Comments on: Sony Vaio P unveiled- smaller than but not a netbook http://gigaom.com/mobile/sony-vaio-p-unveiled-smaller-than-but-not-a-netbook/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:24:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: tsog http://gigaom.com/mobile/sony-vaio-p-unveiled-smaller-than-but-not-a-netbook/#comment-410948 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:49:59 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=27418#comment-410948 @ken
the review indicates an atom Z540 (1.83ghz) version (check the benchmarks)
i hope sony usa will offer it as an option
also 16.5mm keys don’t sound too bad

]]> By: Kevin C. Tofel http://gigaom.com/mobile/sony-vaio-p-unveiled-smaller-than-but-not-a-netbook/#comment-410947 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:02:35 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=27418#comment-410947 Integrated EV-DO, no word on HSDPA support, so no SIM card slot.

]]> By: Ulysse Sabbag http://gigaom.com/mobile/sony-vaio-p-unveiled-smaller-than-but-not-a-netbook/#comment-410946 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:51:25 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=27418#comment-410946 Hey,
No 3G SIM Slot ?

]]> By: Nate http://gigaom.com/mobile/sony-vaio-p-unveiled-smaller-than-but-not-a-netbook/#comment-410945 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:20:40 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=27418#comment-410945 @ ken

Sure there is. The Dell Mini 9 can be configured with a 64GB SSD.

]]> By: Heavyharmonies http://gigaom.com/mobile/sony-vaio-p-unveiled-smaller-than-but-not-a-netbook/#comment-410944 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:33:37 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=27418#comment-410944 Where are you getting $900 with SSD? All the configs I see on the Sony web site are $900 with 60GB HD, $1200 with 64GB SSD and $1500 with 128GB SSD.

]]> By: ken http://gigaom.com/mobile/sony-vaio-p-unveiled-smaller-than-but-not-a-netbook/#comment-410943 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:37:51 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=27418#comment-410943 The price isn’t that bad. It’s still around $900 even when you select 64G SSD. Is there any netbook out there with 64G SSD?

]]> By: Baz http://gigaom.com/mobile/sony-vaio-p-unveiled-smaller-than-but-not-a-netbook/#comment-410942 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:27:01 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=27418#comment-410942 And, being Sony, its twice the price it should be for the specs offered.

Sony fanboys will argue you’re paying for the quality and finish (oh wait, isn’t that the same sad, deluded argument used by Macoyltes?), but as someone who has worked in an industry with lots of professional Sony equipment about, let’s just say price does not necessarily equate with quality or durability – at least, not any more.

Meanwhile, a netbook? Nah. At $900, its closer to competition for the Macbook.

]]> By: David M http://gigaom.com/mobile/sony-vaio-p-unveiled-smaller-than-but-not-a-netbook/#comment-410941 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:51:08 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=27418#comment-410941 The Sony Vaio Japan site has a side-by-side comparison (1/2 way down the page). It doesn’t look to bad, IMO.
http://www.vaio.sony.co.jp/Products/P1/feat3.html#InstantMode

]]> By: Deluthe http://gigaom.com/mobile/sony-vaio-p-unveiled-smaller-than-but-not-a-netbook/#comment-410940 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:35:56 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=27418#comment-410940 any pics of it with the extended battery?

]]> By: mathprofjohnson http://gigaom.com/mobile/sony-vaio-p-unveiled-smaller-than-but-not-a-netbook/#comment-410939 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:40:10 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=27418#comment-410939 @tnkgrl
You can preorder at SonyStyle.com but it appears the $899 model includes 3G.

]]> By: ken http://gigaom.com/mobile/sony-vaio-p-unveiled-smaller-than-but-not-a-netbook/#comment-410938 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:26:03 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=27418#comment-410938 The “P” actually means Pocketable. You can see a guy putting the P in his pockeet.

http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2009/0108/hotrev_07.jpg
http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2009/0108/hotrev_08.jpg

]]> By: ken http://gigaom.com/mobile/sony-vaio-p-unveiled-smaller-than-but-not-a-netbook/#comment-410937 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:22:46 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=27418#comment-410937 Up to 9 hours of battery life when using the optional large battery.

Full review in japanese with pictures and videos:
http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2009/0108/hotrev395.htm

]]> By: Nate http://gigaom.com/mobile/sony-vaio-p-unveiled-smaller-than-but-not-a-netbook/#comment-410936 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:41:29 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=27418#comment-410936 This thing looks like a beautiful mess of a computer.

It’s a damn shame they didn’t throw some decent specs, at a decent price, into this thing. I imagine we’ll be talking about this model in the past tense not to far down the road.

It sure is pretty, though.

@luscious

The “P” in in reference to the Sony Picturebook, not Psion.

]]> By: Deluthe http://gigaom.com/mobile/sony-vaio-p-unveiled-smaller-than-but-not-a-netbook/#comment-410935 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:30:17 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=27418#comment-410935 i wonder how comfortable a device thats so wide/narrow + super high resolution would be to use for long periods of time. i can imagine ALOT of back hunching over & eye squinting. to top it all off, the biggest flaw is that it cant be used vertically (which would make the size & resolution acceptable).

it’s almost as if Sony has no idea what they are actually doing.

]]> By: dbmurdoch http://gigaom.com/mobile/sony-vaio-p-unveiled-smaller-than-but-not-a-netbook/#comment-410934 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:04:53 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=27418#comment-410934 It’s a Sony Picturebook! I always loved mine.

]]> By: nomo http://gigaom.com/mobile/sony-vaio-p-unveiled-smaller-than-but-not-a-netbook/#comment-410933 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:27:53 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=27418#comment-410933 Full specs available at sony web site:

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&categoryId=8198552921644608896

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