list, and calendaring applications such as RememberTheMilk and Toodledo. There are many good applications in this space, but the tricky part with many of them is that they are intensely personal, and the way they work may not … Read More »

Hands On Review – Google Tasks

Rumors of a Google Task Manager Application have been circulating for years. ZDNet speculated back in April of ’06 and again in October ’07, while we posted Read More »

Doom and Gloom: How Real is it?

I’ve run across yet another survey that claims to demonstrate “small businesses are rapidly cutting overhead costs to adjust to the new reality of a slowing economy.” Among other findings in this survey: 75% of small businesses negatively impacted by the current economy 72% are reducing overhead … Read More »

iLeaseMyCar: Car Buying Calculation

There’s nothing worse than finding the perfect car, negotiating a fair price, and then getting totally worked over by the finance manager when you go to get a lease or a loan. To help you compare financing options, iLeaseMyCar provides a simple iPhone loan calculator. … Read More »

In 10 years, we’ll look back on Forgetting Sarah Marshall as “the movie in which most of America found out how funny Russell Brand is.” And in that strange bold future, this clip promoting Brand’s hosting of the MTV VMA awards will be seen as … Read More »

Free online video chat service TokBox has raised a $10 million Series B round of financing led by Bain Capital. Sequoia Capital, which provided $4 million for the startup’s Series A funding, also participated in this second round. TokBox has worked to expand … Read More »

The social network Bebo will launch on Wednesday its latest original video series, The Secret World Of Sam King, which promises to be another interactive, product-integrated show in the vein of past successes Kate Modern and Sofia’s Diary. Produced in partnership with Universal … Read More »

If nothing at CES tickled your mobile fancy, then perhaps an old favorite at a killer price might be attractive. How about a Sony VAIO UX390N with Windows Vista … Read More »

Recent Intel processor announcements all but guaranteed that this would happen: Sony is giving the UX-series an update in the form of new Core 2 Solo-driven … Read More »

Sony VAIO UX1 video overview: The Digital Lifestyle

The Sony VAIO UX-series still amazes me in terms of performance; the original Sony UMPCs from a few years back still perform as good as (if not better than) current … Read More »

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The past couple of weeks I’ve been really missing the Sony U71 (don’t worry Ron, I’m not going to ask for it back).  I have spent quite some time trying to … Read More »

I know it’s not a new device, in fact the guy in the coffee shop where I’m currently hanging my hat bought it six months ago but it is … Read More »

Once we saw refurbished Sony UXs for around a grand, I thought I had seen it all for the UX. Nope, not by a long … Read More »

jkOnTheRun reader Hector Gomez has pointed to some refurbished UMPCs at Clearance Club which might be just the ticket for those on a budget.  I just went to the web site and they have a lot of the Sony UX models with integrated WWAN for … Read More »

I found this semi-amusing but of value to someone shopping for a Sony UX handheld. So many folks touted the UX as a much better ultra-mobile computer solution than the Origami spec’d devices because it has an integrated keyboard. I ask those folks: how long … Read More »

Jenn from Pocketables shot me a note last night about an eleventh Sony UX model: the UX-380N. She says, "Other than the UX380N’s 40GB hard drive and silver … Read More »

jkOTR reader Gabriel tipped us off over the weekend: the SonyStyle store has the UX-390N handheld available for $2,499. This is the 32 GB flash drive version of the UX-series, running a … Read More »

If you’re like me and you love the Tablet PC and UMPC genre of computers then you know that it is the Windows XP Tablet Edition that sets these devices apart from other, … Read More »

Word of the next version of the Sony UX Micro PC comes not from the CES (at least not yet) but from Stuff Magazine.  Reader Jahan Kahn Rashid pointed me to the February issue of Stuff Magazine in the UK that features the Sony Vaio VGN-UX1XN … Read More »

Guest contributor Fernando Miralles showed us how to upgrade the Sony UX to a 60 GB hard drive and now Andy Broyles has posted step by step instructions with photos showing how to upgrade the UX to an 80 GB hard drive.  Andy has … Read More »

Sony has created a novel marketing approach for selling the UX280P Micro PC.  They think the small size of the UX makes it appeal to the secret agent inside each of us and have created the James Bond 007 UX Spy Gear Bundle (VGN-UX007) consisting … Read More »

Oh I remember, I embedded it in the headrest of the Toyota. (Autoblog via Steve French) Read More »

Those of you jonesing for the Sony UX280p get yourself over to the Menlo Park Mall in Jersey (Edison to be exact) as Raphael Salgado has reported seeing 20 of them in stock.  The UX 280p is the latest model of the Sony UX Micro … Read More »

Dynamism is offering all the various models of the UX Micro PC line from Sony including taking pre-orders for the newest Japanese model with the 32 GB Flash Drive (SSD).  Eagle-eyed jkOTR reader Keith Heard spotted this interesting item in the software accessory list: Dynamism … Read More »

Sony employee Raphael Salgado let me know that Sony is internally stating the Vaio UX280P Micro PC will be available on October 18.  The VGN-280P is the next generation in the UX Micro PC line that has a 1.2 GHz Pentium M and ups the memory to … Read More »

Hugo Ortega is a true neophiliac and his recent exposure to a Sony UX Micro PC has him all atwitter. Note the “deer in the headlights” look on Hugo’s face as he grips the Sony UX50 as if to make sure no one takes it … Read More »

Here’s hoping Sony has a trade-in or upgrade program for UX-180P owners! The UX-280P is now appearing on Sony’s site at a price of $1999.99. Perhaps this is the “business class” UX handheld since it’s featured on Sony’s Business Solutions site, and not … Read More »

Reader Brian Schneeberg pointed out to me that the Sony UX180P Micro PC that was just released in the US last month has disappeared from the SonyStyle website. I have been searching high and low on the site and Brian’s right, the UX180P is no longer … Read More »

I received an email this morning from Raphael Salgado from SonyStyle detailing a sweet deal from Staples for the Sony UX180P.  The UX180P is the Sony with the integrated EDGE from Cingular.  Here’s what Raphael had to say about the Staples deal: Staples is selling the Sony … Read More »

Mobile enthusiasts in the UK have been waiting for word from Sony that they will sell the Sony UX Micro PC in that country, but so far that word has not come.  Today we offer confirmation (sort of) that SonyStyle will be selling the UX in … Read More »

It feels like just last week we were discussing Linux on the Samsung Q1; oh, it was! This week’s "Linux in your hand" feature comes courtesy of Kiwi-land and Geekzone. Looks … Read More »

Akihabara News has produced a 14 minute video review of the new flash memory-based Sony UX90PS and they like what they see.  The UX90PS is Sony’s model of the Micro PC that uses a 16 GB flash drive instead of a physical hard drive, a … Read More »

GeekStuff4U is now taking pre-orders for the flash drive version of the Sony UX although there’s no shipping date just yet. The base Sony VGN-UX90PS with a flash-based storage … Read More »

Jenn Lee recently picked up a Sony UX180P and is posting some good information about the little PC that includes a lot of pictures.  She has posts that discuss portrait mode vs. landscape, screen protectors and more.  It’s not just Sony information that you’ll find there, … Read More »

Eagle-eyed jkOTR reader Bob just passed along some nice words about our blog (thanks Bob!) and also spotted the Sony UX180P user manual on Sony’s site. There are also pages for FAQs and driver downloads, but we figure you don’t need those just yet … Read More »

Reviews are popping out all over of the Sony UX180P with integrated EDGE from Cingular and engadget jumped in with one too.  Normally I am not a big fan of engadget hardware reviews but this one is pretty good, if short on hands-on use description.  Check … Read More »

It never fails that soon after a new ultra-portable PC is released that some enterprising individual will immediately try and put Linux on it.  Linux is a nice OS but these gadgets usually have special hardware that require specific drivers that only exist for the Windows … Read More »

Meansquare’s Miscellany has published a very thorough comparison of the Sony UX and the OQO.  A total benchmark comparison is in the article as are numerous photographs showing the size comparison between the two ultra-portables.  In the article you will find screen brightness and resolution … Read More »

Owners of ultra-portable devices are often willing to push the envelope a bit when it comes to upgrading the hardware components to get more power/ performance/ speed/ storage space.  It was no surprise to me when Kevin gutted his Samsung Q1 to bring the memory … Read More »

Despite a sense of optimism that is currently running through Silicon Valley and other tech centers around the country, the technology IPO market remains luke warm. We all remember the Vonage IPO, and then yesterday more bad news. Web analytics firm, Omniture went … Read More »

I am a mobile type of guy and when I use an ultra-portable device I really use it, often for hours at a time.  I may use it held in my hands or I might use it with an external keyboard and mouse, whatever fits what … Read More »

A couple of members on Handtops have put their two devices together and posted a number of photos that demonstrate the size difference between the OQO and the Sony UX Micro PC.  It is surprising that the Sony UX is about the same size as … Read More »

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